WAFlowers...how'd it go last night?!

OK, you did warn me about the humidity. I found 2 to be too low the first night so I'll split the difference and try 2.5 tonight.

Yep, I graduated grade 13 (this was Ontario) in '75. I missed the first reunion that was ever held just a couple of years ago (for all graduating years) because it is so far to go and I'd had to be there on other personal business just 4 weeks earlier. Too bad, because it would have been fun to compare lives with everyone else. From what I know there was an unusually high number of very successful people from my graduating class!

If you've only got 15 pounds to go, then you'll be looking good in October even if those last few pounds are the toughest to get rid of!

I find that the initial energy I have in the morning (a refreshing change) wears off by evening, but I can't expect a complete recovery in only a day or two. I'll take what I can get and use it to be more active which will help build my stamina as well as sweating those pounds off me too!

I saw R&R's posting about the Swift and how he routes his hose, but I don't think it will work for me. It is fine for a side sleeper but I spend a portion of every night on my back also.

Happy dreams? Yep, I've got them. And it's wonderful!

Bill,

You are so right about so much already, it's like you were born to understand the theories associated with cpap. You will, day by day, and probably very subtly, without really noticing, start having energy that lasts longer and longer until it gets to the point where you just don't run out anymore. I am finding now it's harder to go to sleep than when I first started (after that initial first night of adrenaline with the machine) because I am not out of steam anymore. It's great. I don't want to say having trouble falling asleep is a down side because I would much rather be in this situation than so tired that I fall asleep in two seconds.

If you are getting this much noticeable improvement so quickly, just think of how you'll feel at the end of your first month? I swear by the benefits of the therapy. It has truly given me the ability to get my life back on track because I know have the strength and the energy to do it.

LOL about your happy dreams. May they and your successful therapy continue ad infinitum...

Congratulations Bill!!!

I am really glad that you are seeing such immediate results!

Don't get too discouraged if you see some inconsistent results though (I know how inconsistency can 'chap' the ass of any engineer! <grin>).

I'm still seeing an AHI from <5 to >15 after more than a month of this stuff, though I hope to improve my consistency once I finally get the results of my titration study!

Good luck!

SickAndTired wrote:Don't get too discouraged if you see some inconsistent results though (I know how inconsistency can 'chap' the ass of any engineer! <grin>).

What do you expect from a system that consists of a collection of non-discrete subsystems all operating with feedback loops that can be oscillated into positive feedback?

If I were even 20 years younger (and rather richer) I'd go back to school, this time bringing my engineering mind to medicine. Actually I'm not an engineer by training -- I was a computer science math major which isn't quite the same thing. I've also been a rally driver, brewed beer competitively, scuba dive, flew a plane and woodworker among some of my persuits. I was a trained first response person (volunteer -- we lived out in the country with 45 minute ambulance response) with training in first aid, CPR, oxygen therapy, intubation, extrication and packaging. I probably could have handled medical school.

And did I mention that I'm modest too?

Good luck to you too S&T. We're all in this together, individually and jointly.

And did I mention that I'm modest too?

So glad you did, because I wouldn't have notice it otherwise... nice to have you around Bill, and it's great your therapy is working so well.

O.