LoQ, I found a Respironics EverFlo oxygen concentrator on Craigslist earlier this year and bought it for my wife so she wouldn't have to drag the tube up and down the stairs. Since I started using it, she is back to dragging a 50' tube up and down stairs. I asked the doctor for a prescription becaus...

I've been using supplimental O2 for a couple of months now because I discovered it makes me feel a lot better. A new sleep study last month resulted in my pressure being lowered from 6 to 5, but the sleep doc would not write a prescription for supplemental O2. Supplemental O2 makes me feel more aler...

please exclude tiredness that is conclusively caused by other causes. we need to assess the efficacy of CPAP in eliminating tiredness that is cause by apnea Well, what if we don't know what the cause is? I've seen improvements in my level of energy from doing things with CPAP therapy as well as mak...

I bought a CMS 50D+ from Cooper Medical (he participates here) a couple of months ago. Taping it to my finger overnight was not comfortable for me. I just had surgery and wore an oximeter for 4 days in the hospital without any discomfort. Pictures of the rubber finger thing on the CMS 50F look like ...

I get allergy shots several times a year. They always took care of the sneezing, but not the nasal congestion. Before CPAP I just put up with the congestion. After I started CPAP Nasonex allowed me to use a nasal pillows mask. I stopped taking it several days before my turbinate reduction surgery. I...

It is amazing what you can miss being away from this forum for one day. P.M. sent.

gvz, I too have been reading this with interest. Like toronto I am in awe of what you were able to build. Please forgive my dumb assumptions, but when looking at the pictures and description I started wondering if shutting-off the flow of O2 would harm the oxygen concentrator? My understanding is th...

My surgery was on Friday and they let me out of the hospital today (Tuesday). My throat felt like they shoved a fire hose down it until this morning. Wait a minute, the doc said they did. Actually what he told me is they tore-up my throat with the hose they had to put into my stomach to size the ope...

SleepingUgly wrote:Which version of Ambien are you on, immediate release or the CR? How many mgs do you take? Did you have the daytime sleepiness before you were Ambien?

Did you have the Nissen?

1. Regular 10 mg. I'm in the hospital and can't type an adequate answer on my pda right now. 3. Yes.

ozij, I went to the other doctors first and had the standard heart and lung tests done. If I have to go back to those doctors, I need a more focused approach. I feel like I am just going to get blown-off by them if I don't know what specific questions to ask. "The patient was started on CPAP at a se...

frh, what was the outcome with the oxygen? Did you discuss it with the doctor? Would your GP be willing to prescribe O2 for you? I tried to get him to discuss why I feel so much better with O2. He just didn't want to go there. When I got home I called the GP and made an appointment for September 7t...

LoQ, I don't have enough time tonight to scan and clean-up the charts, then send them to my album so I can post them. So my attempt to clarify what I was trying to say will have to do. On page 3 (but is really page 5 of 10) there are two charts. The first is chart is labeled Apneas and shows 5 under...

I just saw the sleep doc to get the results of my new sleep study. I was supposed to see him on Monday, but his office changed the appointment. (I am scheduled for orthroscopic nissen fundoplication surgery tomorrow, so I won't really be able deal with this until I start to recover.) I readily admit...

Mars, she did not directly address the ph test other than to tell me not to let it stop me from having the operation. After that the subject changed and she reminded me protonix blocks acid production, and sucralifate is like eating chalk to coat the stomach and soak-up acid. I took that to mean a p...

Thanks for the response Mars. My statement about developing full-on Barrett's, then cancer is probably more what I wanted to hear than what the doctors really said. Barrett's is not what scares me anyway because I can't feel it. I went to the ENT Monday for the 30 day follow-up of my turbinate reduc...