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- 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!!...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- 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...