Aww..well thank you! I appreciate that. I'm sure that I will catch on pretty fast the more that I am on here. Hopefully anyway.. lol

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Gotcha! I'm not a newbie when it comes to being a member but am not very experienced when it comes to all the technical stuff on this forum. Thanks for clearing that up. I feel really dumb..lol

[quote=] And to TMJ Terri - 'SLE' is the abbreviation of the full name of lupus - Systemic Lupus Erythematosus - so no need to use it when talking about 'lupus'.[/quote] Yeah, I know the difference between sle and lupus. I just wrote that in case others were not familiar with lupus or the different ...

What in the heck did I do that caused me to reply as a guest? Sometimes using a cell phone makes it difficult to see what I am doing. I feel like a total dork..lol Oops! Sorry about that!

HI! I am not sure if anyone can answer this question but is it possible that having sleep apnea, complex sleep apnea in my case, can elevate inflammatory markers? I would love to see if anyone has had elevated blood inflammatory markers because of sleep apnea, controlled sleep apnea or not. Thanks s...

Hi all! It has been awhile since I have been here but I finally got my new ResMd Vpap Adapt machine 2 days ago. I am having issues trying to get the data off of the card to transfer it to the ResScan Software. I am not sure how to use it once I put the SD card in my computer. Any help is appreciated...

I just wanted to let you all know that I deleted my question. Sorry for any inconvenience.

I went to my sleep doctor in 2010 about this very issue. I was on my vpap and during the night I would wake up and my machine would be completely off.This happened many times during the night! My sleep doctors RT had NO idea why this was happening so she gave me a different machine. So did the machi...

Thanks for all of your replies. I personally don't take sleep meds..they don't work for me. I really never knew if taking sleep meds was ok if you have sleep apnea. Thanks for all of your repsonses.

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I wanted to thank each one of you for explaining this. Now I can understand it much better then I did before I asked. Boy, I have so much to learn and it can feel overwhelming but I am determined to learn as much as I can so I can make sure my sleep apnea gets treated properly. I have let this go fo...

John.. Wow!! You know SO much it really amazes me. Thank you for ALL of your help. I typed out 5 of my sleep studies. I have 1 or 2 more but wanted to show you at least 5 of them right now. The Dec 21st 2009 was my 1st one since 1996. I am sorry if this is alot to read but as good as you are I am su...

Is your sleep architecture supposed to be abnormal even when you are on a cpap? Thanks for your reply!!

Hi Spirit.. I just recently saw a new sleep doctor and he said my thyroid was very enlarged so I had blood work done. I have hypothyroid and when I was 19 I had a HUGE goiter. Medication made my goiter go down. I have been on thyroid meds since I was 19 when they found my goiter and that I had hypot...

I asked this in another post that was titled for John Fisher..but since alot may not read that post I was wondering if any of you knew how long we should be in REM sleep every night and what does it mean when ALL of my studies show that my sleep architecture was abnormal? Actually what does abnormal...