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- Sat Jan 31, 2015 7:54 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Do Many of You Have the Ramp Feature Turned Off?
- Replies: 61
- Views: 11351
Re: Do Many of You Have the Ramp Feature Turned Off?
I used it for a week and then ditched it.
- Sat Jan 31, 2015 7:42 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: ASAA Support Forum is gone, gone, gone
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1428
Re: ASAA Support Forum is gone, gone, gone
Well, so far their reorganization seems to be extremely underwhelming. Why should it be any better? If people don't demand effective representation they'll continue to be treated like chumps. And they'll deserve it.
- Mon Jan 26, 2015 1:48 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Turns Out You CAN Learn to Breathe Through Your Nose
- Replies: 37
- Views: 5595
Re: Turns Out You CAN Learn to Breathe Through Your Nose
Congrats. Glad it's working out for you.
- Mon Jan 26, 2015 2:24 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Hospitals are NOT prepared for xPAP...
- Replies: 17
- Views: 5746
Re: Hospitals are NOT prepared for xPAP...
I was not permitted to bring my own machine during a recent stay. The machine they provided was a Respironics BiPAP Vision, set to CPAP mode, which they didn't know how to set-up. They left the hose dangling on the bed (an incredibly heavy hose compared to my home machine). I had to insist a RT set ...
- Sun Jan 25, 2015 11:31 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Passed a sleep study after years on CPAP
- Replies: 15
- Views: 5164
Re: Passed a sleep study after years on CPAP
Do you have access to an oximeter? You'd need a decent one which could give you the results from an entire night's sleep as opposed to one which just gives you a "spot" reading. If your O2 levels are good throughout the night, that could give you an idea about which studies are giving you the true p...
- Sat Jan 24, 2015 11:21 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: MyApnea.org
- Replies: 0
- Views: 4138
Re: MyApnea.org
Here's a thread which discussed the organization in detail.
viewtopic.php?f=1&t=101787&st=0&sk=t&sd=a
viewtopic.php?f=1&t=101787&st=0&sk=t&sd=a
- Wed Jan 21, 2015 4:35 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Asshats, unite!
- Replies: 73
- Views: 9092
Re: Asshats, unite!
For an almost completely unmoderated forum this place is remarkably polite. All forums have a divide between "regulars" and "newbies". That's human nature. Here it's pretty minimal. There clearly are people who come here looking for an excuse to get off the hose. They wind up getting a dose of sympa...
- Sun Jan 18, 2015 2:09 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Traded One Problem For Another
- Replies: 25
- Views: 7990
Re: Traded One Problem For Another
You may simply need to try a different mask (there are a lot of different designs). A lot of people report good leak prevention from using mask liners (which can also help with "mask marks"). Another question is when do these leaks occur? Are you using the "mask fit" feature to make sure you're at l...
- Sat Jan 17, 2015 1:02 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Traded One Problem For Another
- Replies: 25
- Views: 7990
Re: Traded One Problem For Another
I was also a lifelong mouth breather. I never knew there was anything wrong with that. Then I found that while using a FFM I was suffering very bad dry mouth, which was actually interrupting my sleep. I decided to try to train myself to nose breathe. At first I did it while wearing the FFM, and I co...
- Sun Jan 11, 2015 11:22 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: CPAP Education Outreach
- Replies: 52
- Views: 6808
Re: CPAP Education Outreach
The key to getting out any kind of message at all, it seems to me, is organization. Single voices are ignored. Small organizations are ignored. There was an effort along these lines mounted here about six years ago or so. I can barely find any remaining references to it, and apparently the people in...
- Sat Jan 10, 2015 6:09 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Leaks During Sleep
- Replies: 5
- Views: 858
Re: Leaks During Sleep
When I switched to a nasal mask from a FFM , my main concern was mouth breathing. Fortunately my leak data was pretty consistently low. My AHI was well managed and I thought everything was fine. Lately though, it's all been going downhill, fast. My leak data is out of control. Once again I thought ...
- Sat Jan 10, 2015 4:43 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Leaks During Sleep
- Replies: 5
- Views: 858
Leaks During Sleep
When I switched to a nasal mask from a FFM, my main concern was mouth breathing. Fortunately my leak data was pretty consistently low. My AHI was well managed and I thought everything was fine. Lately though, it's all been going downhill, fast. My leak data is out of control. Once again I thought mo...
- Sat Jan 10, 2015 1:00 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: CPAP Education Outreach
- Replies: 52
- Views: 6808
Re: CPAP Education Outreach
THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO COULD IMPLEMENT SOMETHING LIKE THIS ARE NOT INTERESTED IN DOING SO. That would be the Doctors that are seeing the patients.. In many cases the Doctors themselves are uneducated or simply don't care (or don't give a shit). Insurance companies don't care, all they want is their co...
- Sat Jan 10, 2015 9:23 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: CPAP Education Outreach
- Replies: 52
- Views: 6808
Re: CPAP Education Outreach
I am absolutely certain that a couple of years (!) before I went in to be formally diagnosed I heard a PSA on the radio about the symptoms of OSA. And I said to my DH, "Gee, it sounds like I might have sleep apnea." And he said, "Yes, it does." And then I did nothing more until I fell asleep behind...
- Thu Jan 08, 2015 11:43 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: CPAP Education Outreach
- Replies: 52
- Views: 6808
Re: CPAP Education Outreach
Getting people properly diagnosed with apnea is not always easy. I accompanied my brother in law to his doctor appointments for two years explaining that I believed he had sleep apnea, before I convinced the doctor to have him tested. I think he scored about 300 on the Epworth test. So you have to ...