By the way, friends of mine who have been subjected to the wonderful and soothing noises I tend to make when sleeping - The doctors have determined that my sleeping pattern is Minimally Abnormal (that's what it said on my report). Hahaha. So there you have it.
To further explain: they were trying to determine whether or not I have sleep apnea. I may be using the wrong terms and stuff, but your oxygen saturation level is typically between 90-100%. This includes when you're sleeping. If you have sleep apnea, you stop breathing for a couple seconds while sleeping and your oxygen level is supposed to drop.
On the average, I had a saturation level of 94% (or somewhere around that) however, I did dip as low as 86% and stopped breathing for a total of 38 times over a 8.2 hour period. Hence, I am minimally abnormal.
The doctor said there would be cause for concern if I dropped to around 70% and stopped breathing around 80 times or so.
So what does that mean? He thinks it might just be some sort of nasal congestion (which I won't argue with because my nasals tend to be congested). Hopefully, his prescription will soon quell the savagery that is my snoring. And when everyone is crashing somewhere, you can all sleep as well as I do. Haha.
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