I’ll start wearing a CPAP mask and using the machine soon when I sleep; for now, I’m just waiting for the unit to arrive. My first mask will be the “pilot type” mask that covers both the mouth and the nose since I have allergies, frequently have a stuffy nose, and mouth breathe sometimes. And [...]
Well, crap. Or make that “cpap.” Looks like I have obstructive sleep apnea. Just got the results from my sleep study earlier this week:
I stopped breathing 43.0 times per hour. Anything >30 is considered “severe.” My oxygen level dipped to 61%. Should be 90% or higher. The longest time I held my breath was 23.7 seconds. There were 30.9 [...]
I’m dealing with a rather fundamental health condition (more about that in a minute) and thinking about what it means to be middle aged. The middle of what, I wonder. Life expectancy in the U.S. is about 78 years, so I’m a fair piece past the middle. I wonder instead if we should divide life into “quarter [...]
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We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. — Aristotle
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
