Did the overnight sleep study, diagnosis - Sleep apnea. Now I'm grounded.
Went on CPAP
Did another overnight sleep study, this time with the CPAP. "Passed" test, back to flying.
I could have left it there, but I did not want to be tied to the CPAP, so I had the
UP3 surgery. Allow recovery time, have yet another overnight sleep study without CPAP to see if the surgery worked. It did - now able to fly without lugging the CPAP where ever I go.
Can somebody educate me on how a diagnosis of sleep apnea would affect your medical? Wife says I snore alot and wants me to go do a sleep study,
but I'm hesitant to as I've heard it could be a grounding item if the doc tells you you've got sleep apnea. I'd rather not find out after the fact. Heck, I'm sleeping fine! She's the one with the issue with my snoring, not me.
Would you rather die? SA is not something to dismiss. You don't know you're sleeping fine, only the overnight test will tell you that.
Good luck - PM if you have any Q's