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by Maryb
Sat Sep 15, 2007 11:07 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: CPAP Sleep Aid Pillow ?
Replies: 17
Views: 3575

after reading about this pillow on this message board, I bought one and tried it for the first time last night. And it was great. I felt that it was too flat at first and put another pillow under it but then went back to just the cpap pillow. Previously, I was using a thermoelastic foam pillow and e...
by Maryb
Tue Sep 04, 2007 9:47 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Hybrid headgear
Replies: 8
Views: 1519

i trimmed the lower back strap so that it was thinner because it was giving me a neck ache.

Maryb
by Maryb
Fri Aug 17, 2007 3:35 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: a great tip and a new problem
Replies: 29
Views: 5192

Sleepyceebee- do a search in the forum for aerophagia. I went to a hybrid mask which is a type of full face mask. Your mouth is covered. But then I was still swallowing air. I ended up with a bipap machine which has reduced the aerophagia problem down to manageable levels. Be aware that if you aerop...
by Maryb
Mon Aug 13, 2007 5:32 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: What led you to your diagnosis of apnea?
Replies: 77
Views: 14156

My story is that I had insomnia for years and was getting desperate for sleep. Every morning I felt sick and I felt tired all the time. I tried everything for insomnia. Finally I was reading "The Promise of Sleep" by Dr. William Dement and I read about all kinds of sleep problems including apnea. Th...
by Maryb
Wed Aug 01, 2007 5:47 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Cosmo Magazine, wrinkles, sleeping, and head gear
Replies: 38
Views: 6732

I have worried about this too. I don't have wrinkles yet but do have some loss of tone in my lower face (at 62). I think the PadACheeks help with the wrinkling issue. But the weight/pressure of the hybrid cushion pressed up on lower face isn't exactly helping increase the tone in my face. It's dragg...
by Maryb
Wed Aug 01, 2007 5:42 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: New TSA procedure at airports
Replies: 43
Views: 7421

airport bins for cpap

yes. I've been on several trips lately (SF to Hawaii and SF to Florida) and most have required me to pull my machine out and put it into a separate bin. I didn't think about the shoe issue (yuck!), but the only part of my machine that is coming in contact with the bin is the feet on the bottom of th...
by Maryb
Wed Jun 27, 2007 5:48 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Mouth Breathers and Hybrid??
Replies: 14
Views: 2530

I was leaking air from my mouth which caused me to have high AHI numbers. A full-face mask (including the hybrid) will cure this. I got the hybrid specifically for this reason and... it has worked extremely well for me. My mouth is covered up and air can leak out of it and I don't lose therapeutic p...
by Maryb
Sat Jun 09, 2007 10:52 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Hybrid - First Night
Replies: 6
Views: 1239

Jabberwock- I've been using the hybrid since it first came out last summer and I've been very happy with it. It took some fiddling but I've got all the adjustments figured out so that it works for me. I routinely have AHI's around or lower than 2. About the "damp/sweaty chin flap": I have not cut of...
by Maryb
Sat Jun 02, 2007 10:17 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: CPAP as "Art"
Replies: 7
Views: 1441

CPAP as "Art"

Just a little humorous CPAP story.... I somehow lost one of the nasal pillows for my hybrid. I looked all over for the house and couldn't find it. The next time my housecleaner came by, I asked him if he had seen it. I just about died laughing when I found out: 1) that he had indeed found it when he...
by Maryb
Sat May 26, 2007 12:09 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: OT what kind of exercise do you like?
Replies: 46
Views: 4895

............. It's helped my balance and flexibility and has made me strong. I can now bend over with straight legs and put my palms flat on the floor. I also can do headstands and just started doing handstands. Not bad for a soon to be 62 year old! ............. Maryb I am totally impressed! That ...
by Maryb
Fri May 25, 2007 9:07 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: OT what kind of exercise do you like?
Replies: 46
Views: 4895

Rooster- my classes are 1.5 hours long each and my morning practice is about 20 minutes. I also take yoga workshops every month or so and these are about 3 hours long. And I've gone on yoga retreats for ~ 3days that have 2 hours of yoga in the morning, 2 hours in the afternoon and 1 hour in the even...
by Maryb
Fri May 25, 2007 5:42 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Any one else do this?
Replies: 3
Views: 1033

yes. Me too!
I've been on CPAP for over a year and I still can't get enough sleep.
I just love to sleep and sleep and sleep.
I think we are just getting caught up on sleep due to the huge sleep deficit from so many years of apnea interrupted sleep.

Maryb

by Maryb
Fri May 25, 2007 5:38 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: OT what kind of exercise do you like?
Replies: 46
Views: 4895

I walk 1.5 miles most days and do a 3 mile hike on weekends. And I have a yoga practice. I am a fanatic and have been practicing for 6 years now. I take two classes a week and practice every single morning. It's helped my back--I rarely have back trouble anymore. It's helped my balance and flexibili...
by Maryb
Thu Apr 12, 2007 10:40 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Sleeping Pills -- Insomnia Rebound - Your opinions
Replies: 7
Views: 2099

some sleeping medicines have a stronger rebound effect than others.
What medicine are you taking? That said, I don't think if you take anything for just a couple of days that you will have a rebound. But that's only my opinion and I'm not a medical doctor.

Maryb
by Maryb
Mon Apr 09, 2007 6:56 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Macintosh success with Encore Pro 1.8i
Replies: 24
Views: 3663

yes Telly.
Thanks to your advice on a previous thread a couple of months ago about Parallels on the Mac, I bought a new Intel iMac and got rid of my old cube. Then I bought Parallels & Windows XP and got EncorePro up and running. It turned out to be all that you said.
thanks for the advice.

Maryb