CRM-Mom
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I am not sure if this is heart related at all, but maybe someone has heard of this or experienced something like it. I am 11 weeks post AVR surgery doing well. I have awakened from sleep at night a couple of times feeling like I can't breath and I am coughing. As soon as I wake up and cough some more and sit up I can breath fine. Now, I also tend to have weird vivid dreams at times and I am actually dreaming that I am coughing and having trouble breathing too when I wake up. My thought on this is maybe it's more sleep apnea related. I have been told to get a consult or sleep study done when in the hospital for OHS. I wanted to wait to be feeling better before scheduling a sleep study.