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by mstarkman
Thu Feb 17, 2011 8:56 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Hello Everyone and a little reassurance please
Replies: 27
Views: 6159

Re: Hello Everyone and a little reassurance please

roster wrote:Data???? What is your data showing? Apneas, hypopneas, mask leak, snores???
Good question. How do I get that from my machine?
by mstarkman
Thu Feb 17, 2011 8:44 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Hello Everyone and a little reassurance please
Replies: 27
Views: 6159

Re: Hello Everyone and a little reassurance please

Thanks everyone for all of your help!!! Each of the nights since I started this thread have gotten progressively better. I feel more rested and alert. I'm still not getting all of the number of hours of sleep I should be getting, but I am getting better quality. I have changed several little things,...
by mstarkman
Mon Feb 14, 2011 7:46 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Hello Everyone and a little reassurance please
Replies: 27
Views: 6159

Re: Hello Everyone and a little reassurance please

Night after night, I begged for relief. "Please, please...give me back my life!" Then one morning, just after first light, a release from the pain, the fatigue, just ever so slight. Now.....it's just that easy. I put on the mask, I hit the blue light, I have a new life. Thanks for sharing this. It ...
by mstarkman
Mon Feb 14, 2011 7:44 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Hello Everyone and a little reassurance please
Replies: 27
Views: 6159

Re: Hello Everyone and a little reassurance please

3) Take the time to read and re-read your mask's fitting guidelines. More people overtighten their masks than undertighten, by the way. And overtightening can lead to headaches (duh), head and neck pain (duh), general discomfort (duh), and leaking! (which is not so intuitively clear). The Swift FX ...
by mstarkman
Mon Feb 14, 2011 7:39 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Hello Everyone and a little reassurance please
Replies: 27
Views: 6159

Re: Hello Everyone and a little reassurance please

Practice with your equipment in any available time for you. Sometimes when watching tv is good. This is exactly what I did, probably for the first few months of my therapy. I went back to bed early, masked up and sat up watching TV for a while. This allowed me to get used to the mask and pressure, ...
by mstarkman
Mon Feb 14, 2011 5:52 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Hello Everyone and a little reassurance please
Replies: 27
Views: 6159

Hello Everyone and a little reassurance please

Hello everyone! I am so glad that I have found this forum. I realize that I haven't been on here before, but I do have some questions and concerns about using my CPAP device. Thanks in advance for any feedback or assistance you can provide. Within the past three weeks, I went for my initial consulta...