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- Sat May 18, 2024 2:39 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: People with severe sleep apnea under 50 can expect to live between eight to 18 years if they receive treatment with oral
- Replies: 2
- Views: 340
People with severe sleep apnea under 50 can expect to live between eight to 18 years if they receive treatment with oral
I started CPAP in 1999 and was 43 years old at the time. According to this I should not have lived past 2017! It's towards the bottom of the article. Link ===> https://toothopiadental.com/what-is-the-life-expectancy-of-someone-with-sleep-apnea/ Actually, I think that well treated sleep apnea should ...
- Sat May 18, 2024 2:22 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: OT.....Trump falling asleep in court
- Replies: 34
- Views: 9673
- Wed May 15, 2024 2:18 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Received my PR DreamStation replacement today
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1641
Re: Received my PR DreamStation replacement today
I believe that there will be some sort of certification/remediation/remanufacture tag affixed to the machine. I'm not certain of this as I received a DreamStation 2 machine as a replacement. If anybody has this on his/her machine, please photograph it and attach it. If the certification is there, it...
- Wed May 15, 2024 1:57 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: OT.....Trump falling asleep in court
- Replies: 34
- Views: 9673
Re: Trump falling asleep in court
Donald who? Never heard of the guy. Everyone but the judge and the jury and the journalists (and maybe security, I guess) has the right to sleep in court any time he or she wants to. And I believe the politically correct term for it is "resting my eyes." Much of courtroom procedure ranks right up t...
- Wed May 15, 2024 8:15 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: OT.....Trump falling asleep in court
- Replies: 34
- Views: 9673
OT.....Trump falling asleep in court
First of all, please keep partisanship and politics out of this thread. It's not about that. Multiple reports say that Donald Trump is falling asleep in court; sometimes for up to fifteen minutes at a time. We should be questioning whether he has a sleep disorder, such as Sleep Apnea or Narcolepsy. ...
- Sat May 11, 2024 1:12 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Sleep apnea patients can breathe easy about CPAP therapy, computer simulations suggest
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1013
Sleep apnea patients can breathe easy about CPAP therapy, computer simulations suggest
This is good news. This study concluded that increased pressure can not cause damage to various parts of the respiratory tract, as some might have feared. In fact, some variation of CPAP that is used in premature infants is also safe! Link ===> https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-05-apnea-patients-e...
- Fri Apr 05, 2024 9:18 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Do I need to turn off EPR and go CPAP?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 11760
Re: Do I need to turn off EPR and go CPAP?
Best as I can tell, EPR is a matter of personal preference. I've been using CPAP since 1999. I find it very annoying, as if the machine was breathing for me. I know that's no literally happening, but is ure feels like it.
- Sat Mar 30, 2024 7:54 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: How to prevent rain out with external humdifier?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 7027
Re: How to prevent rain out with external humdifier?
I don't recommend spending US$250 for a stand-alone humidifier. Besides, I don't think that one supports a heated hose. When I took my first overnight sleep test in 1999, they did use a stand-alone humidifier (it was an F&P and looked just like that one). They used a very long hose that send though ...
- Tue Mar 12, 2024 6:21 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: CPAP machine says I only use it for 2-3 hours when I'm working graveyard shifts?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 953
Re: CPAP machine says I only use it for 2-3 hours when I'm working graveyard shifts?
Yes, the last poster got it right. Based on most people's sleep/wake pattern, each day begins at "noon." To prove this is the problem look back. I think you'll find a more normal number of hours for past days. However, if your sleep pattern is very irregular, you might find short hours on some days ...
- Sun Mar 03, 2024 10:00 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Inspire advertising is Anti-CPAP advertising!
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2833
Re: Inspire advertising is Anti-CPAP advertising!
I agree they are playing to an audience of people who don't like the idea of CPAP in the first place, and using that to sell their product, which is expensive, invasive, and not the best treatment for everyone. That's how commercialism and capitalism work. But the implication that Inspire is inhere...
- Wed Feb 21, 2024 8:45 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Philips Dreamstation 2 am I crazy?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3144
Note: Philips Dreamstation 2 - overheating problem reported!
This thread is a year and a half old. However, this seems to be the overheating problem that was recently reported!
- Wed Feb 21, 2024 8:26 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Inspire advertising is Anti-CPAP advertising!
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2833
Inspire advertising is Anti-CPAP advertising!
The Inspire commercials on TV are showing patients completely unable to use CPAP and that they should use Inspire instead. Admittedly, some people just can't use CPAP or legitimately prefer to try something else. However, CPAP is presented as something very scary, and can be very intimidating to new...
- Mon Feb 19, 2024 9:42 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Philips sales halted ==> cpap shortage?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2802
Re: Philips sales halted ==> CPAP shortage?
There won't be a shortage long-term. ResMed, Fisher & Paykel, and other manufactures will pick up the slack.
- Sun Feb 18, 2024 10:52 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Analyzing Sleep Apnea, CPAP Treatment in Melanoma Prognosis
- Replies: 1
- Views: 825
Analyzing Sleep Apnea, CPAP Treatment in Melanoma Prognosis
This article clearly states that if you suffer from OSA, your prognosis is significantly improved if you're CPAP compliant. This article states that this is the case for Melanoma. Also, by implication, the same applies to other cancers as well. The obvious issue with melanoma is what to do if the me...
- Tue Feb 13, 2024 9:47 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Ramp 30 min
- Replies: 2
- Views: 807
Re: Ramp 30 min
Perhaps it needs to be off for a certain amount of time for the ramp to re-engage.
I don't use the ramp (I can't stand it), so I don't have any recent experience.
However, back in 1999, the machine I had at the time reengaged the ramp even if the power "flickered;" waking me up!
I don't use the ramp (I can't stand it), so I don't have any recent experience.
However, back in 1999, the machine I had at the time reengaged the ramp even if the power "flickered;" waking me up!