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Thu May 23, 2019 8:29 pm

fell into the proverbial bit bucket.

My goodness it's been a long time since I heard that term. Makes me feel like a young man again.

Yes, my ENT says there is no problem with indefinite use of fluticasone. She wants me to use it because she says I have an eardrum issue that demands that I keep my eustachian tube in good working order, so I will. Less welcome, she asked me to start using my humidifier, which I stopped doing becaus...

Thanks everyone for the information. I thought the thread was dead a few days ago, but then I checked back. I see the doctor tomorrow and can ask if there is any long-term downside to use, but other than a small risk of nose bleeds it sounds like there isn't. I guess I'm ready to give nasal pillows ...

I have always used a full-face mask because my nose is periodically clogged and when it is, I have to breathe through my mouth. My nostrils work most of the time, but I can't rely on them all night long. The other day, my doctor prescribed fluticasone (Flonase) for a few days because my ear drum was...

Sad news indeed. I had several PM exchanges with 49er over the years, all of them cheerful and pleasant even though they often revolved around our respective health issues. She was, by her example, a civilizing influence on contentious topics, and like so many others here I will miss her presence.

I review hundreds of medical malpractice files every year, and from time to time I see cases in which death or hypoxic brain injury is attributed by experts to obstructive sleep apnea. The common denominator is always that the patient is taking some kind of central nervous system depressant, usually...

I have had mine for a couple of years and like it a lot. It is very quiet and generally trouble free. The one problem I had was an occasional tendency to push the pressure too high and leave it there. My doctor originally set it on some kind of wide open range, 10 to 20 I think. I don't know what wo...

I fly quite a bit and have become pretty casual about how I carry my CPAP. There was a time when I used a case and kept all the components in it separate from other luggage, but now I take one carry-on bag and simply toss the machine, hose, mask, and power supply in with everything else. Clothes pro...

https://spectator.org/everybody-is-wrong-about-net-neutrality/ I got a kick out of the first comment on this: Good article....I don't really understand the debate but if liberals are in favor of "net neutrality" that means something's wrong with it. That is as much as some people feel they need to ...

During the 2016 Election.....25% of Conservative voters were 65+ vs 19% of Liberal voters... The % of age 65 voters has been increasing on the Conservative side and declining on the Liberal side.... ."They Care". http://www.people-press.org/2016/09/13/1-the-changing-composition-of-the-political-par...

Seniors will get hit big time on this. Just think of all the couples that spend thousands of dollars a year on long term care ( assuming they don't have long term insurance ) Right now they can take money right out of their IRA ( via Required Minimum Distributions ) to pay for it and they pay no ta...

The tax bill introduced today would repeal the itemized deduction for medical expenses in excess of 10 percent of adjusted gross income (7.5 percent for oldsters). I don't intend to comment pro or con about the bill as a whole -- I'm sure no one wants to relive the ACA debates of 2009-10 -- but this...

My dog added some helpful perforations to my hose that could save my life in a pinch if the electricity fails and the anti-asphyxiation valve becomes stuck.

My experience involved pain rather than numbness, so it may not help, but I mention it just in case. After I began using CPAP I started waking up in the morning with frequent pain a leg, usually at the hip. It could be intense but always faded quickly after I started moving. In the end, I decided th...

I lost my sleep doctor when I changed insurance, but I monitor my results and everything has been going so well that I haven't felt the need to find another yet. My primary care physicians are always happy to renew my prescription when I need to buy a new mask, and I recently found out that a physic...