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by Rob108
Tue Feb 24, 2015 6:55 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: FLUOROURACIL 0.5 % cream & full face cpap mask
Replies: 8
Views: 3435

Re: FLUOROURACIL 0.5 % cream & full face cpap mask

Squid13, I'm doing the whole head & neck. My bald head is in that too. My childhood years had way too much sun exposure and my stint in SE Asia figures in too.
by Rob108
Tue Feb 24, 2015 4:19 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: FLUOROURACIL 0.5 % cream & full face cpap mask
Replies: 8
Views: 3435

Re: FLUOROURACIL 0.5 % cream & full face cpap mask

I don't think it would help because it would still be riding/rubbing on my face.
by Rob108
Tue Feb 24, 2015 3:53 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: FLUOROURACIL 0.5 % cream & full face cpap mask
Replies: 8
Views: 3435

FLUOROURACIL 0.5 % cream & full face cpap mask

I'm now in the 2nd week of a 4 week regimen for treatment of skin cancer. It's getting to be uncomfortable for me as my face, head, and neck are beginning to resemble raw hamburger. Anyone been through this? Should I keep attempting to use cpap for the next couple of weeks (my nightly ahi has gone u...
by Rob108
Thu Oct 09, 2014 8:38 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Higher Sp02 when heart rate drops? (bradycardia)
Replies: 4
Views: 2384

Re: Higher Sp02 when heart rate drops? (bradycardia)

Perhaps higher(faster) heart rate means there is less time for blood oxygenation.
Until I had ablations done my heart rate would triple instantaneously and because no useful blood flow was reaching my brain I would have a syncope with drop episode (not something I'd wish on anyone).
by Rob108
Tue Aug 26, 2014 4:01 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: full face mask slides up during night
Replies: 4
Views: 3696

Re: full face mask slides up during night

Make sure it's the correct size mask for him. He may need a larger one. That mask is available up to an extra large. Once he gets the mask eating/slide up controlled it is a comfortable mask (at least for me). The only complaints I have is the disconnect/swivel adapter is hard to remove and the cush...
by Rob108
Sat Aug 16, 2014 9:04 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Sleep study done - "You slept"
Replies: 19
Views: 9825

Re: Sleep study done - "You slept"

I had a 3 night ordeal. First night all wired up, didn't have what I thought was anything but my normal night. Well I never got past stage 2 sleep and had an ahi index of 108.5/ hour with O2 desat to 81%. Needless to say I was scheduled for titration 2 days later which I bailed out of at 11:30 pm be...
by Rob108
Mon Apr 28, 2014 4:18 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Does anyone else experience waking with rapid heart rate?
Replies: 15
Views: 4107

Re: Does anyone else experience waking with rapid heart rate?

I've had just about every heart related procedure & test my two cardiologists could think of. I even had an implanted loop recorder for 2 years. I was initially diagnosed with tachy/Brady arrhythmia, but after the loop recorder "caught" my heart rate going from 70bpm to 240bpm almost instantaneously...
by Rob108
Thu Feb 27, 2014 6:01 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Heart palps while using CPAP
Replies: 15
Views: 4376

Re: Heart palps while using CPAP

Renee, "Heart palps "can be very difficult to get to a root cause. Do you only have them at night? Do you feel like they are too fast or too slow (skipped) or both? I've been dealing with tachy /Brady arrhythmia, svt's and my resultant syncope with drop. I also have gerd (take nexium). I've had stre...
by Rob108
Tue Jan 21, 2014 4:34 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Questions about study
Replies: 7
Views: 980

Re: Questions about study

I thought I had a pretty "normal" night during my study (even with all the connections). I fell asleep pretty fast but never got past stage 2 sleep. My "room" had no clock in it because the tech was responsible for getting me up at the time I told them I would normally wake. I think that it was real...
by Rob108
Fri Jan 17, 2014 7:52 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: What were you, and what are you now?
Replies: 20
Views: 2215

Re: What were you, and what are you now?

My sleep study produced an AHI of 108.5/hour and I never made it past stage II sleep.
Now I'm averaging <2 AHI & 7.5 hours sleep. Still waiting on the energy level to increase though
by Rob108
Wed Jan 08, 2014 6:14 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: OT: Brrrrrr! It's cold, d**n cold!
Replies: 37
Views: 4313

Re: OT: Brrrrrr! It's cold, d**n cold!

Yesterday it was -4F with a wind chill of -27F when I took my dog out. Today it is a balmy +6F
by Rob108
Fri Dec 20, 2013 3:31 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: SD Card being erased and rewritten
Replies: 20
Views: 3045

Re: SD Card being erased and rewritten

Are you sure that ResScan & Sleepyhead are pointing to the correct download location? They are different and need to be correct or import won't see data.
by Rob108
Tue Dec 17, 2013 3:43 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: looking for feedback
Replies: 10
Views: 1290

Re: looking for feedback

Guest wrote:
I have used a CPAP before, not for a week, but I have trialed it in the office when I was first hired.

You can't even "test drive" a mask in that amount of time much less deal with everything else
by Rob108
Tue Dec 17, 2013 3:35 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Hose keeps sliding off
Replies: 5
Views: 810

Re: Hose keeps sliding off

Mine has a little white adapter that fits into the hose and that is what snaps onto the clear swivel. I have that on....It's a lot shorter than the "adapter" that the Quattro FX uses (about 1/2" shorter overall and 1/4" shorter where the tube slides on). In fact the adapter is shorter than the clea...