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by gac914
Sat Jan 22, 2011 8:15 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Feeling Depressed and like a failure
Replies: 42
Views: 5220

Re: Feeling Depressed and like a failure

I have always had to read something before falling asleep (I remember the old "Odd Couple" TV show where Oscar and Felix were somewhere and had to stay overnight, and one of them had to read the toothpaste tube to be able to fall asleep because there was nothing else around to read -- I'm that bad!!...
by gac914
Wed Jan 19, 2011 9:18 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Acid Reflux and CPAP
Replies: 10
Views: 7167

Re: Acid Reflux and CPAP

Before I went on CPAP therapy, I'd wake up about once a week with terrible acid reflux, that would cause a sour burp, and in turn would go into my lungs, which would cause me one heck of a coughing "jag." I'd wake up not being able to breath, and coughing to the point of gagging. Since the therapy s...
by gac914
Sun Jan 16, 2011 7:09 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Suffocating Or?
Replies: 6
Views: 1512

Re: Suffocating Or?

You should be able to go into "settings" and adjust the ramp number up -- I believe that it goes from 4 to at least 7 -- when I did this I felt a lot better at start-up. When I first got my machine, I had the same short-breath feeling, until I adjusted it up. Now in the last week the doctor's office...
by gac914
Sun Jan 16, 2011 6:53 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: chapped lips and chapped nares
Replies: 28
Views: 16040

Re: chapped lips and chapped nares

Turning up the humidifier increased the chapping (as counter-intuitive as that sounds), but then again, when ever I've had to sleep with a room humidifier blowing all night long due to severe congestion---guess what? Always got chapped lips too. So I turned the humidifier setting back down to 1 and...
by gac914
Sun Jan 02, 2011 5:31 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Flying with CPAP
Replies: 16
Views: 5034

Flying with CPAP

I'm relatively new to CPAP, and am planning a flight in a short while. What should I expect when it comes to carrying my machine on board? (I don't feel like checking it in my stored luggage.) I've ordered the bag tag (https://www.cpap.com/productpage/medical-identification-luggage-tag-cpap-equipmen...
by gac914
Sun Dec 26, 2010 8:17 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: The Importance of a Good Pillow
Replies: 15
Views: 3044

Re: The Importance of a Good Pillow

I gotta agree with some of the other folks in their replies. The Regenesis Pillow, (http://www.pur-sleep.com,) is great. Fully adjustable by the amount of buckwheat hulls you install (I, too, use all but about 1/4 of what is supplied.) The great thing about the pillow is it seems to retain whatever ...
by gac914
Sun Dec 19, 2010 10:33 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Empty smart cards
Replies: 1
Views: 726

Re: Empty smart cards

My first card would not accept any data -- they figure it must have been corrupt. I missed the first week of data. When I'd turn off my machine in the morning, the machine would "beep" in rapid succession and display a "remove and reinsert data card" announcement. It would not save any stats. I was ...
by gac914
Sun Dec 19, 2010 9:55 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: PLEASE HELP....NO MOISTURE GETTING TO MY MASK...
Replies: 9
Views: 2479

Re: PLEASE HELP....NO MOISTURE GETTING TO MY MASK...

I agree with what Janknitz stated. If your tank has a noticeable drop in water level, and you tank has condensation, then I believe it's working (where else would the water be going?) I too have the same machine and humidifier, and I usually have it on "3." If I go any higher, my mask gets condensat...