Dan, not counting my sleep study, I have now had a whopping 4 consecutive nights sleeping with a REMStar APAP with C-FLEX at my bedside. It is nearly totally silent with the exception of the breathing sounds I make which are a little amplified. I can not remember how long ago it was that I got such ...

Well, it is the conclusion of my doctor that the antibiotic is the most likely culprit. I have taken Bactrim once or twice before in the past, but as someone already posted and I noted in the website Oz added, allergic reactions are the primary side effect of this drug. My pharmacist has placed an a...

Well, I am getting a steroid pack to calm things down! Hpoefully I shall be all better really soon. I won't be able to sleep like this...AAAAaaaarrrrrrrrgh!

Thanks oz, I already saw that...it is too late, I finished the last dose of a 10 day regimen last Thursday evening...I guess it sensitized me the first week or so I was taking it, then whammy! I have popped out all over my body!

Thanks Dan...I have read a few...one search on hives gave a thread where "hives" was actually a typo for "gives"! LOL I think the antibiotic (trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole) is as likely a suspect as the APAP. Allergic skin reactions are a very common side effect with this antibiotic...maybe it is ju...

Oh I already have...he is supposed to get back to me soon. I called him first thing this morning. I am pretty stable right now...just as itchy as can be. I have never before had any overt allergies that I know of...never have had allergy problems other than allergic rhinitis which is not really both...

I got my APAP machine Friday afternoon. I used it Friday night and had a few small hives pop up on Saturday around mid-day. I thought they were mosquito bites or some sort of other insect bites. The hives were really small, about 1/4 inch in diameter. I treated them topically with 1% cortisone cream...

I am going around and around in the circles between the two above mentioned entities regarding the finances of my desired equipment. My insurance company rents for 2 months, then another 10 months on a rent-to-own plan if all is going well. They have a single billing code for the machine, hoses and ...

My DME was quite frank and honest with me...he said he could not compete with the internet...he had overhead for his office, diagnostic equipment (software to download reports from CPAP machines, etc.) and he makes house calls for some patients (he runs a respiratory therapy busines, NOT a general D...

Thanks Ric and one ex-wife is not a problem at all...the other goes beyond making up for it...they are highly over-rated and I have "collected" them against my wishes. Restedgal, what, praytell is the the ponytail scrunchy for? I haven't seen anything on that one. ozij, I think that pollen filters w...

Well, after having my kids make jokes about my snoring and remembering my second ex-wife had complained of my snoring and "weird breathing" and my now significant other (whose father has OSA) tell me that when we watch movies at her house and I fall asleep with loud snoring and periodically stop bre...