subject: Sleep Apnea - The Reasons Men Fear It [print this page] Sleep Apnea - The Reasons Men Fear It Sleep Apnea - The Reasons Men Fear It
Thre ae any reasons hy en will resist testng and treatment for Sleep Apnea.
The Denial
"I have n problem!" Men do not ant to cknowledge that the are oldr nd/or eavier. Wh does? Te olde they cnnot do anything about. Te havier cn be handled fr mst, ut it is long painful proess (insert "Lck of Willpowe" here). Fce it. We all still want to drem that we ave te prowess f our youth.
The Weakness
Mn do not want to apear to be weak. The do not want to hav help fro somone else. I gess t s pat of the man's syche to not how weaknss fr fear the rst of th "pack" my turn on tem. And weakness puts a man n the position f having to ak another fo help. Asking for help uts ne at the mercy f another. What an wants that?
The Exense
Sleep clnics cst mone. Even if you have insrance, most health plans ill only coer you fo 80%, leaving the 20% for yo, the patient, to pickp. Let me see. I have friend that jut wnt nto a leep centr for rutine leep study. Wow, hs 20% co-py landed him with $1200 ill AFTER te insuranc had pad ts shae. He dd not get CPAP machin r additional urgery. Just imgine how man $1,000's of dollars additional all of that would have cost him.
The Ball and Chin
If yo know someone that hs CPAP machine, then you now what boter it cn be. Fro cleaning te ask t the fight to eliminate the leaks, it s pain to hae CPAP machine. Every time ou go n an airplane, t s nother piece of baggage t get searched. To go camping requires marne battery. To hg our wife at night while in bed wthout blowing ai in he fac is an art. Hw romantic is tat?
Te Payoff
Yo didn't tink I ws going t ust give yu reasns t NOT gt tested and treated, dd you. N ay. The payoff s everything. True, all te previous reasns are hard to tak, but the quality of lif that you get back is amazing. It s worth t to not gt fired because you can no perform our job proerly. It s worth t t play with your grandchildren instead f being zonked out on th couc. It i worth it t nt fll sleep at th wheel and cuse the death of the drivers around you. Tere ar many more payoffs, bt I will leae yu wth thse.
