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Not necessarily true. I thought I had sleep apnea, as I do snore at night. I went and had a sleep study, and found out that my snoring is more of a component of my recent 25 pound weight gain. But it was not apnea, which is determined by a) number of times one wakes up per hour and b) blood/oxygen levels while sleeping.
The only way to find out is to have a sleep study done.
Bottom line is, all sleep apnea sufferers snore, but not all snorers have sleep apnea.
They're not pushing the surgury anymore since doesn't cure sleep apnea in most cases and most come back and get cpaps which does control the apnea.When I was diagnosed with OSA before my surgery I would stop breathing on average of 25 times per hour for 20 seconds intervals. Now I am down to around 13 times per hour and about 14 seconds per episode.
I have read all about this issue since the NTSB report, but what is the time line for all of this? About the surgery, one article indicated that the FAA really like that option because the other options aren't "sure things." Now it sounds like the surgery isn't a "sure thing" either.
A better first step would be the end to "swing shift" or reserve duty period swapping during the month.... Going from CDO reserve to AM ready reserve on 10 hours notice is Bull********************e!