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by midwestosa
Sun May 22, 2011 10:33 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: safe way to use afrin???
Replies: 22
Views: 45609

Re: safe way to use afrin???

Midwestosa, I think I might inquire about the antihistamine nasal spray to be used with flonase in times of emergency. Bayourest, The nasal antihistamines are relatively new and not widely prescribed yet. I found that in combination with the nasal steroids they work much better than either one by i...
by midwestosa
Sat May 21, 2011 11:20 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: safe way to use afrin???
Replies: 22
Views: 45609

Re: safe way to use afrin???

I can tell you what has worked for me and maybe it will help.. After suffering miserably from allergy symptoms for the first 36 years of my life which included itchy eyes that would become so bad it looked like i was in the ring with Mike Tyson, sneezing bouts that would last for 20 minutes, itchy s...
by midwestosa
Tue May 10, 2011 11:05 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: apnea on inhalation or exhalation
Replies: 19
Views: 18562

Re: apnea on inhalation or exhalation

Great topic!! Before I was diagnosed with OSA or even knew what it was I can recall waking up a couple of times from my sleep not being able to exhale. The only way I can describe it is it feels like a one way valve and the more pressure I apply to exhale the tighter the valve gets. I actually have ...
by midwestosa
Sun May 08, 2011 10:50 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: DME said no access to my data. True/False?
Replies: 38
Views: 13034

Re: DME said no access to my data. True/False?

I'm starting to learn that in the cpap community there is a perception that dme's are the equivalent of used car dealers, be very skeptical of them and take everything they tell you with a big grain of salt.
by midwestosa
Sun May 08, 2011 10:28 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Hello fellow hoseheads
Replies: 6
Views: 2383

Re: Hello fellow hoseheads

Thank you very much for the feedback and I look forward to more learning and sharing with others on this forum in the future!
by midwestosa
Sat May 07, 2011 10:16 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Hello fellow hoseheads
Replies: 6
Views: 2383

Hello fellow hoseheads

Greetings, I have really enjoyed reading the stories and information in this forum so I thought I would share my story for the one person who might find it interesting. I am a 38 yo single dad of 3 little ones and have had severe daytime fatigue for quite some time. I asked my doc about it and assum...