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by elena88
Fri Dec 07, 2012 7:03 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: UPDATE! hair clip DID solve my positional sleep apnea!
Replies: 15
Views: 22548

Re: UPDATE! hair clip DID solve my positional sleep apnea!

hi julie, (thanks for putting up that link) hi everyone.. the leaning forward and tilted down a bit I will try to explain a little better.. I use either one thick pillow, or two slim ones, you can also fold one, and I learn my face half of the" pillow cliff"and tilted forward a bit, and gravity pull...
by elena88
Wed Dec 05, 2012 2:51 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: UPDATE! hair clip DID solve my positional sleep apnea!
Replies: 15
Views: 22548

Re: UPDATE! hair clip DID solve my positional sleep apnea!

glad you liked the story... well, I started out with pillows sort of like that position, then it morphed into me sort of being on my side/tummy.. now I can sleep all the way on my side as long as my head is tilted down and forward a bit. I can actually feel my tongue fall forward and hit my teeth, t...
by elena88
Wed Dec 05, 2012 10:35 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: UPDATE! hair clip DID solve my positional sleep apnea!
Replies: 15
Views: 22548

Re: UPDATE! hair clip DID solve my positional sleep apnea!

Hi Nan, thanks so much, yes, Im so lucky this worked as I just did not tolerate the a- pap. My bed is flat. I realize some folks need to raise it due to acid reflux, which I also had, but the sleep apnea was actually causing it.. so thats gone too.. I can also sort of sleep on my side as long as my ...
by elena88
Wed Dec 05, 2012 1:27 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: UPDATE! hair clip DID solve my positional sleep apnea!
Replies: 15
Views: 22548

Re: UPDATE! hair clip DID solve my positional sleep apnea!

welcome back to you! funny timing... well, I have long hair, and if I stick a big hair clip in the back of my head right in the middle, I cant roll over on to my back and have a bunch of episodes.. they tell some people to sew a tennis ball in the back of their shirt, this was much easier if you hap...
by elena88
Wed Dec 05, 2012 12:52 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: UPDATE! hair clip DID solve my positional sleep apnea!
Replies: 15
Views: 22548

Re: UPDATE! hair clip DID solve my positional sleep apnea!

YES, exactly... I learned to tilt my head forward and down, and thank goodness for gravity! I sleep with several different pillows, some gooshy, some firm, and I make a little trap door for my face, and vuella! I cant tell you how freaking miserable I used to be when I had no idea I had sleep apnea,...
by elena88
Wed Dec 05, 2012 12:24 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: UPDATE! hair clip DID solve my positional sleep apnea!
Replies: 15
Views: 22548

UPDATE! hair clip DID solve my positional sleep apnea!

boy, I havent been here in forever! since last year? so hi to everyone I used to know and howdy to all you new guys! quick review, I came here after I discovered I had severe sleep apnea for SO MANY years I cant even imagine, probably since I was a kid.. Anyway, after thousands of dollars spent on t...
by elena88
Mon Jun 13, 2011 1:58 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Pray for Mike
Replies: 256
Views: 45583

Re: Pray for Mike

Hi Dori,

Sending love and hugs for you and Mike to both feel better..
You have been an incredible trooper, take care of yourself too..

xoxo,
elena

p.s. yes, Im popping in from time to time so glad you are thru this rough spot, almost!
by elena88
Sat Jun 11, 2011 1:44 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: If you were to name your cpap machine, what would it be?
Replies: 15
Views: 3659

If you were to name your cpap machine, what would it be?

JUST A F.T. (FUN THREAD) Some people names their cars, we all name our pets, I even name the spiders in the corners.. so do you or have you thought of a name for your machine? If you havent thought of one, toss some ideas out here! Since many beginners are at odds with their machines, maybe giving i...
by elena88
Mon Jun 06, 2011 6:18 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Hi Everyone - Mishap
Replies: 4
Views: 2246

Re: Hi Everyone - Mishap

hey there!
so good to "see" you!

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Gosh, sorry for your mishap, those things happen to me in threes, so you be careful, two more
might be on the way!

Glad to hear you are sort of getting things worked out..

elena
by elena88
Mon Jun 06, 2011 1:25 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Lets talk about our avatars!
Replies: 67
Views: 11142

Re: Lets talk about our avatars!

OMG, they are so cute! american idol puppies!

glad Henry is keeping Bogie on his toes..
by elena88
Mon Jun 06, 2011 12:57 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Lets talk about our avatars!
Replies: 67
Views: 11142

Re: Lets talk about our avatars!

He is so majestic!
what a good sleeper too!

I have never had a blood hound, what are his favorite things to do?
by elena88
Mon Jun 06, 2011 12:53 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: OT:HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BleepingBeauty
Replies: 15
Views: 4280

Re: OT:HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BleepingBeauty

happy birthday! mmmm cake!
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by elena88
Mon Jun 06, 2011 12:45 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Lets talk about our avatars!
Replies: 67
Views: 11142

Lets talk about our avatars!

Okay, is it YOU or is an icon? a pet? If its you, who took it, and where were you? If its a pet, please tell us all about him/her, them... if its an icon or other photo, share why you chose it.. Do you change your avatar? Mine is the kitty with hound dog dream catcher ear.. seemed so fitting, and I ...
by elena88
Sun Jun 05, 2011 10:08 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: My posts were restored!!
Replies: 77
Views: 10126

Re: Most of my posts were deleted

yay, hope all the rest are back soon too!!

cant wait to hear about how it happened!

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by elena88
Sun Jun 05, 2011 10:04 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Crisis
Replies: 27
Views: 4688

Re: Crisis

hi there sorry you are having such a rough time of it.. one heck of a post there robysue! I agree that you may have a pressure issue here, maybe its not high enough.. I have heard many people describing anxiety issues with too low of a pressure.. When I started, it was just too high for me, I was hy...