You guys are being scammed by pee_jay the TROLL. Everything he is posting is probably lies - about sleep apnea, about his machine, about his weight, about the testing, about building his own CPAP and sleep testing equipment. jules already figured him out in an earlier thread. See http://www.cpaptal...

I'm 6 feet tall and was 280 lbs. Lost 30 lbs over 5 months If you are 250, then your BMI is 34 and you are obese. As others have pointed out you don't know what your untreated AHI is. And you don't know how many respiratory related arousals you are having each night. You are playing the dangerous g...

You guys are being scammed by pee_jay the TROLL. Different PJ. I lost my weight by cutting out carbs from my diet. It wasn't easy at first, but now I am used to it. I used to snack on gummy bears, but have replaced them with almonds, olives, and string cheese. I highly recommend Gary Taubes' book, ...

it was actually 5 months since I lost the weight and just the past month that i went off the cpap.

i still have my machine (and 5 different masks) and will go back to CPAP if i need it, though i would like to sell it all if it turns out that i can do without it.

best.

I'm 6 feet tall and was 280 lbs. Lost 30 lbs over 5 months and don't need my apnea machine anymore (based on how I feel, and my normal pulse ox and AHI results--both of which were bad, but are now in normal range). I know they say it's not all about weight, but weight must have had something to do w...

Try out the memory foam mattress first before you buy. During my first sleep study I started out in a room with a bed with a memory foam mattress. No matter what I tried I could NOT get comfortable in that bed! Thankfully the sleep lab wasn't full and I was able to change to a room with a standard ...

I confirmed my suspicion. Several people on this board have noted an enlargement of their nares with chronic nasal pillow usage: http://www.cpaptalk.com/viewtopic.php?t=49174&f=1 Postby floboots on Thu Feb 11, 2010 10:28 pm This may just be my overactive imagination, but I swear that after having us...

I use a full face mask because anthing less makes no sense while sleeping. One would think the nasal pillow, even if fitted correctly, would tend to expand the nasal passages, from the pressurized CPAP air. I'm not a vain person but would be concerned using a mask that allows me to moutbreathe, and ...

http://piggington.com/files/images/Troll%20Alert%20-%20No%20BS_0.jpg Ok. Ideally, I would like to not use the machine at all, since what I would like to do is measure airflow volume while I sleep without doing anything to affect what naturally occurs. Since I have no such means, I am instead using ...

http://www.cpaptalk.com/viewtopic/t58410/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=45343&p=406116&hilit=+test+points+motor#p406116 VERY INTERESTING A bit redundant, perhaps, but then redundancy is a facilitator in education. Today I was reading about interpreting sleep data, and it seems that where I cycle between breat...

To me sleep apnea less apnea = sleep Or are you thinking Centrals? Yes, I intended that as a bit of a joke, figuring anyone who knew what I was talking about would understand it. ...and indeed, I've since learned the word "hypopnea." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypopnea So it seems that I'm lookin...

the pro 2 is data capable - I self titrated with one and software I trashed the smart card just as soon as I realized it wasn't some sort of digital key required to make the thing operate. I later found out they're some sort of standard data storage and so maybe I could have used that, but I would ...

the one hole that was covered was probably an O2 port why don't you post what machine and mask you are using so people can help you Machine's a RemStar Pro 2. I first took it apart, to look for a suitable point with a voltage that indicated some useful information. I first thought I might have to c...

If you cover the holes on your mask you are going to have trouble breathing. Those are exhaust holes to let air out - no air out means no new air can come in. You really should have a sleep study to see whether you have OBS and/or other issues. Don't worry, I know what the vent holes are for. There...

I have a CPAP machine I bought on Craigslist several months ago. At the time, I took it apart and wired it to my computer so that I could monitor my breathing while asleep, and I noticed that I'll breathe normally at first, then over several minutes my breathing will become weaker and weaker until i...