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- Thu Apr 08, 2010 3:41 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Great PR S1 News !!!
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3093
Re: Great PR S1 News !!!
I went to college in Texas and the first thing I learned is that those big trucks don't go without the beer between the knees
- Thu Apr 08, 2010 11:52 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: ARRGH!!!!!!!!
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2375
Re: ARRGH!!!!!!!!
When you complain, make sure you complain to your union. If that's the only DME provider they contract with, they need to know what lousy service you are getting from them, so that when that contract comes up for renewal they might consider dropping them. It's important to complain. You are educated...
- Wed Apr 07, 2010 10:49 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Nasal pillows for side sleepers?
- Replies: 26
- Views: 9829
Re: Nasal pillows for side sleepers?
Thank you all for the responses. And I'd love to hear more. The only thing that worries me is the sensitivity of my skin around the nostrils. If I use regular tissues during a cold it gets red and raw and I get sores. I have to use lotion tissues and put vaseline on my nose and upper lip (yes, I kno...
- Wed Apr 07, 2010 7:41 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Nasal pillows for side sleepers?
- Replies: 26
- Views: 9829
Nasal pillows for side sleepers?
I sleep almost exclusively on my right side, and every mask I've tried pushes into the side of my nose even when I start out with the mask and my nose totally hanging off the edge of the pillow. I have a very sore nose I haven't been that interested in nasal pillows, but I'm getting desparate, now. ...
- Sun Apr 04, 2010 2:16 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: My poor, sore nose! Please Help.
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2181
My poor, sore nose! Please Help.
I am so frustrated with my poor, sore nose. 1. I am a side sleeper. I always sleep on my right side, and no matter what I do, the mask gets pushed into the side of my nose. Even masks that have nothing hard that could possibly touch my nose dig in and hurt a LOT. I try to "hang" the front part of my...
- Fri Apr 02, 2010 4:25 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Cpap v's Buteyko
- Replies: 49
- Views: 18021
Re: Cpap v's Buteyko
And was this confirmed with a sleep studyI attended a local course for four days, within two days I did not need the Cpap and it has been in the closet since 2 Feburary this year
- Wed Mar 31, 2010 9:17 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Humidifier Question
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1183
Humidifier Question
I was titrated at home with a trial Respironics System One Aflex, but it did not have a humidifier. I finally received my own machine yesterday, the exact same machine but with the humidifier (yay!). I was amazed at how much quieter my machine is. I could barely hear it myself, and my husband (who i...
- Wed Mar 31, 2010 4:10 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: newbie w/PR system one Auto "is there data in my machine?"
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1841
Re: newbie w/PR system one Auto "is there data in my machine?"
Elena, Search You Tube for "CPAP Choice System One" and you will find some great information on how your machine works and how to use it. There is a 3 part overview of the machine and a 4 part menus review. After watching this you will be an expert in how your machine works and how to read and under...
- Wed Mar 31, 2010 4:01 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: .
- Replies: 20
- Views: 3307
Re: OT: tongue problems (stress? nutrition? ??)
I'll vouch for the geographic tongue theory IF a MEDICAL DOCTOR and/or dentist has ruled out other causes. I have a geographic tongue. It appears white and has all sorts of "geography" on it--people often think I have some dreaded oral disease. But it doesn't bother me most of the time. My youngest ...
- Tue Mar 30, 2010 6:38 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Mirage Activa?
- Replies: 31
- Views: 5319
Re: Mirage Activa?
I'm anxiously awaiting the arrival of my Activa LT--today perhaps???? I'm a side sleeper and everything else is leaking like crazy on me. I hope my bottom pressure of 7 is enough to make it work--my high pressure is only 12. He had a sleep study done at the local hospital and they lost the darned th...
- Thu Mar 25, 2010 3:54 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: New CPAP user Instruction Manual help.
- Replies: 18
- Views: 5058
Re: New CPAP user Instruction Manual help.
Thanks! I found it and joined--same screenname if you see me there.The group isn't sleep apnea/cpap specific but much of the talk in Knitting In Our Sleep is about sleep apnea and cpap.
- Thu Mar 25, 2010 1:50 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: New CPAP user Instruction Manual help.
- Replies: 18
- Views: 5058
Re: New CPAP user Instruction Manual help.
Reading here and in a sleep group on Ravelry is where I learned that before my titration sleep study. What group on Ravelry? I've been trying to find a sleep apnea group there, and didn't find anything particularly related to sleep apnea. Seems like somewhere else on Ravelry I once saw something ab...
- Sun Mar 21, 2010 11:23 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Quattro Mask: Anyone else having seal problems (brand new se
- Replies: 44
- Views: 7782
Re: Quattro Mask: Anyone else having seal problems (brand new se
I'm a newbie and still on my home titration study, but the Quattro was working well for me for a few days and then it stopped working. Leak city. I can't get it adjusted at the beginning of the night most nights, and if I do somehow manage that, the slightest move sets it off. When my pressures go u...
- Sun Mar 21, 2010 11:09 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Neti Pot
- Replies: 22
- Views: 5917
Re: Neti Pot
I believe Dr. Park has written that studies have shown that upon discontinuing it, people's sinus infections DECREASED (hope I'm quoting that correctly). My ENT just told me it can push bacteria into the sinuses and cause more infections, although I'm not sure how that would happen if you lean forw...
- Sun Mar 21, 2010 3:16 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Neti Pot
- Replies: 22
- Views: 5917
Re: Neti Pot
I can't quite wrap my mind around using the netti pot, but I found an aerosolized pure saline spray. The commercial brand, I think is called "Saline Mist" and CVS has a generic brand (which actually costs MORE) called "Nasal Mist". This can be used just like a netti pot--you can tilt your head and s...