Questions for Fibro/CFS Members From Dr. Park

[Steven Y Park, MD]

This is Dr. Park, former Sleep Apnea Expert Moderator. I was wondering you you could help me out and answer a few simple questions for me regarding your condition. I'll tally up the results of the poll and give you the results after a week or so as well as the reasons for asking. Thanks.

1. What is your favorite sleep position? Can you sleep on your back at all?

2. Have you undergone any dental extractions in the past, and if so, how many teeth were removed?

3. Have you undergone any jaw surgeries in the past, and if so, what type?

4. Were you bottle-fed or breast fed as an infant?

5. Do you snore?

6. Do you have cold hands or feet?

Thanks again for your help.

[Steven Y Park, MD]

Can you please clarify how many teeth total were removed? Thanks!

[Heather68770]

1. What is your favorite sleep position? Can you sleep on your back at all? I sleep on my side with pillow under my head and in front and behind me and then one between my knees and then a pillow under each foot. Can not sleep on back at all.

2. Have you undergone any dental extractions in the past, and if so, how many teeth were removed? 10 Extractions plus 4 Wisdom teeth.

3. Have you undergone any jaw surgeries in the past, and if so, what type? No surgeries but do have TMJD

4. Were you bottle-fed or breast fed as an infant? Bottle

5. Do you snore? Only when sick with a head cold

6. Do you have cold hands or feet? Hands and feet are always extremely cold red and sometimes blueish.

[acker]

1. What is your favorite sleep position?
prefer any side, but i sleep on my back cause i feel it's better for alignment.

2. at least 10 teeth removed; 4 were wisdom teeth and at least two of them had been subsurface.

3. no jaw surgeries

4. bottle-fed

5. no snoring

6. yes relatively cold hands and feet at rest

[terri540]

1) never have liked to sleep on my back, but can.  Used to sleep face down, but since all this stuff started I sleep on my side most of the time unless the knee pain is severe enough that I can't

2) two wisdom teeth extracted (top) this was after IBS Fibro CFS symptoms started.

3) No

4) Breast fed but only for a short time.  Didn't take to formula.

5) No

6) Yes cold hands and feet   (34 yo male)

[MEFMJanet]

1.  Fav. sleep position is on my left side with a pillow between my knees.  I can't really sleep on my back because it causes me to snore and wakes me up.

2.  Total of 8 teeth extracted.  4 molars at age 11 to accommodate braces and then wisdom teeth at age 21.

3.  No jaw surgeries.

4.  Bottle fed.

5.  Yes, I snore.

6.  I don't think I have cold hands or feet.  If I do, I'm not aware of it.

[wonko]

My fibro/CFS is secondary to chronic Lyme disease.  I've been dealing with this for about 3 years now.

1. What is your favorite sleep position? Can you sleep on your back at all?
I prefer to sleep on my left side, but can and do sleep on my back.  When my fibro symptoms are flaring, I am likely to wake up more during the night to reposition, because I more quickly develop pain in the area on which I'm sleeping.

2. Have you undergone any dental extractions in the past, and if so, how many teeth were removed?
No.  My wisdom teeth are impacted but I have yet to undergo the surgery, because I'm worried about it causing my health problems to flare.

3. Have you undergone any jaw surgeries in the past, and if so, what type?
No.

4. Were you bottle-fed or breast fed as an infant?
Breast fed.

5. Do you snore?
I snore lightly off and on.

6. Do you have cold hands or feet?
No.