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- Tue Apr 16, 2013 11:18 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Humidifier and Germs
- Replies: 2
- Views: 569
Humidifier and Germs
I just came down with my first upper respiratory infection since being on c-pap. (about 2 1/2 years.) My question is: Could the humidifier be holding the bacteria and keep introducing them into you night after night?
- Tue Jan 22, 2013 9:19 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Will I become depedant on CPAP Mask?
- Replies: 31
- Views: 14883
Re: Will I become depedant on CPAP Mask?
Yes! It will be the best addiction you will ever have!
- Tue Oct 18, 2011 8:49 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Treatment of RLS with Gabapentin (Neurontin)
- Replies: 36
- Views: 28160
Re: RLS Again (and Klonopin and pain medication)
Kolonopin has been a wonder drug for me. I do not have rls but have mild anxiety from time to time. I take a .5/mg of kolonopin and it works great. I have to be careful taking it at bedtime though, relaxes me so much I wet the bed once and did not even know it! I am very careful about taking this th...
- Tue Jul 19, 2011 8:49 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Is this number good??
- Replies: 2
- Views: 928
Re: Is this number good??
Thanks pugsy!
- Tue Jul 19, 2011 8:41 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Is this number good??
- Replies: 2
- Views: 928
Is this number good??
My machine is telling me my AHI is 1.4 for a 30-day period. Good or bad??
- Tue May 03, 2011 8:26 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Guess what dumb thing I did?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3306
Re: Guess what dumb thing I did?
I get hosed all the time at my DME!!
- Tue Apr 19, 2011 1:06 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: New procedure for Sleep Apnea
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2913
Re: New procedure for Sleep Apnea
Well, I too don't really like the implant part but I am sure it would be very similar to a pacemaker. The people I know with pacemakers seem to have very few problems. I bet there is not one person on this site that would not love to chuck all this cpap stuff if this turns out to really be a viable ...
- Tue Apr 19, 2011 12:22 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: New procedure for Sleep Apnea
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2913
Re: New procedure for Sleep Apnea
People, I realize this might not be the best site for this news but if this thing would work, it sure would beat a mask wrapped around your face all night! (not to mention all the associated stuff you have to do with cpap)
- Tue Apr 19, 2011 10:44 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: New procedure for Sleep Apnea
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2913
Re: New procedure for Sleep Apnea
Here is what I read about it. Any comments?? Using well-established technologies from the fields of cardiac pacing and neurostimulation, Inspire Medical Systems has developed a system specifically to help those who are plagued by that troublesome tongue. The Upper Airway Stimulation (UAS) therapy de...
- Tue Apr 19, 2011 10:14 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: New procedure for Sleep Apnea
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2913
New procedure for Sleep Apnea
Have any of you people heard or know anything about the Inspire Upper Airway Stimulation? Supposedly there are clinical studies going on with it. My understanding is an implanted stimulator is used to stimulate the base of the tongue, opening up the airway by contracting the muscle. It is called STA...
- Fri Apr 01, 2011 1:51 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: New OSA Treatment Option
- Replies: 27
- Views: 5588
Re: New OSA Treatment Option
Well, that was better than what I had my wife do today. I told her she had a message from Myra Mains and gave her a funeral home number to call!!!!
- Thu Mar 31, 2011 8:50 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Claustrophobia
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1037
Claustrophobia
I have been doing fine on CPAP since Nov. '10 but every once in a while I will put my mask on, lay down and then feel like I can't breathe. This is very unnerving and scary and for some reason or another it affects my belly and I get this horrible feeling. Any one else ever experience this?
- Tue Mar 29, 2011 6:32 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: What is periodic breathing?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3169
What is periodic breathing?
My leak rate is 0% and AHI is 1.8 and periodic breathing is 2%. I don't understan the periodic breathing part??????
- Mon Mar 28, 2011 8:06 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: New and more sleep deprived than ever!
- Replies: 18
- Views: 4890
Re: New and more sleep deprived than ever!
Jennifer, Have you considered nasal pillows? I fought the same mask you have for about a week and decided to try nasal pillows. They are a lot less restrictive and the headgear is alot lighter. Either way it is going to take time. You will soon find that you cannot go to sleep without your mask, giv...
- Mon Mar 28, 2011 7:57 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: WHAT TO SAY to get better machine
- Replies: 43
- Views: 5230
Re: WHAT TO SAY to get better machine
I had to pay an extra $159 to upgrade to a data capable machine. I probably was hosed ( no pun intended) but sometimes it is just easier to switch than fight!