Day 28 - Dental device adjustment

I finally got in to see the dentist today and got my dental device adjusted. What the device does is pull my lower jaw forward. Pulling the jaw forward pulls all the tissue attached to it in my throat forward as well, creating more room for air to pass. There is actually a surgical procedure that does much the same thing except permanently. My wife wrote a bit about the surgical options available a couple weeks back.

Anyway, the device was moderately effective originally, but not terribly comfortable for an entire night of sleep. The amount it pulls the jaw forward is adjustable but only by the dentist. Now that I'm not sleeping through the night anymore I decided to have it adjusted to pull my jaw forward as far as possible. The difference is about a centimeter I think.

I've had 3 naps with the adjusted device and it appears to be much more effective now. I don't have to tilt my head back nearly as severely to sleep well now. I was even able to lay on my back with only moderate snoring and a couple of apnea events in a 15 minute period (previously I would experience very bad snoring and an apnea event every minute when laying on my back). It's not the solution to all my problems, but it's definitely a big help.

I've also completed a full day of catnapper naps now. I'm no longer waking up during the catnapper wake up section and I've slept over 2 minutes into the alarm track a few times now.
On the bright side I'm falling asleep very quickly even when I can't shut off my mind. Hopefully now with the dental device adjustment combined with the catnapper CD I'm close to a breakthrough :-)