Was it the Sleep Apnea?

For the longest time, I’ve had to struggle with the knowledge that I had no idea what had caused my stroke back in April of 2008. For the six days that I was in the hospital I was tested in every way imaginable (and a few more) to figure out what exactly had caused the malfunction within the brain inside my head. Over the last year I’ve tried to explain it away with the stress I had at my former job in the call center together with the unhealthy life I was living.

While I accepted this explanation I still felt there was something missing from the confounding puzzle. My aunt recently called me after discovering there was a connection between strokes and Sleep Apnea. She was recently diagnosed and multiple members of my extended family suffer from the affliction. With her motivation (and my mother’s insistence) I setup an appointment for a sleep study at a nearby hospital.

I won’t lie to you, I was increasingly curious as I read more into the correlation of why Sleep Apnea carries the risk of heart attacks and strokes. It would make sense. I often complain of being tired as the day is just getting started even if I get more then acceptable amounts of sleep. I’ve also had more and more bouts of insomnia over the years that it is starting to become an unbearable problem.

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