12 years on cpap and it's time to move on.

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Re: 12 years on cpap and it's time to move on.

Post by CorkyD » Wed Mar 21, 2012 10:53 am

Got my remote today!! Everything went great and I can't wait to sleep tonight!!

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Re: 12 years on cpap and it's time to move on.

Post by debtheveg » Wed Mar 21, 2012 6:33 pm

That's exciting, Corky! Do let us know how it goes. I'm back from my trip to Sydney yesterday for a complete medical, about twelve pages of questions and an overnight sleep study. Should hear by next Tuesday if I progress on to the endoscopy stage.

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Re: 12 years on cpap and it's time to move on.

Post by debtheveg » Sat Mar 24, 2012 6:22 pm

Hi Corky, you've had a few nights since you last posted. How has it been going?

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Re: 12 years on cpap and it's time to move on.

Post by chunkyfrog » Sat Mar 24, 2012 8:04 pm

Luckily, the animal rights people have come up with computerized virtual dissection programs.
More of my kind can go free. Not so for the rodents--they're still considered vermin.

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Re: 12 years on cpap and it's time to move on.

Post by BlackSpinner » Sat Mar 24, 2012 8:11 pm

chunkyfrog wrote:Luckily, the animal rights people have come up with computerized virtual dissection programs.
More of my kind can go free. Not so for the rodents--they're still considered vermin.
"It's dead, Jim"

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Re: 12 years on cpap and it's time to move on.

Post by deltadave » Sun Mar 25, 2012 4:22 am

chunkyfrog wrote:Not so for the rodents--they're still considered vermin.
Yeah, well there was that Bubonic Plague thing.

I mean, killing off 100 million people certainly gives one "street cred".
...other than food...

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Re: 12 years on cpap and it's time to move on.

Post by deltadave » Sun Mar 25, 2012 4:28 am

BlackSpinner wrote:
chunkyfrog wrote:Luckily, the animal rights people have come up with computerized virtual dissection programs.
More of my kind can go free. Not so for the rodents--they're still considered vermin.
"It's dead, Jim"
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Re: 12 years on cpap and it's time to move on.

Post by debtheveg » Thu Mar 29, 2012 3:43 pm

CORKY!!!! Where are you??? How's it all going? My family are asking after you .....

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Re: 12 years on cpap and it's time to move on.

Post by Drowsy Dancer » Wed Apr 25, 2012 10:05 pm

Where indeed?

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Re: 12 years on cpap and it's time to move on.

Post by kosmonot » Wed May 09, 2012 9:56 pm

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Had to try the meme generator. Prolly a fall with dropbox.

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Re: 12 years on cpap and it's time to move on.

Post by Corky D » Fri May 18, 2012 1:14 pm

All is well.. Things are going great.. No Cpap since March 17th.. Took alittle while to get used to the device but now it's not a problem..

Next Dr. visit is May 21st

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Re: 12 years on cpap and it's time to move on.

Post by chunkyfrog » Fri May 18, 2012 1:49 pm

Had a PSG with the device yet?
Please post results--yours, of course.

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Re: 12 years on cpap and it's time to move on.

Post by Corky D » Fri May 18, 2012 2:07 pm

Waiting on results myself

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Re: 12 years on cpap and it's time to move on.

Post by NateS » Fri May 18, 2012 4:13 pm

by NateS on Tue Mar 13, 2012 8:42 pm

Corky,

What is your AHI now - obstructives and centrals and hypos?

What were those numbers on your pre-op diagnostic (no-cpap) sleep study before surgery?

What were those numbers when you were on continuous cpap?

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by corky on Tue Mar 13, 2012 8:50 pm
I don't have those numbers. Sorry

by NateS on Tue Mar 13, 2012 8:52 pm
Don't you have your sleep lab reports for any of those time periods?

How did your surgeon know these numbers if there were no lab reports?

I can't imagine them performing surgery on you without knowing your prior history, nor can I imagine you not wanting to know whatever your doctor knows.

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by corky on Tue Mar 13, 2012 8:57 pm
They know them but I was not given a report of my last study. I meet with the dr's tomorrow morning. I will ask for it.
I take Corky at his word. I believe that he did ask for all these reports on the morning of March 14, 2012, and that now, over two months later, he still has not received those reports from his doctors.

If true, I believe that this is a pretty appalling violation of the Patient's Bill of Rights under state and federal law.


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Re: 12 years on cpap and it's time to move on.

Post by ems » Tue Aug 14, 2012 7:43 pm

Hmmm... is there a page 17?

Noticed this thread near the top???
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