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by Gunnie
Tue Feb 28, 2006 8:04 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: SLEEP APNEA SYMPTOMS
Replies: 15
Views: 5552

I still have memory issues, but I am under tremendous stress 24 hours a day. My lifestyle needs serious tweeking which I have been working on for months. I have been using my CPAP machine since 2001 and will not be without it. I felt immediate relief after the first night of using a machine! Also ke...
by Gunnie
Sat Jan 28, 2006 9:18 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Continuously Positive (not)
Replies: 17
Views: 5413

My hubby used to call me Darth Vader in the beginning, but it was not meant to be mean. He is as happy as I am not to be sleeping my life away. He now has a CPAP also & is struggling with it. I think it is the mask he is using. He needs something that is not all over his face. I just got a new swift...
by Gunnie
Sun Jan 22, 2006 11:46 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Where to sell a used CPAP machine?
Replies: 35
Views: 24978

If you find that you cannot sell your remstar, this might be another option for you. I donated my old humidifier this way: The American Sleep Medicine Foundation is working with Talk About Sleep to receive and distribute used equipment provided by TAS members to evacuees. Used equipment can be sent ...
by Gunnie
Fri Jan 13, 2006 8:59 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: aerophagia is new to me! :)
Replies: 5
Views: 1667

I started losing weight and had this problem. In my case, it was that my pressure needed to be lowered. I went from a pressure of 19 to 13 and now sleep like a baby and no more waking up feeling like my tummy is about to explode!
by Gunnie
Tue Dec 20, 2005 9:30 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Swallowing air?
Replies: 15
Views: 4196

I started on CPAP a few years ago at a setting of 19. Since switching primary doctors, I have been working on improving my health, and have lost 35 pounds so far! Then the bloating started. It was quite painful, and would hurt so bad, it was waking me up at night. I told my doctor about it, and also...