Desperate Help in Desmokifying my Machine.

I've been in the same situation many times....I travel and stay in smoking rooms about once a month. When I travel, I use the PurSleep oils and when I get home, do the same. My PB 420E usually gets smoke free in a couple of days of use...but I tough it out for a couple of days. The PurSleep fragrances sure do help. I also wash my filter and humidifier a couple of times when I get home and rinse out my hose. I use the usual 1:1 vinegar:hot water for the wash and rinse.

Mostly, it'll just take a couple of nights of use to get out all the odor. Hang in there!

Kajun

I may or may not of done a bad thing... with the earlier mention of febreze I hunted around for the bottle my nephew sprays on everything, and I couldn't find it... So I thought hum, well Lysol sprayed on some toilet paper in front of the intake... It's been running several hours now. I'd much rather smell that than smoke... Hadn't thought about the effects of breathing it in...

Christy

Just so everyone knows I did get the smoke smell gone, and after I was able to get most of the vinegar smell off of things... bleh. I was able to get almost a whole 4 hours sleep. Not the best but better than I've been having.

Christy

AdmiralCougar wrote:Just so everyone knows I did get the smoke smell gone, and after I was able to get most of the vinegar smell off of things... bleh. I was able to get almost a whole 4 hours sleep. Not the best but better than I've been having.

Christy

I'm late to the thread. Yeah! So glad you got the smell gone. : )

Bet you don't do that again.

Not long after getting on CPAP I stayed with my mother (who smokes). She only smokes in her bedroom, but I woke up at 3:00 in the morning with my nose so stopped up I couldn't breath. I no longer stay over night with Mom.

Used to ride motorcycles with a buddy that smoked. Our deal was get a non-smoking room and he smoked outside until the morning when I put up my machine, I didn't bitch about him having a smoke with his morning bathroom visit.

Jeff,

TMI!

Hey JeffH, didn't the MythBusters do an episode with smoking on the can? Blew up the dummy, didn't they?

Something to tell you're friend to convince him to stop smoking...

Hey Christy, glad it all worked out! Let's hope it flushes itself out so you get more than 4 hours sleep soon!!!

Cheers,
B.

Anonymous wrote:Hey JeffH, didn't the MythBusters do an episode with smoking on the can? Blew up the dummy, didn't they?

Something to tell you're friend to convince him to stop smoking...

Hey Christy, glad it all worked out! Let's hope it flushes itself out so you get more than 4 hours sleep soon!!!

Cheers,
B.

I believe they did. I like the Mythbusters.

So how you doing, Babette?

Not so great. Got some arm pain keeping me awake. I got a little more sleep last night. I see the OT in about 1 hour... Pray for me. I need some relief.

Cehers,
B.

Well if I would quit waking up with those stupid suffocation attacks, with the chest pressure, and temperature sensitivity, then I'm sure I'd get all my sleep... Haven't heard back about the thyroid test yet, so I'm still hoping it's just an over dosage, and we can just cut back a bit. If it has to do with the OHS- Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome, I don't know what I'll do. I've been so depressed, I don't think I can take much more. I talked with my Mother In-Law about what was going on and it was so good to actually have someone to talk to. I met with her for lunch, it was so good to get out of the house. First time I've gotten out during the week day in a long time that didn't involve going to the stupid Doctors. She's been dealing with a rare cancer for a couple of years, and she's been from what my husband and I've seen handling it pretty well, and been so optimistic, but I learned today she's been on antidepressants. She was really understanding and I really needed that. She's also concerned about my BP seems to think I need to insist on something now instead of waiting and seeing if I can get it down by February. I so hate pills. The thought of more meds does not appeal to me.

Anyway Babette I hope your arm is doing better. I'll be praying for you, hope he'll listen to me even though he seems to have taken a disliking of me lately...

*huggles*
Christy

Anonymous wrote:Not so great. Got some arm pain keeping me awake. I got a little more sleep last night. I see the OT in about 1 hour... Pray for me. I need some relief.

Cehers,
B.

How are you? I said a prayer for you. Not being on xPAP and not sleeping is bad enough, but for us that face periods of difficult sleep over and over, well . . . how is your arm?

Christy, your pain is way worse than mine. You have all my prayers and support. [[[[[[[[[CHRISTY]]]]]]]]]]]]

Take the BP meds. I know, I know... Just take them. It's temporary. It's a journey. You gotta jump through some hoops and wade through some puddles on this journey.

Did you turn in your paperwork? Are you on that path?

As for me and my arm... I have a diagnosis - Radial Tunnel Syndrome. I have a series of "yoga for arms" exercises to do. I do them once an hour. Every hour that I'm awake... )) Not doing so well today. Did them once so far.

I also have a thing to wear in the day that cushions my arm from leaning on it, and a thing to wear at night that bends my fingers up. It worked okay last night. Hurt a bit, but I slept some. I did wake up at one point and find the splint off my arm and laying beside me. I had no memory of taking it off. Now I know how some of you feel who take off your mask in your sleep!

So, she also said I had to exercise every day, and break a sweat. That sweat is important. It will help my body heal. She recommended pilates or yoga. Stretching sorts of exercises.

So, that's my story for now!

Thank you for your thoughts and prayers,
B.

Babette that sounds not so nice. I really hope the therapy helps. How about we keep praying for each other.

I've been trying to decide if and where to post this. I don't want to feed the Troll so I don't want to start a new thread.

My somewhat better day yesterday turned very bad.

In the following thread I discovered that Snoredog is the boards Resident Troll. With his personal attacks.

viewtopic/t24675/I-have-a-choices-of-4- ... -tips.html

I had decided to withdraw from the forum a little (I never meant it to sound like I would completely leave the board.) because I realized that with my state of mind right now I can't handle attacks like that. In the past I could let something like that slide, but as depressed as I've been I almost did something really stupid because of how his attack affected me. If my husband hadn't have come home when he did I don't think I'd be here right now. I had gathered my meds (most of them an almost full three month supply) and some of the old unfinished prescriptions around the house and I almost took everything. Before I was fairly sure I could never go through with it, but after yesterday I can't say that anymore. I need to get help, and I don't get to see my Dr. till Friday. I can say to myself all I want right now that he means nothing, he is nothing, what he says is crap, but I can't stop feeling how I am.

I can truly say I don't care how helpful his posts may have been in the past. They are no longer wanted or welcomed in my current or future threads. But since Trolls seem to be allowed to roam free I'm going to mostly relegate myself to PM's for awhile. I know it is a silly thing to get so upset over, I feel really stupid for letting a nobody on the internet get to me.

*huggles everyone but the Troll*
Christy

White vinegar solution will probably work for the mask, hose, and humidifier. I use a spray bottle with vinegar. To get rid of the vinegar smell, I use a bottle with a solution of baking soda.

But the smoke is in the internal plumbing and fan of the machine. You might try a room spray...not the scented, but the "odorkiller " kind. Spray it from a distance into the air intake....don't saturate the innards, a light spray might be ok, then keep it on for a while to take that out.

AdmiralCougar wrote:My somewhat better day yesterday turned very bad.

In the following thread I discovered that Snoredog is the boards Resident Troll. With his personal attacks.

viewtopic/t24675/I-have-a-choices-of-4- ... -tips.html

I had decided to withdraw from the forum a little (I never meant it to sound like I would completely leave the board.) because I realized that with my state of mind right now I can't handle attacks like that. In the past I could let something like that slide, but as depressed as I've been I almost did something really stupid because of how his attack affected me. If my husband hadn't have come home when he did I don't think I'd be here right now. I had gathered my meds (most of them an almost full three month supply) and some of the old unfinished prescriptions around the house and I almost took everything. Before I was fairly sure I could never go through with it, but after yesterday I can't say that anymore. I need to get help, and I don't get to see my Dr. till Friday. I can say to myself all I want right now that he means nothing, he is nothing, what he says is crap, but I can't stop feeling how I am.

I can truly say I don't care how helpful his posts may have been in the past. They are no longer wanted or welcomed in my current or future threads. But since Trolls seem to be allowed to roam free I'm going to mostly relegate myself to PM's for awhile. I know it is a silly thing to get so upset over, I feel really stupid for letting a nobody on the internet get to me.

*huggles everyone but the Troll*
Christy

Christy,

I'm going to tell you the hard truth. Snoredog isn't your problem.

If you would have taken that next step, and swallowed all that medicine, it would not have had anything to do with the thread you're referencing, so stop passing the blame and deal with the issues.

And stop the "Troll" comments. You can do better than that.

This forum isn't the place for that kind of drama.