Justified cynicism, no surprises....but GOOD GRIEF!!!

[fortomorrow]

Hey, I drive by hospitals all the time where I see patients hanging around outside in their gowns with an IV drip stand on wheels in tow and a cigarette in another hand. I understand well the addiction some have with smoking... but that picture is just so wrong on so many levels.

I used to work at one of the biggest cancer hospitals in the US and there would be groups of doctors in their white coats standing outside in the rain having a quick cigarette.

[rested gal]

I guess I don't see what the big deal is over card this, card that, report this, report that, compliance this and compliance that. I realize that I'm stuck having to climb into this contraption each night for a long time, so I don't bother with it. Despite its incovenience, at least I dont wake up several times during the night gasping for air.

In a way, I agree with you, Billy. I'd use the contraption for every sleeping moment even if I never saw a single byte of data from it. I did use one that way my first several months, and didn't even know what pressure it was set at (a borrowed old dinosaur of a machine.) I'd have kept on using it, had I not been a nosy type who does kind'a want to look at data about my own treatment and wanted a more informative type of machine. If a person is satisfied with their treatment and not interested in looking at data, there's nothing wrong with that at all.

[allinknots]

I guess I don't see what the big deal is over card this, card that, report this, report that, compliance this and compliance that. I realize that I'm stuck having to climb into this contraption each night for a long time, so I don't bother with it. Despite its incovenience, at least I dont wake up several times during the night gasping for air.

In a way, I agree with you, Billy. I'd use the contraption for every sleeping moment even if I never saw a single byte of data from it. I did use one that way my first several months, and didn't even know what pressure it was set at (a borrowed old dinosaur of a machine.) I'd have kept on using it, had I not been a nosy type who does kind'a want to look at data about my own treatment and wanted a more informative type of machine. If a person is satisfied with their treatment and not interested in looking at data, there's nothing wrong with that at all.

True, and some of us (and probably most of us on this forum!) like to take a pro-active approach to our health care. I'm new, and I like to see how I'm doing with this cpap stuff on a daily basis. Seeing the data encourages me, especially since I'm still at the stage of adjusting to the therapy but not yet seeing a whole lot of extra day-time energy. (But I've learned from this forum to be patient!) I've also seen that my ahi numbers have gone down quite a bit since I've switched from a full face mask to a nasal pillow mask. I probably wouldn't have guessed that had I not seen the data.

All in Knots