IM NOT SAYING ITS A CURE!!!!!!!!!!.......BUT IT HELPED ME

AWESOME job... you look MARV.....

Way to go! You look Great!

It should probably be noted that sleep apnea isn't always related to weight. A family member who had a heart attack in his mid-70s, who took the doctors' advice seriously and spends 45 minutes a day on the treadmill, eats real food and has been slim, trim and energetic for all of the intervening 18 years, still has to use a CPAP. Apnea can be either obstructive, central or some combination of the two, and it can be entirely unrelated to weight. If the person on the other side of the bed tells you to get it checked out, even if you've just worked your weight down to what it was when you graduated high school as a three-letter athlete, get it checked out.

This.

I work in pulmonary/sleep medicine. Obstructive Sleep Apnea has huge ramifications on your health. It can worsen diabetes, high blood pressure, lead to arrhythmias, and increase your risk of heart attack and stroke. It also causes a lot of excessive daytime sleepiness which can lead to motor vehicle accidents and decreased work productivity.

If you have ANY of the symptoms mentioned (snoring, gasping, choking, morning headaches, daytime sleepiness, witness irregular breathing patterns during sleep) I urge you to see a specialist and get a sleep study to initiate treatment. It can do wonders for your health and quality of life.

To the OP, you look awesome!! Congrats on your weight loss and kicking sleep apnea's butt!

Sleep Apnea is more common in overweight people. Although it can happen to anyone, being overweight is a factor. So though not a cure, I'm sure the weight loss is directly related. Good for you.




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I thought this was a post about vodka! LOL j/k

Your photos are amazing! I think I have a hard time grasping the fact that men have weight issues like women do. Being on here has really opened my mind to see that men DO have self esteem issues.

Thanks for Posting!

My o2 levels have dropped into the 70's when I'm sleeping. Luckily, with just a tube and a concentrator I'm fine but I can't wait to get off it! My doctor told me over 85% of cases are cured by losing weight. I'm hoping I'm one of those.

So happy for you and your improved health!!!

I always thought that losing weight WAS the cure for sleep apnoea!

Well done, btw. I wish I looked that good with my shirt off!

I thought it was too until I talked with my doctor. More info http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/sleep-apnea/DS00148/DSECTION=risk-factors

Congratulations on your transformation and your healing from sleep apnea. You look great.


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Wow! Congratulations on curing your sleep apnea! Can't even imagine how scary that would be.
You look incredible! An inspiration to all the New Years Eve joiners to MFP!
Your wife must be very happy!
Keep up the good work!

I snored for years and years. Then I lost weight and I now do not snore at all. It was totally down to my weight, yet my partner sometimes snores and he is very thin. My granddad used to snore very very badly and he was massively overweight and had health problems to go with that weight until he died, way to young.

I also used to work with a lady who had sleep apnea. She had just been diagnosed with it. I really wanted to say, well you should lose weight and quit your heavy smoking habit but she would not have listened anyway.

Your body is bangin' by the way. Totally buff!