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There's a Contest over on Sleep Apnea Guide (a good place of information) for sharing your Sleep Apnoea Story (closing date is the 31st August). You could win the first prize, but it's also a great chance to raise awareness to others!


http://www.sleep-apnea-guide.com/sleep-apnea-contest.html

(and don't forget the competition to win the 'A Monkey, A Mouse And A CPAP Machine' Book also closes this month http://hope2sleepguide.co.uk/forum/topics/free-competition-to-win-a...).

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The results are in for the 'Share Your Story' Contest and well done to Terry for winning 3rd place :)  If there was a prize for someone who spends endless hours in helping others it would go to you though Terry!

Here Are The Results of Sleep Apnea Contest 2012:

1st Prize ($100): "Two Decades of Misdiagnoses of Sleep Apnea" by Nona Aguila - http://www.sleep-apnea-guide.com/two-decades-of-misdiagnoses-of-sleep-apnea.html

2nd Prize ($50): "How One Simple Test Can Save Years of Heartache" by Michelle Cochran - http://www.sleep-apnea-guide.com/how-one-simple-test-can-save-years-of-heartache.html

3rd Prize ($25): "My Good News Story About Sleep Apnea" by Terry Vella - http://www.sleep-apnea-guide.com/my-good-news-story-about-sleep-apnea.html

Bonus Prize ($25): "Ruby to the Rescue From Sleep Apnea" by Michelle Cochran - http://www.sleep-apnea-guide.com/ruby-to-the-rescue-from-sleep-apnea.html
Thanks for your thoughts Kath, I Emailed them back and told them to donate the money to something that can help SA suffers as I was never in it for the money just to get my story out, we all have one, I told them I would be happy if my story helped just one person get diagnosed or if one person, hopefully more, got some support or assistance from it.
I have to say "Ruby to the Rescue From Sleep Apnea" was a very good story.

That was gracious of you Terry + yes, I liked the Ruby story too:)

Kath, a funny thing happened last night, my brother in law rang me to say he, my sister, my two nieces and my nephew would be coming to my 50th birthday in a couple of weeks (that's not the funny thing, but I do only ever speak to them at Christmas normally). He was asking how I was because the last time he saw me I was a mess, anyway we spoke for about half an hour and got onto the sleep apnea story, he asked me to send him the link because my sister has had depression for about 20 years and she wakes up very hour and has never slept well. Now he wants her to get a sleep study, to either rule it in or out. This seems like fate. I have never really got on well with my sister, not close anyway, I told him if she wants to I'll go and talk to her about it. They don't have much money and no insurance, so if she decides to go ahead, I am going to offer to pay for her. I said if I could help one person it would be worth it, who would have known it could be my sister.

Amazing Terry.   Now you could have done with that money you won to pay for her LOL.  It wouldn't surprise me if she was a sufferer too, as it definitely runs in families.  We have 3 generations of families as customers.  If she does have it and you lead her to the forum you'd best delete the post you just wrote :D  Let us know how it goes.  By the way, my sister's next to be checked out.

Kath, I don't think the prize would cover it, but thanks for the suggestion lol.

Hope you dont mind Terry but ive posted it to my facebook wall as may help some one think and be testedxx

Gina, that's fine, I feel privileged. I don't use Facebook or Twitter but hope it helps someone.

Thank youxx

Terry Vella said:

Gina, that's fine, I feel privileged. I don't use Facebook or Twitter but hope it helps someone.

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