Breathing on Cue: Inspire Implant Sleep Apnea Stories

Inside this volume

Fifty first-person accounts describe Inspire, an implanted device that stimulates the nerve moving the tongue, used by people with obstructive sleep apnea who could not get on with CPAP. Many came to it after masks that caused panic, red marks across the nose, bloating, or a pack eleven pounds heavier on a hunting trip. The writers include a long-haul trucker, a Madrid taxi driver, a baker up at half past two, an emergency room nurse, a fly-in fly-out mine worker, a high-rise window cleaner, a pastor, a paramedic, a doctor who lectured patients about CPAP and a mother whose daughter kept falling asleep in class, from Iowa to Auckland. Some were told they were too young or too thin to have sleep apnea. They describe the camera test, weight loss before surgery, insurance notebooks and folders, paying out of pocket, three-hour drives to appointments, a tongue that seemed to do press-ups, four rounds of adjustment and a battery replaced after eleven years. Daily life returns in small ways: a husband moving back into the bedroom, grandchildren, Ramadan nights, a remote packed for travel. Not every story goes smoothly: one man was turned down after the camera test, another needed a second operation, and several still live with a sore or dry tongue.

Who it's for

For adults with obstructive sleep apnea who struggle with CPAP and are weighing an implant, and for the partners who have listened from the other side of the bed.

Format · Instant download · PDF & EPUB · Fifty first-person accounts · PDF: 233 pages

A collection of personal testimony, offered as companion reading — not medical advice.

• 50 single-author testimonies from real people
• A short, plain-language introduction to the topic
• Editor's note, contents page, and curated resource list
• Professional interior typesetting and an original cover

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