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- Tue Oct 31, 2023 9:41 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: OT......'The nightmare is over:'
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1850
Re: 'The nightmare is over:'
This particular nightmare is over- do not hold your breath [for 10 seconds ]
- Fri Aug 25, 2023 11:47 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: OT: Heads up on my personal issues
- Replies: 44
- Views: 13028
Re: OT: Heads up on my personal issues
You do not know me or I know you... but it was clear from the first that you are the heart and soul of this board.
All I have is sympathy for you. Gene
All I have is sympathy for you. Gene
- Sat Aug 12, 2023 7:15 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Aging
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3074
Re: Aging
Getting older looks like a one way trip to me. Might as well enjoy it...
- Tue Aug 01, 2023 9:38 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: OSCAR chart to grade please? Newguy
- Replies: 234
- Views: 28722
Re: OSCAR chart to grade please? Newguy
My heart surgeon was wearing a mini skirt the first time I talked with her. I am a fan now no matter what she wants to wear.
- Sun Jul 30, 2023 12:21 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: OSCAR chart to grade please? Newguy
- Replies: 234
- Views: 28722
Re: OSCAR chart to grade please? Newguy
Hello sleepy people- long time no see, I have tried the cpap for weeks and got down to around 5AHI- as good as I have ever scored and have been off of it for several weeks, I can detect no difference [ early days I had really good days sprinkled with not so good and bad days] I found a GP [mine reti...
- Sat Jun 03, 2023 2:00 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Use cpap machine for sleep study?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2183
Re: Use cpap machine for sleep study?
Thanks to all for taking the time to respond. My original sleep study was 59 AHI and while it is better, I have never scored below mid 4.0 AHI. I did notice a great improvement even at an AHI around 10 [average before surgery]. I obviously was battling poor heart performance but it still was like th...
- Fri Jun 02, 2023 1:02 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Use cpap machine for sleep study?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2183
Re: Use cpap machine for sleep study?
I am going to post a couple charts for comparison- one before surgery [end of Jan, 23] and one now [jun 2,23] as the apneas seem like they would mean something. Before surgery I could feel a real difference from a night of cpap treatment https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/tk8so52wahdjez24k2czd/screensho...
- Wed May 31, 2023 1:32 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Use cpap machine for sleep study?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2183
Re: Use cpap machine for sleep study?
Julie- I am taking a bunch of medications prescribed by my cardiologist [almost all different from the drugs I was taking for high blood pressure for most of my adult life [prescribed by my GP] My BP was often under 100 during cardiac rehab [they would check 3 to 6 times during/before/after the sess...
- Wed May 31, 2023 11:44 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Use cpap machine for sleep study?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2183
Re: Use cpap machine for sleep study?
I have used Oscar from the start- I am now at 14cm which my sleep pro picked out last year. Everyone told me to bring my cpap to the hospital but no-one really wanted any part of using it. And I had other things on my mind after surgery. After rehab I have returned to cpap therapy but had a harder t...
- Wed May 31, 2023 10:48 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Use cpap machine for sleep study?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2183
Re: Use cpap machine for sleep study?
So I could dial in 4cm and get an approximation? I had open heart surgery [unconnected] and my wife now sez that I do not have the noticeable apneas that she listened to for years before I resumed cpap and, aside from today, I have not noticed any of the positive physical markers that I enjoyed earl...
- Wed May 31, 2023 9:53 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Use cpap machine for sleep study?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2183
Use cpap machine for sleep study?
Is it possible to use the recording function of your cpap to determine your AHI number with no machine correction? I messaged my sleep professional asking if a new sleep study might be called for and ,of course, got no reply. As an asside, I got under the magic number [5] last night for the first ti...
- Tue May 30, 2023 3:15 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: ROS (Republic of Sleep)
- Replies: 23
- Views: 3846
Re: ROS (Republic of Sleep)
RE...CE is how I remember how to spell it, and I cannot remember anything any more.
- Mon May 29, 2023 8:46 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Ex-Medtronic employee targets snoring, sleep apnea
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1834
Ex-Medtronic employee targets snoring, sleep apnea
This article was in the current Star/Tribune [Mpls/StPaul]. Just for interest... Ex-Medtronic employee targets snoring, sleep apnea REMastered Sleep’s strawlike device strengthens airway muscles, improves breathing By TODD NELSON Special to the Star Tribune Anders Olmanson had known since he was an ...
- Sun May 14, 2023 8:58 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: I do not believe in being born again, but...
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1594
Re: I do not believe in being born again, but...
I have been using this forum and it's helpful members to try to arrange my thoughts into something coherent. I am confused and along with the tiredness have had trouble mentally. I was trained as an electronics technician and my mind is accustomed to being able to figure things out, now [perhaps old...
- Sat May 13, 2023 9:56 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: I do not believe in being born again, but...
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1594
Re: I do not believe in being born again, but...
To clarify, I have been sleeping without the cpap for several weeks. I understand that sleep apnea does not go away and I agree that I need to do another sleep test. I lived for 75 years without cpap and would say I was a high functioning adult until my world crashed and I spent a year struggling wi...