Aiy, just got an email from Bill saying that he is extreemly busy at work and such, when he gets a chance he will catch up.


cheers,
Tom

I don't know what you were reading, but it might pertain to people with various cardiac and pulmonary conditions. For healthy people, the build up of CO2 is the primary trigger for breathing. For some people with cardiac and pulmonary conditions, the level of CO2 is always high, therefore the main ...

As with many people, life for me has been pretty busy, and of course the official baby counter is 6 weeks. I need to get my wife to make one of those JavaScript counters that ends the morning of Dec 30th. Anyway, I noticed other people go through a simular set of "stages" as they start CPAP. And I c...

Okay, so I am a bit late, I would probably try 6cm of pressure, and leave it at 6cm. If your brother is a bigger guy (like me), he might feel like he is not getting enough air at 4cm. Anyway, without auto you might see more events. But since I am a day late and a dollar short, I guess I am going to ...

I have 8 cats and at first they were a little curious and sniffed the equipment and hoses but nothing else. Now, they don't even notice it's around. 8 cats, wow, for a while we had a forth, and that did not work out that well! The other three did not take kindly to the forth and she wound up hiding...

We've got three cats and a dog, and so far the only change with the CPAP machine is I seem to move in bed less, so the two cats and Poodle seem to hang around on the bed a bit more often. Although my wife is starting to break that up, seems like little Abigail is doing hourly tap dances on her bladd...

I am not familiar with what the Encore software show, but I the 420e with SilverLining viewing the event log will let you know if it believes the events are Central or Obstructive in nature. If the pressure is bopping around from 6 to 12, that might be enough to produce a micro-arousal. I would defi...

I've done over 1000 miles in a day before, Wow! This couch potato is impressed!! Driving a car that far wears me out! You're tough. Does sound like a magnificent trip you took. Glad you made it back safely. Welcome home! Thanks, it was a lot of fun. I don't know if I would say I was tough. The bike...

Tom, congratulations on the Saddle Sore 1000. Most I ever did was 680 in a day. Thanks, it was fun. Don't think I would want to do it often though. Glad to hear CPAP is working for you. When I'm out there in a couple of weeks maybe we can try to refine your treatment and improve the results. You me...

Okay Bill and Lori, y'all are just too kind. I'm just lucky enough to have worked on no less than 3 medical devices over the last 3 years. My experience has given me a little bit of insight into what goes on behind the walls of a big corporate medical equipement makers. This list has given me more i...

With all said this is interesting. I can remember several years ago, working on a project that use a simple clip on finger pulsoximeter, IIRC, all it did is constantly send the O2 and pulse informator over RS232, I believe it even scavanged power from the serial port for the LEDs. With one of those ...

My 420e when using the humidifier is amazingly quiet! Some people have reported some louder units (manufacturing variation?) but most people with the heated humidier report that it acts like a muffler on a car (or a silencer on a gun). The humidifer reservoir slides it so easy it is child's play. H...

G'day, Well I made it back alive, initial stats of the ride are 3400 miles in 6 and bit days. Well actually had a 1 1/2 days of the bike, so really about 4.5 days of riding. Capped by 1228 miles in under 19 hours, more than enough for a SS1000 ( http://ironbutt.com ). I've done over 1000 miles in a ...

Next time you sigh take note how long before you inhale again....yep, another central apnea. Yawn? same thing can happen. Pick up a heavy box or weight- did you remember to breath? if you didn't, then you had another central apnea. Think of what you hear exercise trainers lecture about breathing wh...

On Saturday night, I have 6 Apnea episodes with cardiac oscillations. IOW, AFAIK, Central Sleep Apnea. This causes me to worry a bit. I was wondering if anyone here has any good references handy on Central Apnea, causes, treatments and such. So I am trying to figure out if there is anything in my en...