sleep tech said sleep on your back as long as possible

snoregirl · Post by **snoregirl** » Mon May 07, 2007 7:42 am

Alrighty then, Rosemary.

littlemo · Post by **littlemo** » Mon May 07, 2007 4:29 pm

put two tennis ball's in your wife's bra and put it on backwards and pray too god you don't have a fire in the middle of the night!!!!!

Nitro Dan · Post by **Nitro Dan** » Mon May 07, 2007 6:08 pm

littlemo wrote:put two tennis ball's in your wife's bra and put it on backwards and pray too god you don't have a fire in the middle of the night!!!!!

ROFL!!!

Goofproof · Post by **Goofproof** » Mon May 07, 2007 6:45 pm

Nitro Dan wrote:
littlemo wrote:put two tennis ball's in your wife's bra and put it on backwards and pray too god you don't have a fire in the middle of the night!!!!!
ROFL!!!

I knew a guy that did that, he went motorcycle riding drunk and hit a tree, the police said he was holding his own, until the EMT turned his head back around. Jim

bluegrassfan · Post by **bluegrassfan** » Mon May 07, 2007 8:21 pm

This has turned in to a good post! Didn't know hoseheads had such a sense of humor....well guys eat your hearts out...I got me a new gal coming tomorrow. Got her booked first class coming out of Texas. She is sleek and purty. Her first name is Hybrid, middle initial is U and last name is Fullface. I'm gonna call her Hy-u for short. She's gonna meet up with Mr. snuggle hose tomorrow nite and we are gonna have a time! I'll be thinking about all of ya'll. bob

Goofproof · Post by **Goofproof** » Mon May 07, 2007 8:44 pm

bluegrassfan wrote:This has turned in to a good post! Didn't know hoseheads had such a sense of humor....well guys eat your hearts out...I got me a new gal coming tomorrow. Got her booked first class coming out of Texas. She is sleek and purty. Her first name is Hybrid, middle initial is U and last name is Fullface. I'm gonna call her Hy-u for short. She's gonna meet up with Mr. snuggle hose tomorrow nite and we are gonna have a time! I'll be thinking about all of ya'll. bob

Don't let her fill you with hot air, keep things cool. Jim

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue May 08, 2007 2:50 am

yes, support littlemo
I work in a lab as well and I ask my patients to try to doze on their backs. If they have sleep apnea it will be worse on their back and in rem. This is what we are trying to document. Almost every night I have patients tell me they never sleep on their back and low and behold, at some point they end up on their backs.
If you need cpap, then it is in your best interest to try to begin the study on your back. The reason for this is that it takes a higher pressure to eliminate apnea and snoring while on your back and in rem. If the tech can titrate you through rem on your back, the pressure should be pretty close to the pressure you will need to sleep comfortably in any position.
I am a good example as I also wear cpap. However I was a stomach sleeper and could not sleep on my back for the cpap titration. So, I go home on 8 cm h20 and spend the next 9 months trying to find the right pressure because I find it so tranquil and comfy to sleep on my back now.
I had to increase the pressure for snoring through the cpap and for the way I would wake unrefreshed. This was worse than sleeping a couple of hours on my back in the lab. It is true that some labs do not allow you to sleep any way than on your back...but we only ask for patients to try. Titrations usually work quite well once the tech eliminates the snores and apneas

lmmo · Post by **lmmo** » Tue May 08, 2007 3:04 am

oops forgot to sign in

bluegrassfan · Post by **bluegrassfan** » Tue May 08, 2007 4:54 am

Well I surrender...and I agree. Immo that all makes good sense...we do things in our sleep we never know about I guess. Thanks for all the responses and humor. Ain't this a great place!? I feel sorry for all the hoseheads who don't know about it. Well, I gotta get spruced up for the girl...she should be in shortly...Hy-I that is. [/code]

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue May 08, 2007 4:04 pm

I gota say when I'm doing an initial titration I don't really want the pt to start on their back, a couple reason's for this. I want them to have as normal sleep latency as possible, they are not yet used to wearing CPAP, never mind trying to sleep at a higher pressure. I titrate slowly up.
The other reason for this is if the pt has SWS, it will be at the beginning of the night, something miraculous happens in SWS in that you don't often see events. If the pt then becomes frustrated on their backs and turn, I've lost the chance for a supine rem. often as the pressure increases and pt becomes more comfortable, they will either roll onto their backs naturally or be more inclined to do it further into the sleep study when they've become acclimatized.

littlemo · Post by **littlemo** » Tue May 08, 2007 4:07 pm

I was called a guest then but the above posting was by me!!!! gues i'm a bit sleep deprived from working in a sleep! OOOOOOOOOOOhhhhhhhhhh the irony of the RPSGT!!!

bluegrassfan · Post by **bluegrassfan** » Tue May 08, 2007 4:26 pm

Yeah, I remember I was so uncomfortable I had a hard time going to sleep, in fact never had any REM sleep. Worrying too much about staying on my back.

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