You gave up on the cpap after a few weeks?
Big mistake... Huge mistake.
Fix your sleep apnea, its deadly and will make you feel so much better.
I highly recommend you to visit this site:
www.cpaptalk.com
Read up and learn a bit.
You can make it work for you if you try.
I struggled in the beginning.
Took me a bit to figure out what worked for me.
It was rough but now I can't imagine not using the machine, still hate it but it makes me feel so much better.
They gave me a nasal mask, that did not work since I am a mouth breather from time to time.
Got a full face mask, struggled getting to work right but it works now.
They had the ramp function on, that made it worse for me. Turned it off.
Increased the pressure from 8 to 12. Took some trial and error.
Most importantly I asked for a machine with data capabilities and read that data to see what was going on.
I had 60 events per hour sleeping on my back and 45 sleeping on my side so I a bit more then you.
It took me a while to get it working right (probably 3 - 4 weeks), then it took me a few months after that to "recover" and feel good again.
now I use the cpap every night, even bring it on vacation.
My doc said fixing the sleep apnea might increase my test levels but I was on TRT already.
Told him I had no interest in finding out if it would and just stayed on.
your hemocrit/hemaglobin has been high. You can prevent that by donating blood every 2 months.
its good for you.
If your doctor is not working with you find another one.
Good luck, I hope it all works out.