Hi Everyone! I have been lurking around for a few weeks since my diagnosis and have learned SO much! Decided I should make myself known and offer proper thanks for all your collective wisdom. Thank you!!
Like many others, I have had a hard time accepting this, and adjusting to the whole situation, and my "contraption" as I call it. But I have learned enough here that I know I need to work on it, and will with everyone's help. I have also figured out that I have probably has OSA my entire life. Even as a child I remember having SO many of the symptoms. The doctors just kept ordering blood work and mono tests, and telling me I was fine. No reason for my total exhaustion. Well, 10-12 year old kids aren't supposed to be tired all the time! Anyway...
I have especially had a hard time with the mask. I have claustrophobia, and also just can't stand things on my head or in my face. The DME gave me a Swift LT, which I really hate. I found the Nasal Aire II online, and the dr and dme really discouraged it. But, I read such great things about it (THANKS, BABETTE!!!) that I ordered it myself, and am very thankful that I did. It is a much better fit for me.
As you can see, I was given the Escape, but am working on switching to the Elite, which I now know I need for the data. Just got to get the DME to return my calls.
Thanks again for all the education so far; I'm sure I will be learning much more in the future.
THanks from a Newbie - Long
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ScrappinMom
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Re: THanks from a Newbie - Long
Welcome Mom!
Hope you're up and running quickly. You have the right attitude. You have the right forum. Soon you will have optimal health and new found youth.
Hope you're up and running quickly. You have the right attitude. You have the right forum. Soon you will have optimal health and new found youth.
President-pretender, J. Biden, said "the DNC has built the largest voter fraud organization in US history". Too bad they didn’t build the smartest voter fraud organization and got caught.
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ScrappinMom
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Re: THanks from a Newbie - Long
Thanks DreamStalker. I definitely did NOT start out with the right attitude, but I'm working on it!
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karessamom
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Re: THanks from a Newbie - Long
Welcome to the forum! Good luck in your journey! This place is a wealth of information. keep at it.
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Re: THanks from a Newbie - Long
Welcome Scrappinmom from another mom.
Chasing 4 kidlets about in this house. Started cpap in March and am also so grateful for all of the advice/wisdom gathered here. Certainly helped the process for me.
Chasing 4 kidlets about in this house. Started cpap in March and am also so grateful for all of the advice/wisdom gathered here. Certainly helped the process for me.
These beautiful kids in my avi are my motivation for getting healthy and staying compliant. Need to be around a long time. See my new blog at http://creativekidscakeslife.blogspot.com/ Baking Blog http://feedingtheravenoushorde.blogspot.com
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naturalwoman!
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Re: THanks from a Newbie - Long
I found this site to be very helpful with alot of information
check it out
1800cpap.com
check it out
1800cpap.com
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BleepingBeauty
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Re: THanks from a Newbie - Long
Kindly stop spamming this forum with your love of another cpap retail site. You've made a grand total of four posts (one of which has already been deleted), and every one of them is hawking the other place.naturalwoman! wrote:I found this site to be very helpful with alot of information
check it out
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Our forum host offers us the best deal on cpap equipment, so: Be gone! You have no power here!
Veni, vidi, Velcro. I came, I saw, I stuck around.
Dx 11/07: AHI 107, central apnea, Cheyne Stokes respiration, moderate-severe O2 desats. (Simple OSA would be too easy.
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PR S1 ASV 950, DreamWear mask, F&P 150 humidifier, O2 @ 2L.
Dx 11/07: AHI 107, central apnea, Cheyne Stokes respiration, moderate-severe O2 desats. (Simple OSA would be too easy.
)PR S1 ASV 950, DreamWear mask, F&P 150 humidifier, O2 @ 2L.
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DreamStalker
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Re: THanks from a Newbie - Long
Please stop the spam if you are not going to participate in a meaningful relationship with the members of this forum.naturalwoman! wrote:I found this site to be very helpful with alot of information
check it out
cpapspam.com
You beat me to it beauty.
President-pretender, J. Biden, said "the DNC has built the largest voter fraud organization in US history". Too bad they didn’t build the smartest voter fraud organization and got caught.
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BleepingBeauty
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Hmm. I'm not often told that I'm fast.DreamStalker wrote:Please stop the spam if you are not going to participate in a meaningful relationship with the members of this forum.naturalwoman! wrote:I found this site to be very helpful with alot of information
check it out
cpapspam.com
You beat me to it beauty.
(And great minds think alike, DS. Glad you were "on it" quickly, too.)
Veni, vidi, Velcro. I came, I saw, I stuck around.
Dx 11/07: AHI 107, central apnea, Cheyne Stokes respiration, moderate-severe O2 desats. (Simple OSA would be too easy.)
PR S1 ASV 950, DreamWear mask, F&P 150 humidifier, O2 @ 2L.
Dx 11/07: AHI 107, central apnea, Cheyne Stokes respiration, moderate-severe O2 desats. (Simple OSA would be too easy.
)PR S1 ASV 950, DreamWear mask, F&P 150 humidifier, O2 @ 2L.
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katherinefulmer
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Re: THanks from a Newbie - Long
Hi ScrappinMom & Froro!
I am so proud and thankful for you both. Your posts are a delight to read. Perhaps I should PM this, but you don't mind a little public praise, do you?
Thank you for 1) taking care of yourselves 2) not stopping there, but 3) taking care of your children and contributing to the health of so many of us on this forum. A lot of the CPAPtalk.com members will tell you their motivation for treating their sleep apnea is their love and responsibility to others. I know my partner and his father would not have confronted their sleep apnea had it not been for their concern and dedication to us. Everybody sleeps more peacefully when there's a CPAP machine in the house. You've given your kids the best gift: a healthy You that will be around for awhile!
Also, Froro. I just checked out your blog, you are so talented, I'm inspired! How did you get that cake to stand on it's side like that? It's a tough choice but I think my favorite is the one with the fondant frogs. Is baking like yoga but with a happy ending?
Best wishes,
Katherine
I am so proud and thankful for you both. Your posts are a delight to read. Perhaps I should PM this, but you don't mind a little public praise, do you?
Thank you for 1) taking care of yourselves 2) not stopping there, but 3) taking care of your children and contributing to the health of so many of us on this forum. A lot of the CPAPtalk.com members will tell you their motivation for treating their sleep apnea is their love and responsibility to others. I know my partner and his father would not have confronted their sleep apnea had it not been for their concern and dedication to us. Everybody sleeps more peacefully when there's a CPAP machine in the house. You've given your kids the best gift: a healthy You that will be around for awhile!
Also, Froro. I just checked out your blog, you are so talented, I'm inspired! How did you get that cake to stand on it's side like that? It's a tough choice but I think my favorite is the one with the fondant frogs. Is baking like yoga but with a happy ending?
Best wishes,
Katherine
Katherine Fulmer
Product Development Analyst
katherine.fulmer@cpaptalk.com
Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion. I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward. - Kurt Vonnegut
Product Development Analyst
katherine.fulmer@cpaptalk.com
Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion. I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward. - Kurt Vonnegut
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