G'day all

[Findlater]

Thank you..!!

I have been looking through the forum for a couple of weeks now and found your collective information very helpful.

I am newly Diagnosed with Sleep Apnea 10 weeks and 6 weeks on CPAP.
I only have a 10% airway and was having about 22 episodes an hour.

I can really appreciate the hassels that people have with getting started as it took months from first seeing my GP to finally getting on a machine.

But will comment that the Sleep centre that I was going through was excellent and lent me many masks and a couple of machines before I brought one for my self. I also have there back up support if anything goes wrong which could be quite helpful.

I think the "7 Stages of Sleep Apnea" pretty much explains to a letter my last 10 + years .

My start on CPAP has been slow ( although compliance has been excellent ) which I see is pretty common with only a few of the lucky ones getting instant relief . But I will say that several of the old symptoms are going and gone including the constant Haze , Poor sentence structure and really really bad memory..''My Memory is just really bad now" The 3 Pm and 2 Am pass out in my office Chair seems to be gone, and I have come a lot closer to cleaning the garage out then I have for years.

Anyway Hello to u all . Ill post my current Treatment and more details of my Sleep Study shortly for some fine tuning by the forum .

Gavan

[sharon1965]

hello gavan

welcome to the boards!

sharon1965

[tangents]

Welcome, Gavan!

The folks here are wonderful at giving helpful advice, so post your questions as they come up.

We are the few, the proud, the hosed.

G'Day,
Cathy

[SleepingBeauty]

Welcome, Gavin! Good to have you here.

[geoDoug]

Welcome to being a hosehead, Gavan! I'm impressed by your sleep center's support.

For your information, you can put your current usage/results information in your signature. Click on the profile button at the top of the page, then enter what info you like (AHI, pressure, whatever floats your boat ) in the additional comments box. There are plenty of people who find that useful so they don't have to repeat it whenever they need help.

Doug.

[billbolton]

I'm impressed by your sleep center's support.

Most Australian sleep centers are similar.

Both the public healthcare and the private medical insurance systems promote a greater range of patient discretion, which in turn drives significantly different patient experiences from those frequently reported in the US.

Cheers,

Bill

[j.a.taylor]

Welcome fellow hosehead!

Judging by the number of us on this board, soon we'll be taking over the world!

Or in the U.S., how about a hosehead for President?! That way, we'll know he/she is getting plenty of air to keep that brain supplied with oxygen.

[Moby]

G'Day to you, Findlater

You from West Australia?

I live in Perth.

regards

Di[/b]

[dsm]

g'day sport,

You picked a great place to find out about xPAP related matters.

Also we have a growing Oz contingent - even a few sandgropers

DSM

[Guest]

[Findlater]

Hi Moby

Yep a Perth Boy (Bayswater). I have been going through the Subi St John Of God Sleep Centre . Where have you been getting your supplies from.. Mask seem pretty cheap on the Cpap site ??