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by Sloop
Mon Feb 11, 2013 10:13 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: OT: STOP this Thread
Replies: 105
Views: 11100

Re: OT: KILL Thread

Lots of liberals own guns for sport, hunting and personal protection. I had a pleasant lunch. Yes that may be true, but the difference between liberals and "the rest of us" is that they will frequently violate their principles to support their leaders -- in this case Obama. Dianne Feinstein is a go...
by Sloop
Sun Feb 10, 2013 9:43 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Melatonin vs. Ambien
Replies: 17
Views: 11449

Re: Melatonin vs. Ambien

She won't be sleep tested & her Dr has insisted she take enough sleep meds to get 'some' sleep. She gets an avg of about 2-4 hrs on good nites. I will have a fight on my hands, but after what you said, I'm afraid this stuff is too unsafe for her. If she were your beloved mother-in-law what would yo...
by Sloop
Sun Feb 10, 2013 4:17 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: OT: Inside 9/11: Zero Hour (NatGeoTV)
Replies: 13
Views: 2841

Re: OT: Inside 9/11: Zero Hour (NatGeoTV)

My husband is a retired NYC firefighter. We lost many friends that day. He, my son, and many others spent days and weeks there looking first for people to rescue, later for bodies to recover. My sister-in-law was running for her life thru the streets of NYC after escaping the building next door to ...
by Sloop
Sun Feb 10, 2013 10:25 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Melatonin vs. Ambien
Replies: 17
Views: 11449

Re: Melatonin vs. Ambien

I am curious, did doctors initially believe it was the ambien that caused her frightening events? Or did they initially deny it could be the culprit? All the doctors (both emergency and hospital) seemed to only focus on the condition itself and not the cause. I would offer my theories and they woul...
by Sloop
Sun Feb 10, 2013 9:15 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Melatonin vs. Ambien
Replies: 17
Views: 11449

Re: Melatonin vs. Ambien

Let me give an explanation of what I meant by Ambien being a killer. The drug itself won't kill you, but what it does to your consciousness and mental acquity is alarming. It will literally turn you into a zombie in the early hours of use. You will be pretty much unresponsive or at a minimum totally...
by Sloop
Sat Feb 09, 2013 4:21 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Melatonin vs. Ambien
Replies: 17
Views: 11449

Re: Melatonin vs. Ambien

Geez .. my favorite topic To put it bluntly -- Ambien is a killer. Anyone who takes it long term might as well be getting their wheel gun out and spinning the cylinder. It is THAT dangerous. Speaking from first hand experience. Do a search and you'll dredge up my posts on the topic. ' Melatonin is a...
by Sloop
Fri Feb 08, 2013 12:52 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: AHI stuck on 5
Replies: 7
Views: 1745

Re: AHI stuck on 5

Thanks everyone -- all good advice.

I will proceed cautiously -- give it a few more days and then increase the pressure one increment at a time per week.
by Sloop
Fri Feb 08, 2013 12:49 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: AHI stuck on 5
Replies: 7
Views: 1745

Re: AHI stuck on 5

cosmo wrote:Why don't you let her use your APAP machine and use her CPAP machine for a few nights to see what range the APAP puts her at? But you might also skew her data card from your usage...
Cosmo -- I don't have an APAP
by Sloop
Fri Feb 08, 2013 11:42 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: AHI stuck on 5
Replies: 7
Views: 1745

AHI stuck on 5

My wife has had 3 nights now on the CPAP and her AHI numbers were 5.1, 5.7, and 5.2. I looked at this with SleepyHead and it is 90% OAs. I haven't seen her sleep lab report, but I remember she saying they told her that she had essentially no apneas with the therapy. Other than that, she is doing gre...
by Sloop
Thu Feb 07, 2013 4:35 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: OT: STOP this Thread
Replies: 105
Views: 11100

Re: OT: Teachers allowed concealed weapon at school

NONE of you have explained to me how a handgun would fare versus an AK-47. It would not have stopped Columbine or Virginia Tech tragedies. Whoa -- Va Tech did not involve an AK-47. Cho used two handguns. 32 innocent students and Profs were murdered, mostly because of "GUN FREE ZONE". That attracts ...
by Sloop
Thu Feb 07, 2013 4:19 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: OT: STOP this Thread
Replies: 105
Views: 11100

Re: OT: Teachers allowed concealed weapon at school

Conrad wrote:
This man hits the nail squarely on the head. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRpYHzWiU8s

Amen
by Sloop
Wed Feb 06, 2013 7:11 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: The Fortunate few
Replies: 9
Views: 1230

Re: The Fortunate few

Thanks all for your good wishes. I can't explain why I was so successful those 21 years ago. Perhaps it was because I was so sick with OSA. It had gotten so bad that I could barely function. I had to give up sailing for almost a year before they discovered what my problem was. This was back in the d...
by Sloop
Wed Feb 06, 2013 8:29 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: The Fortunate few
Replies: 9
Views: 1230

The Fortunate few

I've been on CPAP for 21 years. During all that time, there has not been one night where I missed - or had any difficulty whatsoever with the therapy. My wife started her therapy two nights ago. Monday night was not good, as she had much difficulty with the two masks they left for her. As she wears ...
by Sloop
Mon Feb 04, 2013 5:14 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Sleephead and two different machines
Replies: 1
Views: 542

Sleephead and two different machines

I am using Sleephead for my PR System One
My wife has a ResMed S9 Elite

Will the Sleepyhead sw that is downloaded on my computer work for both, or do I have to download a separate sw?
by Sloop
Mon Nov 12, 2012 5:57 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Oboma .. another term
Replies: 309
Views: 29202

Re: Oboma .. another term

Elle wrote:Republicans seem so angry.
Nah -- you want to see "angry"? We were angry when Clinton skated free from the Senate Trial --- a traitor if there ever was one. (yes we also have long memories) -- heh heh heh