Brown phlegm in morning - normal?

[stuart444]

Is it normal to experience a morning cough with sleep apnea? Each morning I seem to retch up a small amount of light brown phlegm when I go to the bathroom. Theres no blood or dark flecks in It. That's it for the day and I don't have any kind of regular cough. I used to smoke until three months ago. My wife says I do a lot of 'flapping around' in my sleep and my breathing seems to come and go. I'm about three stones overweight which obviously doesn't help.
Stuart

[Fredxx]

when you say "with sleep apnea", do you mean you are on CPAP? started recently?

[stuart444]

I'm not using any machines. The breathing issue is something that my wife noticed before when I put on weight. It went away when I lost some but it's back on again.