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by kteague
Wed Mar 13, 2024 3:18 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Can a CPAP machine truly revolutionize life?
Replies: 12
Views: 1543

Re: Can a CPAP machine truly revolutionize life?

Usually by the time one gets to a sleep study there have already been efforts to rule out other possible cause for the symptoms. There can be more than one thing contributing to how you feel. That was the case for me. But resolving the sleep apnea was a good starting point. Once one has adjusted to ...
by kteague
Sun Mar 03, 2024 4:33 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Periodic Limb Movement--learned neural pathways?
Replies: 1
Views: 2674

Re: Periodic Limb Movement--learned neural pathways?

Hi Wantok. Sorry I hadn't stopped in for a few days. Just saw your messages. First, about retraining neural pathways. I feel like there's something to that just due to my journey and seeing how it was a lengthy process to help my PLMD and accompanying stuck thoughts in my brain. Using the TENS was a...
by kteague
Sun Mar 03, 2024 3:59 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: CPAP making things worse
Replies: 10
Views: 3236

Re: CPAP making things worse

About your nasal congestion, are you "always congested" when using cpap or always congested day and night? If only when using cpap, consider that if a mask hits at the wrong spot on the sides of the nose, it can feel like the worst congestion ever.
by kteague
Sun Feb 18, 2024 12:58 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Just bragging a bit
Replies: 8
Views: 1319

Re: Just bragging a bit

Always good to see and feel progress. Gives a bit of hope. Wishing sustained improvement for you!
by kteague
Thu Feb 01, 2024 10:05 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Strong correlation between movements, flow rate dislocations and appearance of apneas?
Replies: 49
Views: 7481

Re: Strong correlation between movements, flow rate dislocations and appearance of apneas?

Been years since I was over on PubMed reading about this stuff and I realize how much I have forgotten since being out of the throes of the movements. Just read a couple studies and already my brain hurts. Remembering when I was hungry for every bit of related info I could glean. Admittedly feeling...
by kteague
Thu Feb 01, 2024 3:46 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Strong correlation between movements, flow rate dislocations and appearance of apneas?
Replies: 49
Views: 7481

Re: Strong correlation between movements, flow rate dislocations and appearance of apneas?

Been years since I was over on PubMed reading about this stuff and I realize how much I have forgotten since being out of the throes of the movements. Just read a couple studies and already my brain hurts. Remembering when I was hungry for every bit of related info I could glean. Admittedly feeling ...
by kteague
Sat Jan 27, 2024 2:31 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Unable to Get Good Sleep after Two Surgeries and 6 Years on PAP
Replies: 3
Views: 833

Re: Unable to Get Good Sleep after Two Surgeries and 6 Years on PAP

If you have untreated PLMD I would have to wonder how much it contributes to how you feel. Not sure how open your doctor is to doing things not in usual fashion, but the best way to know for sure is to do an overnight lab study while using your machine at the prescribed pressure the whole night. A t...
by kteague
Sat Jan 20, 2024 3:20 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: INTRACTABLE HEAD PAIN WITH FULL MASK
Replies: 8
Views: 3566

Re: INTRACTABLE HEAD PAIN WITH FULL MASK

I agree with the suggestion that a different mask may have the needed different pressure points to prevent pain. Knowing exactly where their pain is located could lead you to selecting a workable mask instead of guessing willy-nilly. I've had to give up on masks that the strap across the back of the...
by kteague
Sat Jan 20, 2024 3:05 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Nasal mask pressing and obstructing my nose
Replies: 14
Views: 3549

Re: Nasal mask pressing and obstructing my nose

I too am very sensitive to a mask pressing on the sides of my nose. Even though I'm able to use a nasal mask, I have found that a slight difference in placement can change it from workable to intolerable.You might want to see if a slight shift helps you. The nasal mask I'm using came with my machine...
by kteague
Sat Jan 13, 2024 3:44 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: My cpap machine smells like the last place it was used
Replies: 15
Views: 9009

Re: My cpap machine smells like the last place it was used

Mine holds the odor of the last thing cooked, but it goes away soon after the first blast of air. Put on my mask one night last week and got unpleasantly surprised to find the lingering smell of our dog that had been sleeping a couple feet away while nursing odiferous digestive distress. Snatched th...
by kteague
Sun Jan 07, 2024 9:19 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Airsense 11 Central AI Question
Replies: 19
Views: 15621

Re: Airsense 11 Central AI Question

I wouldn't want to use cpap if it wasn't needed, so I understand you wanting to know if other measures could help enough to not need the machine. It's hard to know the answer to that without being tested while side sleeping exclusively. Short of that, it's a serious decision to make on a maybe. Your...
by kteague
Thu Dec 28, 2023 3:03 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Husband says CPAP is scary and unattractive...
Replies: 23
Views: 8139

Re: Husband says CPAP is scary and unattractive...

All your adventures sound gloriously therapeutic indeed. Not that this is your hubby's issue, but I have a family member who is literally overcome with an ill feeling when he is in the presence of someone with an obvious health issue. It's like being an empath with a glitch in the program. We don't ...
by kteague
Wed Dec 27, 2023 6:13 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Husband says CPAP is scary and unattractive...
Replies: 23
Views: 8139

Re: Husband says CPAP is scary and unattractive...

For the most part you'll likely find few here willing to give your husband the benefit of the doubt. I hate that you are dealing with being treated so rudely by someone you speak of glowingly in all other respects. Whatever his hangups are (and it sounds like there are some), I would hope he would t...
by kteague
Wed Dec 20, 2023 5:40 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: New user... pls help....
Replies: 10
Views: 4328

Re: New user... pls help....

Congrats on getting off to such a good start. Hope feeling better over time gives you more confidence in the treatment.
by kteague
Wed Dec 20, 2023 5:36 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: After knee surgery, recommended to sleep on back AHI high
Replies: 30
Views: 8579

Re: After knee surgery, need to sleep on back

Waking a lot with pain can really make the data look bad. Some people are good enough with looking at the data to say if the events were around wakings, but I'm not one. The pain from the surgery should soon diminish enough that you find yourself sleeping in longer chunks of time and getting better ...