Sounds like I got off lucky. My Ortho-Surgeon prescribed Ambien after rotator cuff and basal joint surgeries to both sides a few months back. I took it once and it didn't help the insomnia so I just quit using it. I'm hoping the CPAP works out. So far it's keeping me awake longer than when I didn't ...

Hello All! I live in Juneau Alaska, in the midst of the world's second largest rain forest, the Tongass. Humidity here is 100 % nearly all the time. 170 to 200 inches of rain per year. One of the most damp, moldy places on earth yet, this is the only climate I can breathe in. Fortunately it's Southe...

It's ok Lori, I just thought it a bit vain for a cat to post pictures of their staff!

Anyway, I used to do the evening news on the local tv station until one day the station sold out and the new owner advised me that I had a face made for radio.

No picures from me!

Robb

I agree with you R&R, avoidable diabetes and high blood pressure... I wish I knew I could avoid those afflictions 33 years ago when I was told I had hypertension. I wasn't overweight then and was told I didn't need medication to control it due to my age at the time. So, on a Physician's advice, I mi...

Yup, add me to the list also. I was diagnosed type II seven years ago but, am now certain Ive been insulin resistant much longer than that due too the magnatude of organ damage at my age, (just turned 50). I take 2000 mg Glucophage, 8mg Avandia, 4 mg Amaryl, 240mg Diovan, 100 mg Atenolol, 25 mg HCTZ...

Hi, I too am a fairly new cpap user, (2 weeks ago). I initially had a hard time getting used to the nose mask, or whatever the thing is called. But then One night last week I fell asleep with it on and slept almost 7 hours. I haven't slept more than 2 to 4 hours per night since November 1973! I've s...

Hello Captain; I too am new to this stuff. I received a diagnosis of OSA a few weeks ago and was prescribed CPAP last friday. I was set up with a Remstar pro with c-flex and a heated humidifier. I have to admit that after the first two days struggling with it, I finally set in to letting it work for...

After the PSG etc... I received a call from the sleep center to tell me they have a prescription for a cpap machine and to come in for instructions. I got it yesterday, (Friday). It's a Remstar pro w/c-flex and a heated humidifier. It is set to ramp from 4 to 13. However, after I spent all day setti...

Well, Thank you all for the encouragement. I guess I did sound a bit cynical with that post. 30 plus years of two to four hours sleep a night makes me a little cranky too.

My wife makes me sleep in the kid's airplane bed cause i snore too much so I might as well look like a jet jocky!

Just finished a sleep study that took two nights to complete. The recommendation is a cpap machine. Sounds pretty fishy to me. First, The cpap titration kept me awake all night anyway. It is cumbersome and is physically impossible to get used to nor can i stand the stench of the mask. It smelled lik...