Julie ~ yeah, i know "rain on your parade" is a saying, but your use of it implies that i was putting on a show of some sort that you were "raining on"- or that you were extinguishing some delight of mine - neither of those were applicable. might be good to be more careful with your use of cliches. ...

"rain on my parade" ? i wasn't having a parade, Julie. i did not say AHI15 should diagnose himself/herself with the illness. i think it's reasonable to give information. your mileage may vary. people who have ME have enough trouble dealing with inconsistencies and outright ignorance in the medical c...

hi AHI15 ~ My mom (catnapper) pointed out your post to me and asked me if i might respond. some of what you are describing sounds like myalgic encephalomeylitis (ME), as it's known through most of the world. In the US, it's more commonly referred to as "Chronic Fatigue Syndrome" -a poorly understood...

Hi Lazyace, one of your earlier posts said you need something positive about now. i don't know if i have that for you, but here are a few resources that might be useful. I was diagnosed with "post infectious fatigue syndrome" or "virus-induced central nervous system dysfunction" (or ME, or CFS, or w...

dear Karen, it's such a joy to send birthday wishes your way - such a great gift your friendship is to folks here, and especially my family of hose-heads! i wrote another message but it disappeared... how did that happen? and my brain is too tired to figure out what i said, but mainly it was singing...

Another dual-diagnosis person signing in here... I have been treating OSA for 1 year now (as of March 21), and watched against expectation during the past year as my health and energy declined precipitously. Went to the doctor and was told I was depressed. Grrrrr. Fought back as it was clear *to me ...

Hi all, I am the daughter of Catnapper, the person who was given Topamax (aka topiramate) for migraine control and weight loss by a neurologist. My experience was dramatic, to say the least. As for the weight loss issue, they are trying to market this drug as a diet aid because it makes you anorexic...

thanks, Rested Gal/Laura! this was in NO way an attempt to "undo" the exquisiteness of your straps, you know. it's been about 3 weeks now, with improvements in leak management and ease of sleeping. at first it woke me up a fair amount, but now i've gotten used to sleeping positions that keep the nos...

hi everyone, i'm not trying to be provocative (well, maybe titularly), but i wanted to report that i've been experimenting lately with using my decapitated aura/twilight np without ANY straps at all!!! it's been GREAT. my leak rate is up a little, but my AHI has been stable, and the comfort of not h...

[quote="Babette"]BTW, Bast, I'm thinking of buying a reel mower. Upgrade from my wussy electric power mower, which was the upgrade from the smokey gas power mower. I'm hankering after this one: http://www.peoplepoweredmachines.com/sunlawn-reel/mm1-reel-mower.htm What did you get? And how much do you...

hi ~ nice off topic topic! i love riding my bike, swimming, dancing, gardening (though i am a lazy digger) and i wish camping counted as exercise... i just received one of those quiet push-wheel lawn mowers (the old-fashioned kind without a motor) as a gift, and imagine i will find that to be satisf...

dear james, sometimes odd ailments respond well to chinese medicine - usually TCM/herbs with acupuncture. i had mycoplasmal (fungal) pneumonia years ago, and while nothing else seemed to work, that did. it took a while, but was restorative rather than giving me a bunch of side effects to then heal f...

hi everyone (who reads this), i am a newly diagnosed hose-head, and have had some (and heard of many other) "interesting" experiences in the process of being diagnosed and getting treatment started. one thing that seems to come up is that sleep doctors, centers where PSGs are done, and DMEs are all ...

hahahaha!

blarg, does your kitty have a beer gut, and so needs to take this thread very seriously?

what a great shot!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070420/hl_nm/drinking_apnea_dc_1 Hi - this is a link to an article about findings published in the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, suggesting that alcohol at any time of day increases the risk of OSA events in men. The study includes women, but didn't show significan...