My Grandfather: Obstructive Sleep Study

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For as long as I can remember, my dad has had trouble with snoring. It was around the time that my parents got divorced that he underwent a sleep study and was diagnosed with a sleep disorder known as obstructive sleep apnea. My dad even got this machine called a CPAP machine, which is supposed to help supply him with air when he sleeps, but he doesn't always use it. It wasn't until my younger sister and I started sleeping over at my dad's house that I realized how bad my dad's snoring and sleep apnea really was.

At my dad's house, we tend to watch tv shows and movies frequently, and usually my father tends to fall asleep. This is when the snoring starts. "Dad wake up!" we would yell, not being able to hear the tv. We weren't being mean or anything; our dad usually tells us to wake him up if he falls asleep. In our brains, snoring equaled being asleep. At the yelling, he would always say something along the lines of he wasn't asleep or snoring. …show more content…

I guess that meant he really was awake, or he had already watched what we were watching. I guess I'm one to talk, seeing as I probably have sleep disorders, too.

I remember times where I wake up and my dad and sister start joking around about my own snoring. I know it's something I can't help, but I've become self-conscious about it over the years, especially when I had school trips where we would stay in a hotel. I've also had problems with what my family calls being a wild sleeper.

For most of my life, I've been a wild sleeper. I used to wake up with large knots in my hair from where I would move around in my sleep, and my pillows and blankets would be scattered all over my bedroom floor. I still have this problem to this very day, but I've learned that temperature can sometimes make a difference but not

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