Well with two years under your belt (or is it no longer under your belt) you have established a good direction.TGregg wrote:Hi all,
Been a while since I was here. Been OSA free for two years after CPAPing for five. Still have my machine (ResMed S8 Elite) with 13313 hours used and don't need it any more. The head gear is old and the rubber parts are a bit yellowed on my Mirage II mask (not sure if it is medium or large), but the hard plastic is OK. Filter's probably ready for replacement. Also have a carrying case. If someone can make it worth my while to mail it to them, they can have it all.
I used to have lots of other stuff (masks, headgear, tubes and filters), but can't seem to find it. Might have tossed it out a year ago. I'm moving so I am going through all my stuff. If I find the rest, I'll post it here.
Meanwhile, some tips for getting over this thing. At least in some cases, it can be done. The main thing in my case was to lose weight - and I can hear the sighs from the bleachers. . Not only lose weight, but in my case I had to lose a #@*&load more than I thought. My ideal weight is ~190. I probably started OSAing ~260, and shot up to ~293 before I got serious about losing weight, eating right, exercising and cutting way back on the booze. I had to get down under 210 before my OSA went away! Here I am, getting skinny, way under what I weighed years before I had OSA and I still needed that mask every night! #@*&! But I persevered and now it's been over two years. It took me about 2 years of dedicated effort and a lot of personal development.
However only 5% of the people maintain a weight loss of 5% over a period of five years.
Yes, leave the CPAP behind you and persue good health from now on.
And keep someone at your side to watch you. And you be aware (it really does sound like you are).
And let the shills, trolls, sockpuppets, and astroturfers here suffer a loss.
Enjoy!!!