Hi @mordonmordon. Recently, while visiting my hematologist/oncologist for followup appts, my blood work showed an increasing upward trend in my hemaglobin and hematocrit over the past year. One of his questions suprised me when he asked my husband (who was with me) if I snored or if I have sleep apnea!

What?? Well, giggles ensued after I told my doctor that I wasn’t aware of any snoring, but my husband offered up that the EPA should be called in to intervene with noise abatement. Color me chagrined!! Haha.

Anyway, the short of the matter is I have an appt coming up for an overnight oxemitry test to see if I indeed have sleep apnea. Being deprived of oxygen, the body calls for more red blood cells. So not every case of elevated RBC or Hemocrit is Polycythemia Vera.

Do you know if you have sleep apnea?

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