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Re: For Sale - ResMed S9 AutoSet - Used Only 1 Month
Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2014 11:41 am
by Wulfman...
PRCraig007 wrote:Sorry i am also new to CPAP and have the same issue as cowgurls and have been looking for a resolution to using the machine but cant find one.
BUT my biggest issue with the machine is that i'm a light sleeper and the air blowing on my nose/face keeps me away.
I went for about a week with less than 2 hours sleep a day and felt worse than i've ever felt in my life.
My machine has been sitting under my bed for months now.
I've gotten an oral device and can sleep. its not great but its better than nothing.
PRCraig
So, apparently you didn't try a different mask or lower pressure setting to try to get used to it........you just friggin' QUIT?!
And, since you're using an "oral device" and haven't had a sleep study with it, you're just ASSUMING it's better than nothing......
Den
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Re: For Sale - ResMed S9 AutoSet - Used Only 1 Month
Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2014 11:55 am
by 49er
PRCraig007 wrote:Sorry i am also new to CPAP and have the same issue as cowgurls and have been looking for a resolution to using the machine but cant find one.
BUT my biggest issue with the machine is that i'm a light sleeper and the air blowing on my nose/face keeps me away.
I went for about a week with less than 2 hours sleep a day and felt worse than i've ever felt in my life.
My machine has been sitting under my bed for months now.
I've gotten an oral device and can sleep. its not great but its better than nothing.
PRCraig
Hi PRCraig,
You might want to start your own thread so it gets more attention and not lost in the shuffle. What you want to do is use the link in my signature to fill out your equipment profile. Also, please list what pressure you are at.
By the way, I don't feel you are a quitter as you understandably got frustrated feeling so worse than you have ever felt in your life. But we have some great experts who might be able to help you out if you give them a crack at it.
If your dental device seemed to be working, I would advise you to stick with that but it doesn't seem to be.
Hang in there.
49er
Re: For Sale - ResMed S9 AutoSet - Used Only 1 Month
Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2014 12:03 pm
by PRCaig007
Correction i did have a sleep study.
i tried 6 different masks, nasal, full, halfs.
i tried multiple settings along with the autosettings.
visited doctor and equipment managers multiple times and i still stayed awake all nite.
Re: For Sale - ResMed S9 AutoSet - Used Only 1 Month
Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2014 12:06 pm
by 49er
PRCaig007 wrote:Correction i did have a sleep study.
i tried 6 different masks, nasal, full, halfs.
i tried multiple settings along with the autosettings.
visited doctor and equipment managers multiple times and i still stayed awake all nite.
Again, please start a new thread so as not to confuse your issues with cogirlcullen's.
Thanks!
Re: For Sale - ResMed S9 AutoSet - Used Only 1 Month
Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2014 12:08 pm
by PRCraig007
Sorry 49er i will start a new thread.
i didnt see your post until after i submitted my reply.
Many Thanks
Re: For Sale - ResMed S9 AutoSet - Used Only 1 Month
Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2014 8:02 pm
by cowgirlcullen
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Re: For Sale - ResMed S9 AutoSet - Used Only 1 Month
Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2014 8:16 pm
by LSAT
If you have a family...make sure you have life insurance. So with an AHI of 20 and 7 hours of sleep, your doctor feels that it's OK to stop breathing 140 times a night. IMO your doctor is a quack.
Re: For Sale - ResMed S9 AutoSet - Used Only 1 Month
Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2014 8:34 pm
by Pugsy
Just had to quote these pearls of wisdom in case they pull a disappearing act.
Yep..your are a real miss smarty pants all right. Come here and insult the very people who might have been willing to buy your machine.
You came here...we didn't go looking for you.
If your life is so perfect...how come the sleep study in the first place? Never mind answering. It must not have been very important anyway.
You know if you hadn't been such a nasty little smart ass...and just came back and not gone into the ranting tirade....someone here might have still wanted your machine. We buy them from quitters all the time. Yeah...people try to talk them out of quitting but if someone is hell bent on quitting and selling the machine...that machine is as good as any if someone needs it.
Somehow after such insults...I don't think I would want it even if it was donated. Good luck to you. I have a feeling you and people around you are going to need it later on in life if not sooner.
cowgirlcullen wrote: So there you go you know-it-all, self-righteous, miserable people who gave me crap about quitting!
cowgirlcullen wrote:Some people need to educate themselves, not be a know-it-all who actually doesn't know what they are talking about.
cowgirlcullen wrote: Oh, and by the way, I have a 143 IQ and am in advanced placement classes in all my college classes and am currently getting A's in all of them. So I highly doubt that my thinking, judgement, or awareness is impaired in the slightest bit, as you suggested.)
Re: For Sale - ResMed S9 AutoSet - Used Only 1 Month
Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2014 9:08 pm
by palerider
cowgirlcullen wrote:I have a 143 IQ
anybody that knows anything about IQ tests knows that a number by itself means nothing.
I got 146 on one of the mensa proctored tests I too, and 136 on the other...
interestingly, the 136 was a *
higher* score than the 146.
Re: For Sale - ResMed S9 AutoSet - Used Only 1 Month
Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2014 9:45 pm
by Wulfman...
cowgirlcullen wrote:Ha, totally vindicated by my doctor yesterday! My sleep doctor said that AHI's below 20 receive no benefit, including longterm, with CPAP. I asked him that despite not feeling any difference after using it, would there be any benefit to my heart or other organs, and he said "no"! So there you go you know-it-all, self-righteous, miserable people who gave me crap about quitting!
Now, let me just say, that I am not one waste $150 to see my sleep dr. one last time (I am uninsured, as I have mentioned before) just to get confirmation of what I think I already knew by my research. I am a full-time college student and really don't have that kind of money to waste. I truly wanted to know if I would be harming myself in any way, be it long term or short term, by no longer using the CPAP. I researched it a good bit and then posted an article in a previous post in this topic that I found that dealt with the issue the best but that too was shot down by gung-ho CPAP believers on here.
Some of you seem to think that EVERYONE who has ANY apnea, mild or not, should use CPAP. However, the facts say otherwise. These are doctors who have looked into the matter quite thoroughly, who rely on what the studies actually show, what their patients have shown, to develop their opinions. If you are not concerned with the scientific evidence then I am not going to listen to you because you don't really know what you are talking about.
So before you go around trying to pressure people to use unnecessary remedies to problems that don't really exist, maybe you should ask yourself why are you really pushing your viewpoints onto people? To make yourself feel better about the fact that you have severe apnea and are stuck using a machine every night for the rest of your life? Because maybe you are doing good by making someone else use a CPAP? Well, you're not doing anyone any good by being completely misinformed and pushing your OPINIONS onto people. Educate yourself for crying out loud.
So, YES I AM SELLING MY CPAP! I AM SO HAPPY TO BE FREE OF MY CPAP AND THE CPAP COMMUNITY AT LARGE!
(As you can probably tell, I have not appreciated some of the treatment I have received on here. Some people need to educate themselves, not be a know-it-all who actually doesn't know what they are talking about. Oh, and by the way, I have a 143 IQ and am in advanced placement classes in all my college classes and am currently getting A's in all of them. So I highly doubt that my thinking, judgement, or awareness is impaired in the slightest bit, as you suggested.)
Now you're going to have an even BIGGER problem. And, I'm not going to tell you what it is. But, there may be a few more hints scattered through here......if you're smart enough to decipher them.
I'd suggest giving up driving, if you do. Get someone to assist you when your illnesses start to overcome you somewhere down the road. Good luck with the high blood pressure and Diabetes when they develop. Falling asleep on the job and at inappropriate times is gonna really suck. The snoring is going to make others' lives miserable. Frequent night time bathroom trips are going to get annoying. And, the list goes on and on.
Just because you THINK you're smart doesn't mean you've got an ounce of sense. People on the forum were willing to try to help you USE your machine and get used to your therapy (your "
PRESCRIBED MEDICAL DEVICE").
YOU came to the forum. None of us dragged you here. We get "quitters" here quite frequently. Sometimes we get them turned around and sometimes we don't. Doesn't really matter......there are lots of UNDIAGNOSED people in the world who need it, too. But, YOU WERE DIAGNOSED. Obviously, you had a sleep study of some kind and there was a reason you were prescribed the machine and therapy. But, now that information IS in your
PERMANENT MEDICAL RECORDS.
Your ego is way out of proportion to your intelligence (if any). You're filled with resentment for someone PRESCRIBING you this therapy and you feel the need to take it out on people who were trying to help you.
Grow up little girl. You ain't no "cowgirl". Just a spoiled brat.
And......your doctor is an idiot. Or......he just wanted to tell you what you wanted to hear to get you out of his office.
Den
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Re: For Sale - ResMed S9 AutoSet - Used Only 1 Month
Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2014 10:06 pm
by Goofproof
PRCraig007 wrote:Sorry i am also new to CPAP and have the same issue as cowgurls and have been looking for a resolution to using the machine but cant find one.
BUT my biggest issue with the machine is that i'm a light sleeper and the air blowing on my nose/face keeps me away.
I went for about a week with less than 2 hours sleep a day and felt worse than i've ever felt in my life.
My machine has been sitting under my bed for months now.
I've gotten an oral device and can sleep. its not great but its better than nothing.
PRCraig
Lead treatment, with Gold treatment under the bed, at least you will have healthy dust bunnies. Since you don't believe in taking care of your health, maybe you should sell your XPAP too. You both could use the monies, to buy truck intertubes and oars, then you will have something to paddle in De-Nile, until the stroke or you come to your senses. Jim
Re: For Sale - ResMed S9 AutoSet - Used Only 1 Month
Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2014 12:38 am
by Davidwnc
Cowgirlcullen (and PRCraig007) you are really upsetting the natives. Please step back into the line and drink the Kool-Aid.
Re: For Sale - ResMed S9 AutoSet - Used Only 1 Month
Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2014 1:41 am
by 49er
cowgirlcullen,
You have a right to quit therapy which I know people will on this board will disagree with me on. Having said that, I wonder if you are making a fully informed choice. I don't say that because I want you to drink the Koolaid ok?
First of all, you need to know exactly what your AHI is. You have previously said it is very mild which assume would be around 5 to 7 since mild apnea is considered to be 5-15. But you also said your doctor was referencing people with apnea under 20. If it is 20, then that is considered to be low moderate which isn't exactly mild.
Anyway, the issue is that most apneas do not stay at the mild range and progress. How long that usually takes, I haven't seen the exact research on but that is my understanding. So at some point, your 143 IQ could greatly lessen. Do you really want to take that risk?
And of course, god only knows what other health issues could come up. I know, when you're a young person, you think an old folgie like me is just preaching nonsense. I thought that way when I was your age too but please try to listen.
If you chose not to wear a cpap, I strongly urge you to click on the link in my signature profile and look at dental devices since they work best with people with mild to moderate apnea.
Regarding selling your machine, it is best that you provide a price as people do not like to haggle.
I wish you all the luck in the world.
49er
Re: For Sale - ResMed S9 AutoSet - Used Only 1 Month
Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2014 2:05 am
by cowgirlcullen
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Re: For Sale - ResMed S9 AutoSet - Used Only 1 Month
Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2014 2:59 am
by cowgirlcullen
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