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by angeltink
Wed Oct 22, 2014 8:26 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Legal to Sell Resmed Swift?
Replies: 6
Views: 982

Re: Legal to Sell Resmed Swift?

Yes on Ebay it is all in the wording. I have seen mask and pillows with free gift for a full set up. I think it is all in not announcing it is the full set up. I can tell you I got a full swift FX for her set up in the last month on Ebay for $40 with shipping so I don't know if or how long it will t...
by angeltink
Fri Oct 17, 2014 10:50 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: wisp cpap mask with fabric headgear
Replies: 2
Views: 769

Re: wisp cpap mask with fabric headgear

Wow so sorry you had such a bad experience with using the wisp. All the masks I have tried use the same material for the headpiece and some use it on the face as well. Wisp was the first mask I tried and actually my favorite. I can say one thing in that there is no way for the airport to blow air ba...
by angeltink
Wed Oct 08, 2014 12:45 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: what are ultra fine filters made of?
Replies: 29
Views: 4888

Re: what are ultra fine filters made of?

Right on their pages there is a free shipping code right now HOPE2014 and they are giving 5 percent to the national breast cancer society. I notice I get free shipping codes on Facebook often too. HTH
by angeltink
Sun Oct 05, 2014 2:12 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Awful Sleep Center Rant
Replies: 12
Views: 1926

Re: Awful Sleep Center Rant

Welcome to Illinois. I am in Northwestern IL. Your experience is very similar to mine although I requested copies of my sleep study to be sent to me from the company I had to call to set up the sleep study. Took over a month for an appointment for each sleep study. Regular doctor wants me seeing a s...
by angeltink
Thu Oct 02, 2014 6:04 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: New sleep apnea pill study
Replies: 20
Views: 8077

Re: New sleep apnea pill study

Julie wrote:And if you don't sign on as a test case, who do you suggest should do so?
I could care less because there is always someone will to. You could be a candidate if you like.
by angeltink
Thu Oct 02, 2014 5:54 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: CPAP Class Action for causing eye/sinus infections
Replies: 34
Views: 10801

Re: CPAP Class Action for causing eye/sinus infections

There is no way your mask or machine could cause pink eye unless you shared the mask with someone who had pink eye and you didn't disinfect it afterward which would be the users fault. I am someone who suffers from allergies and in the past had the most awful continuous sinus infections. I just star...
by angeltink
Thu Oct 02, 2014 2:47 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Conflicting results. Complex Apnea or not?
Replies: 16
Views: 2953

Re: Conflicting results. Complex Apnea or not?

I know more about thyroid issues than sleep apnea since I am just under 3 months into using cpap but have had hypothyroidism and hashimoto's for about 20 years and had my thyroid removed last year due to thyroid cancer. I do think you should find a neurologist or doctor who specializes in sleep diso...
by angeltink
Thu Oct 02, 2014 1:47 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: New sleep apnea pill study
Replies: 20
Views: 8077

Re: New sleep apnea pill study

angeltink, This study on L-tryptophan, a serotonergic supplement, regarding the effect of sleep apnea was done in 1983 on 15 people. It looks like it had a dramatic improvement. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6360258 That is why I find the current study you linked to interesting about serotonin...
by angeltink
Thu Oct 02, 2014 1:41 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: New sleep apnea pill study
Replies: 20
Views: 8077

Re: New sleep apnea pill study

Supposedly it boosts serotonin which stops the your throat from relaxing as it normally does during sleep. I am sure there will be many sleep studies to prove it works if it ever goes to market.
by angeltink
Wed Oct 01, 2014 10:47 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: New sleep apnea pill study
Replies: 20
Views: 8077

Re: New sleep apnea pill study

chunkyfrog wrote:Hmmm, I wonder if there is any THC in it.
by angeltink
Wed Oct 01, 2014 10:47 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Adjustable bed -- what a difference
Replies: 14
Views: 11892

Re: Adjustable bed -- what a difference

I love my adjustable bed. I have had it almost 10 years now and need a new mattress. My base is leggit and Platt and the mattress is Latex. You can not use a bed with springs with an adjustable base but can use Latex, memory foam, sleep number, and there are some new ones by Serta and Sealy out ther...
by angeltink
Wed Oct 01, 2014 10:16 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: New sleep apnea pill study
Replies: 20
Views: 8077

New sleep apnea pill study

Just saw WGN news tonight that doctors are doing a study using a pill called dronabinal to boost serotonin levels while we sleep so our airway doesn't relax as much as it typically does. Here is the link http://wgntv.com/2014/09/30/a-pill-for-sleep-apnea/ There is a phone number to call for more inf...
by angeltink
Wed Oct 01, 2014 1:53 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: I'm sleeping on my back thanks to Wisp
Replies: 5
Views: 1069

Re: I'm sleeping on my back thanks to Wisp

Welcome to the only way I can sleep without having hip and back pain the next day. I too use the wisp and because I sleep on my back and don't move I don't even have to tighten the mask at all. I really like it but am going to try the swift fx pillows to see if I like those better. Pugsy, I know wha...
by angeltink
Sun Sep 28, 2014 3:07 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: O/T Thyroid Meds
Replies: 38
Views: 4727

Re: O/T Thyroid Meds

My BP med is a water retention one with no stickers on it that say to take with food. Honestly, my blood pressure was only high in that particular doctors office who put me on it. I despised her so would get nervous having to see her. I found a new doctor after she put me on the meds. The new doctor...
by angeltink
Fri Sep 26, 2014 12:04 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: New & just diagnosed w/apnea by medical supply clerk??
Replies: 37
Views: 4250

Re: New & just diagnosed w/apnea by medical supply clerk??

I just had to respond to you thoughts about not getting the call from a cancer doctor if they found cancer. I was diagnosed with cancer last year and it was in a phone call from a CNA at the doctors clinic who diagnosed me based off an ultrasound and no an actual biopsy done. The CNA could not answe...