Things I can do now...

Prostitech · Post by **Prostitech** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 2:31 pm

that I couldn't do before I started CPAP therapy. The following things were next to impossible for me to do before therapy because they would wipe me out.

1. Wash and dry my car.

2. Mow the lawn.

3. Rake the leaves

4. Clean the house.

5. Go shopping with my wife all day.

This is just a partial list. I will add to it as I think of more things.

What can you do now that you couldn't do before xPAP therapy?

yardbird · Post by **yardbird** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 3:37 pm

I'm tearing the upstairs bathroom out to the studs. This all started because I needed to change the old exhaust fan and install a new one. Now I'm removing ALL of the drywall, including the ceiling. I'm going to do some electrical work, reroute some wires, add a Ground Fault Interupter plug at each end of the vanity. New vanity (maple). New vanity top (solid surface), new wall cabinet (maple). The mirror is being replaced by a new one that has 2 frosted glass panels running vertically on each side and behind those are flourescent fixtures...so the light comes actually THROUGH the mirror glass. Plus I'll be installing an overhead halogen track. The ceiling is going to be birch planks. The old tub is getting removed and a new tub and surround put in. All new fixtures, etc. The old linen cabinet doors are ugly so I'm going to making some raised panel doors out of maple to replace them.

Yeah... you could say I have a bit more energy..... hahahahahhaha

Goofproof · Post by **Goofproof** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 3:39 pm

You have me scared now, and I am thinking of quiting my therapy, I don't want to do those things you are doing.

LDuyer · Post by **LDuyer** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 3:48 pm

Goofproof wrote:You have me scared now, and I am thinking of quiting my therapy, I don't want to do those things you are doing.

Hahaha!
I'm with you!
But still, isn't nice to actually have a choice and some of the newfound energy (or lack of sleepiness) to do it?

Freedom to do, freedom not to do -- that is the choice (no longer a question).

Linda

Goofproof · Post by **Goofproof** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 4:14 pm

LDuyer wrote:
Goofproof wrote:You have me scared now, and I am thinking of quiting my therapy, I don't want to do those things you are doing.
Hahaha!
I'm with you!
But still, isn't nice to actually have a choice and some of the newfound energy (or lack of sleepiness) to do it?

Freedom to do, freedom not to do -- that is the choice (no longer a question).

Linda

I think the Quad-By-Pass has more to do with my limitations than lack of sleep, although it was that, that showed up my breathing problems. I couldn't convince the Dr's, that it was breathing rock dust that was knocking my O2 stats down, as it turns out it was both.

Prostitech · Post by **Prostitech** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 5:41 pm

yardbird wrote:I'm tearing the upstairs bathroom out to the studs. This all started because I needed to change the old exhaust fan and install a new one. Now I'm removing ALL of the drywall, including the ceiling. I'm going to do some electrical work, reroute some wires, add a Ground Fault Interupter plug at each end of the vanity. New vanity (maple). New vanity top (solid surface), new wall cabinet (maple). The mirror is being replaced by a new one that has 2 frosted glass panels running vertically on each side and behind those are flourescent fixtures...so the light comes actually THROUGH the mirror glass. Plus I'll be installing an overhead halogen track. The ceiling is going to be birch planks. The old tub is getting removed and a new tub and surround put in. All new fixtures, etc. The old linen cabinet doors are ugly so I'm going to making some raised panel doors out of maple to replace them.

Yeah... you could say I have a bit more energy..... hahahahahhaha

hey, when you're finished, I have a bathroom that needs remodeling too....

kikisue · Post by **kikisue** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 6:34 pm

I've only been using the CPAP for about 2 1/2 months now, so think further improvements will come.

However, in that time I can now actually stay awake to drive home from work - and I drive a curvy country road, so that is a big PLUS! Then when I get home, I can actually read a bit or watch tv after dinner, or even do some laundry, etc. Over Christmas, I was able to enjoy the holidays with my family and actually remember what was planned when! My short-term memory is coming back - yeah!

I don't have quite the energy of yardbird yet - but who am I kidding - I'm not sure I had that energy pre-apnea

All in all, I'm very happy with how things are progessing!
Karen

Kemosabe · Post by **Kemosabe** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 7:52 pm

I can go an entire day without even one nap. Woo hoo!

(used to nap at least twice a day)

NeurosurgeryNP · Post by **NeurosurgeryNP** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 8:37 pm

Drive - driving used to be such a hassle for me. I swear my mind shut off half the time, although my eyes were working somehow.

Not nap - maybe once a week now - used to be 3 hours a day.

no going to bed at 8 PM after a 3 hour nap after work (3PM-6 PM)

Being a better person - I was so grumpy. I don't know how everyone used to deal with me. I was so irritable at times.

tomjax · Post by **tomjax** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 10:03 pm

GFI on BOTH ends of vanity?

Why 2?

why would there be separate circuits?

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 11:41 pm

When I babysit my grandkids I can actually do things with them again, before I put them in front of the TV while I slept in my chair. Only to hear, "Grandma, you sure snore a lot!"

Bonnie · Post by **Bonnie** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 11:42 pm

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yardbird · Post by **yardbird** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 8:56 am

tomjax wrote:GFI on BOTH ends of vanity?

Why 2?

why would there be separate circuits?

4 foot vanity. Actually I can install a GFI at one end and use that one to protect the outlet at the other end. So I don't really need 2 actual GFI outlets.

Why both ends? Because it's a 4 foot, single bowl vanity and I don't even want to THINK about having an electrical cord going from one end to the other. Besides... I have to take the whole wall apart anyways to do other stuff so this is peanuts in comparison.

My wife liked the mirror with built-in lighting. We tested it in "bathroom conditions" with daylight bulbs in it and she said it will be GREAT for make-up. Being the practical sort though I told her we also need some general lighting and I don't want to count on just the light in the exhaust fan-heater-light unit. So I'm putting in a separate switched light for general lighting. I mean... once it's all torn apart, adding a few electrical amenities is small in the overall scope of things and not real expensive.

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