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by tanerax
Mon Sep 22, 2014 3:42 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Are All DME's Bad?
Replies: 45
Views: 6797

Are All DME's Bad?

I have been on this forum for little under a month, and from everything I have seen, DME's are the devil and are out to get you. Are any DME's good? or are they just seeming good in order to screw us over lol I have been dealing with a local DME, the same person since my sleep study and they have se...
by tanerax
Mon Sep 22, 2014 11:55 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Pre-Diabetes and OSA
Replies: 6
Views: 1555

Re: Pre-Diabetes and OSA

I was prescribed metformin and have been taking that as well as monitoring my blood glucose quite religiously (before meal, two hours after and before and after bed, everything seems normal although it's probably the metformin doing most of that. I have been managing my intake dropping soda, sweets,...
by tanerax
Mon Sep 22, 2014 5:24 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Pre-Diabetes and OSA
Replies: 6
Views: 1555

Pre-Diabetes and OSA

I have recently (4 weeks) been diagnosed with both Pre-Diabetes and OSA. My numbers during my sleep study were very high AHI 72 while sleeping on my side and AHI 97 while sleeping on my back. How much (if any) can severe OSA play on your body developing diabetes? (I have since started a cpap trial, ...