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- Wed Mar 06, 2024 12:54 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: 1 Year Into CPAP Therapy: Headaches Everyday
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2502
Re: 1 Year Into CPAP Therapy: Headaches Everyday
You might try getting a recording pulse oximeter--about $30 on Amazon to see what your 02 levels are doing during the night. That can be one explanation for headaches, even though your AHI is good and you feel rested.
- Tue Mar 05, 2024 2:02 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: CPAP making things worse
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4214
Re: CPAP making things worse
Somewhere in that understandable anger your are feeling (it's actually one of the stages of grieving for this newly diagnosed condition your are grappling with), it sounds like you are willing to work to make this better. We can help. You may be having more apneas with the machine than in your sleep...
- Thu Feb 29, 2024 2:07 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Escape 2
- Replies: 2
- Views: 812
Re: Escape 2
ffetcher, How did you end up with that bricked dinosaur???
- Thu Feb 29, 2024 2:05 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Shingles Vaccine and mask sensitivity
- Replies: 17
- Views: 9688
Re: Shingles Vaccine and mask sensitivity
Just because other people had no problems with the shingles vaccine doesn't mean that some people will. I know people who have really had bad reactions to this vaccine, and it's not unexpected, according to the literature. Still better than the actual disease. I've had vaccines where I've gotten ver...
- Mon Feb 26, 2024 6:50 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Resmed Airsense 10- EXTRA Large Water Tank
- Replies: 14
- Views: 12780
Re: Resmed Airsense 10- EXTRA Large Water Tank
If you are running through all of the water in your tank before the night is over, consider whether you might be mouth breathing. While it doesn't matter pressure-wise in a FF mask, it makes a difference to your therapy in a nasal mask, and in any mask it can cause a lot of drying of the mucous memb...
- Fri Feb 23, 2024 1:39 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Inspire advertising is Anti-CPAP advertising!
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2829
Re: Inspire advertising is Anti-CPAP advertising!
I agree they are playing to an audience of people who don't like the idea of CPAP in the first place, and using that to sell their product, which is expensive, invasive, and not the best treatment for everyone. That's how commercialism and capitalism work. But the implication that Inspire is inheren...
- Wed Feb 21, 2024 7:38 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Nasal Pillow Masks (Nasal tube)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1934
Re: Nasal Pillow Masks (Nasal tube)
When the hose rests on your pillow or mattress, you may have some conducted noise from the machine through the hose and your pillow or mattress. I also don't like the hose touching me anywhere. I use a hose hanger. I have a homemade jury-rigged hose hanger with a pully system on a wall-mounted bedsi...
- Mon Feb 19, 2024 4:27 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Cpap & Sinutitis
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1310
Re: Cpap & Sinutitis
CPAP without humidity can really dry out your sinuses, leading to the irritation that causes sinusitis. So, yes, experimenting with adding humidity is a good idea. But start slowly--too much humidity can be as bad as too little, and adjust only one thing at a time. Give each change a night or two to...
- Thu Feb 15, 2024 2:51 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: AHI under control, still feel terrible
- Replies: 19
- Views: 5156
Re: AHI under control, still feel terrible
It took me a long time to adjust to CPAP, and once I did I craved sleep and felt pretty fatigued. I don't believe it's really possible to "make up a sleep debt" but I just wanted to be back in bed sleeping whenever I had down time for a while. I didn't have one of those "Wow, I feel great" moments, ...
- Wed Feb 14, 2024 1:50 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Afternoon Fatigue
- Replies: 2
- Views: 715
Re: Afternoon Fatigue
It's good you are seeing your doctor because it could be ANYTHING, not "just" sleep apnea. You need a good, thorough exam, some bloodwork, etc. to rule out the many possibilities. How has your sleep been? Do you monitor your AHI? Has it changed significantly? Have you ever checked your overnight oxy...
- Tue Feb 13, 2024 1:52 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Kaiser changes machine settings
- Replies: 26
- Views: 5785
Re: Kaiser changes machine settings
I knew that and wasn't assuming you were the OP OR that OP was a commercial driver. I knew you knew that, so what was your point? This appeared to be directed at my post. btw I am not the OP. AND the OP never mentioned a CDL or any need for driving. Remember we can't see each other's facial express...
- Tue Feb 13, 2024 1:49 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Failed sleep study after 14 years on the hose
- Replies: 18
- Views: 3918
Re: Failed sleep study after 14 years on the hose
Prior to going on CPAP my AHI was in the mid-80's and somehow I managed to get SOME sleep (not saying it had any quality). But now, if I accidentally fall asleep without my CPAP (very rare) I'm almost immediately woken up with an apnea. My body won't let me "sleep" through that any more. I would fin...
- Mon Feb 12, 2024 6:04 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Feeling short of breath while turning over in bed.
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1851
Re: Feeling short of breath while turning over in bed.
Are you holding your breath? I notice I do when I turn over. I have an elaborate system of pillows, stabilizing the mask, getting everything just so, and I tend to hold my breath in the process. Plus, I'm not in the best of physical shape. But it's transient and nothing I worry about. It's good that...
- Mon Feb 12, 2024 5:59 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: ResMed AirSense10 and generator
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2424
Re: ResMed AirSense10 and generator
I live about 1 1/2 hours north of you, and we were without power (but evacuated) during two years of fires. I bought a portable battery generator that gives me one night on my CPAP, plus it will charge a cell phone and has a small light. https://www.amazon.com/Portable-FlashFish-Generator-Adventure-...
- Sun Feb 11, 2024 7:07 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Failed sleep study after 14 years on the hose
- Replies: 18
- Views: 3918
Re: Failed sleep study after 14 years on the hose
Your doctor is full of cheese. Here's the American Academy of Sleep Medicine Guideline: https://www.cms.gov/medicare-coverage-database/view/ncacal-decision-memo.aspx?proposed=N&NCAId=227&ver There is insufficient evidence to suggest that routine PSG and/or HSAT should be performed in patients who ar...