Effectiveness of Cpap for healthy senior over80

[Rubicon]

There are well-meaning studies that bring up the question from time to time...

Seems to me we had discussions about OSA and elderly with stuff from Lavie and SHHS. Lavie was the guy who said if you can make it to 50 you're in pretty good shape (in re: dropping dead. Or not).

https://err.ersjournals.com/content/16/106/203

[lazarus]

Lavie was the guy who said if you can make it to 50 you're in pretty good shape

I believe that one glance at me proves that wrong.

I'm trying not to drop dead, tho.

I personally will not pressure anyone over 100 to try PAP.

There may be a modicum of merit in the whole 'he can better survive an event if he's good at hypoxia' thing, but quality of life matters just as much in the very elderly as purely medical mortality numbers, as far as my personal philosophy.

My DPA says nothing extraordinary for extending my life. I've had a good run. Enjoying it for now, though. So no DNR.

[Rubicon]

Lavie was the guy who said if you can make it to 50 you're in pretty good shape

I believe that one glance at me proves that wrong.

Are you above ground now?

[chunkyfrog]

whatever . . .

Drive by?

[lazarus]

Lavie was the guy who said if you can make it to 50 you're in pretty good shape

I believe that one glance at me proves that wrong.

Are you above ground now?

Above the water but never quite out of the woods.

[lazarus]

whatever . . .

Drive by?

Good subject, either way. May have got the answer he wanted at another forum?

[lazarus]

There are well-meaning studies that bring up the question from time to time...

Seems to me we had discussions about OSA and elderly with stuff from Lavie and SHHS. Lavie was the guy who said if you can make it to 50 you're in pretty good shape (in re: dropping dead. Or not).

https://err.ersjournals.com/content/16/106/203

I do remember the time Rooster/Roster's crazily-titled thread (which o. called him out on) motivated one guy to buy his mother-in-law a CPAP . . .

viewtopic/t34787/Want-to-live-longer-Di ... P-Use.html

[zonker]

. . . out of their way to paint a negative . . .

Maybe.

you always make me think. damn you, er i mean, thank you!

[lazarus]

you always make me think. damn you, er i mean, thank you!

I find that it's usually the quickest and easiest way to make people angry.

[SleepGeek]

you always make me think. damn you, er i mean, thank you!

I find that it's usually the quickest and easiest way to make people angry.

Distilled water or "Sticky Topic" also seem to work.

[zonker]

whatever . . .

Drive by?

no he came back today at around 1:30 or so.

just didn't have more to say, i guess.

(of course, i blame lazarus.)

[lazarus]

(of course, i blame lazarus.)

I'll take it. I wear the badge of forum scapegoat proudly.

But I hope he found the answers he was looking for.