Ken's Healthful Journey through Severe Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Join us for an interview with Ken and discover how he has been able to manage through her journey after diagnosis with severe obstructive sleep apnea. This is Ken’s Healthful Story™. Please note that the video may only play in landscape mode on a mobile phone.

Navigate Ken's Journey with Severe Obstructive Sleep Apnea

00:25 About Ken

01:02 I’ve had it for a dozen years

01:20 I was a real skinny kid and even then had it

01:44 I stopped breathing 60 times an hour

02:10 It got worse after I hit 210 pounds

02:14 I started waking up with pounding headaches

02:45 I was tired all day

03:23 I did not realize how foggy my mental state was all the time

04:02 I absolutely hated the CPAP

04:20 Eventually i ended up getting a surgery for a deviated septum

06:07 I randomly saw a video of a guy messing with another machine and I just never thought about pushing any buttons and it made a big difference

06:28 When I was younger I was always a morning person and that stopped after my sleep apnea got bad because I was always tired

"When I was younger I was always a morning person and that stopped after my sleep apnea got bad because I was always tired"

Ken

07:16 I’m noticing I don’t get angry as easily

08:07 I’m in my 30s and I’m not trying to die in 10 years

12:25 When I was married my wife absolutely couldn’t stand it

12:51 so much so that so she didn’t want to sleep anywhere near me because of the snoring and the gasping

14:39 I’ll still use my wedge pillow some

16:12 How much did you miss in your life as a

result of sleep apnea?

16:47 I just felt terrible

17:01 I would have slept for 12 hours and still could not feel arrested to save my life

17:54 I am a lot more motivated to actually do stuff now when before I would lay in bed all day

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