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by ShelaghDB
Wed Dec 09, 2015 6:39 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Potential Medical Problem (Throat) Chart?
Replies: 18
Views: 4508

Re: Potential Medical Problem (Throat) Chart?

their may be trace ammounts of tobacco depending on the nicotine strength u get in the vape pen, u can also get nicotine free vape juice, and that has no nicotine or tobacco..as used to help stop smoking...i used a vape pen for a while to stop smoking. starting out with high nicotine and ending wit...
by ShelaghDB
Thu Nov 19, 2015 7:53 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Potential Medical Problem (Throat) Chart?
Replies: 18
Views: 4508

Re: Potential Medical Problem (Throat) Chart?

No need to suggest i see a doctor Your ENT needs to do an In Office Nasal Endoscopy & Laryngoscopy. He can do this on your initial visit. It takes only a few minutes. http://www.fauquierent.net/endo.htm Yes thank you. i understand an EMT is my first course of action but i cannot get into him for 2 ...
by ShelaghDB
Thu Nov 19, 2015 7:09 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Weather change, dried out nose, aggrevating
Replies: 5
Views: 1068

Re: Weather change, dried out nose, aggrevating

We are all different. What works for one, may not work for the other. Being in Canada, I have that same problem at this time of year. Funnily enough the only way I have found around it is to simply ensure that my bedroom window is open while I sleep. If I do forget, then I too do not sleep well. At ...
by ShelaghDB
Thu Nov 19, 2015 6:58 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Potential Medical Problem (Throat) Chart?
Replies: 18
Views: 4508

Re: Potential Medical Problem (Throat) Chart?

Chunkyfrog: Thank you. I knew one or two would recognize what I was describing. That is a possibility. One that rings a bell. I still have my tonsils and have considered that, as well as an allergy of some sort I could be developing to flavouring within vape juice. One's mind, especially as a non-s...
by ShelaghDB
Wed Nov 18, 2015 2:03 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Issues keeping CPAP Mask on.
Replies: 19
Views: 3097

Re: Issues keeping CPAP Machine on.

I don't like to answer posts as there are others here that are far better qualified than i but I was doing exactly as you are when I first began. Kept taking mine off every night in my sleep without realizing i was doing it. You mention you have anxiety. Any chance you smoke? Only ask as I believe s...
by ShelaghDB
Wed Nov 18, 2015 1:45 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Potential Medical Problem (Throat) Chart?
Replies: 18
Views: 4508

Re: Potential Medical Problem (Throat) Chart?

sorry, meant to add, uvula did not know what the flap was I had read about or why it was being operated on considered it a possibility it appears to be in the area of my complaint but so are my tonsils which i still do have but that's not important Here only to rule out any Sleep Apnea potentially r...
by ShelaghDB
Wed Nov 18, 2015 1:31 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Potential Medical Problem (Throat) Chart?
Replies: 18
Views: 4508

Re: Potential Medical Problem (Throat) Chart?

Hard to describe *symptoms* when they aren't specific. Hence I referred to a *gut instinct* that something is wrong. One *hopes* if related, someone will recognize what I mean, otherwise, likely won't. Sleeping and feeling as if my throat has less room than before. The feeling that I must lie down w...
by ShelaghDB
Wed Nov 18, 2015 8:51 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Potential Medical Problem (Throat) Chart?
Replies: 18
Views: 4508

Potential Medical Problem (Throat) Chart?

Saw an ENT doctor 3 years ago. No particular reason, just hit early 50s, part of age related testing, all was great. Family Doctor not in till next week for needed referral but have, I believe the start of something medical and first wish to find out if this is something others with Sleep Apnea have...
by ShelaghDB
Mon Oct 12, 2015 8:27 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Stuffed Up Nose Problem? New CPAP users having problems?
Replies: 6
Views: 1422

Re: Stuffed Up Nose Problem? New CPAP users having problems?

Thanks all and yes, Pugsy, that is she RobySue. For the life of me i could not remember her name. One point i should add lest I have given the wrong idea. When I state that my numbers are usually Zero each night, plus, said that i did not have any symptoms before the diagnosis, let me be clear that ...
by ShelaghDB
Mon Oct 12, 2015 10:09 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Stuffed Up Nose Problem? New CPAP users having problems?
Replies: 6
Views: 1422

Re: Stuffed Up Nose Problem? New CPAP users having problems?

Continued: those not so good, would likely responded to the idea that a FF should have been #1 from day #1 with a sarcastic post suggesting that that was a given... never grasping the damage of bad advice. My numbers went down but still not enough that the full answer had arrived. The answer came b...
by ShelaghDB
Mon Oct 12, 2015 10:08 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Stuffed Up Nose Problem? New CPAP users having problems?
Replies: 6
Views: 1422

Stuffed Up Nose Problem? New CPAP users having problems?

Rarely read these forums but looking for an answer to someone else's problem I just noticed quite a few new CPAP users complaining of stuffy noses leading to problems with CPAP. Have gone from Severe Sleep Apnea with nightly 57+ events, 13 pressure to 4 out of 5 nights having ZERO events and one nig...
by ShelaghDB
Fri Sep 11, 2015 5:14 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: 20 days...perfect stats...feel lousy
Replies: 29
Views: 8070

Re: 20 days...perfect stats...feel lousy

Are you by chance a smoker? If so, u may want to read below and if not, ignore, but perhaps another smoker might see themselves here. I went through hell in the beginning and was stuffed up every night. I was told a million different things, and none worked. I was extremely frustrated by the process...
by ShelaghDB
Fri Sep 11, 2015 4:37 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Taking mask off in the middle of the night
Replies: 11
Views: 2287

Re: Taking mask off in the middle of the night

I do the same thing if I drink water or other liquids later than several hours before bedtime. I used to go through hell with my mask until I figured out what was causing it ( unrelated to sleep apnea ) and now never have any problems with 0.00 - 0.016 readings nightly BUT if I do take it off at all...
by ShelaghDB
Sat Jan 03, 2015 7:06 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Throat closing at night still
Replies: 25
Views: 6775

Re: Throat closing at night still

Hello everyone, I am a CPAP user. However, I have lost 20 pounds and got down to 18.5% body fat. My sleep apnea has improved. I'm still using the CPAP. My concern, is, even though I lost the fat around my neck, I still wake up at night with a throat that feels it's closing in on itself. It's really...
by ShelaghDB
Sat Jan 03, 2015 4:13 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Sold: New ResMed AirSense 10 AutoSet at $675
Replies: 23
Views: 10438

Re: For Sale: New DS560 at $400 & New AirSense AutoSet at $675

resmed airsense 10 auto 4 600.00 send direct message for details I can buy the same machine, the S10 brand new, ordered from the US, shipped to Toronto for about $350 US so your price is a bit high. ( give or take a few dollars either way depending on that days conversion rate) As I was given the c...