I'm going to be really naughty....

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Re: I'm going to be really naughty....

Post by chunkyfrog » Thu Jul 25, 2013 8:47 am

Tino, she has a BRICK.
Without the leak and AHI we take for granted, she has to go by how she feels,
how often she wakes up, number of moonlight potty runs, etc, that need to be entered into a sleep log.
I would also suggest a notation of dreaming, especially nightmares.
It would even help if there is any way to record if she snores or makes other breath noises in her sleep.
(audio/video recorder?) But whatever is available, and recorded in a notebook.

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Re: I'm going to be really naughty....

Post by DiverCTHunter » Thu Jul 25, 2013 9:01 am

robysue wrote:
Julie wrote:I remember when people afraid to say boo (with their own equipment, therapy and lives on the line) used to write about pressure police or something like that,
And I remember a particularly trollish Chicken Little who kept running around saying we were all going to explode our lungs if we dared played around with the pressure ...
Sounds like whoever it was must have taken the (ancient, discontinued) YMCA SCUBA certification.
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Re: I'm going to be really naughty....

Post by 123.Shawn T.W. » Thu Jul 25, 2013 9:02 am

I've been being naughty most of my life ...

Just me ... But I would double Nan's pressure numbers ... Then work your way back up a little bit at a time ... 16.5 is not gonna be alot different than 17 ... But if you can keep a log/journal, I agree is a good thing!
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Re: I'm going to be really naughty....

Post by mgaggie » Thu Jul 25, 2013 7:49 pm

Thanks everyone.

I've lowered the pressure to 16, so far feels fine but I had the worst cough and reflux last night, so I didn't get much sleep last night.

Depending on how much of a tax return I get I'm planning to buy a full data machine, I'm also looking into a government low interest loan as well.