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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: culero on March 02, 2005, 12:22:43 AM
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I started last week. Tough to get used to, but undeniably good results.
culero
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Never heard of it... what does it do?
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Continous Powered Airway Pressure. Its the preferred treatment for severe sleep apnea.
CLICK HERE (http://www.entnet.org/healthinfo/snoring/cpap.cfm) for some detail.
Pain in the bellybutton to wear a mask while sleeping, but I haven't rested this well in a LONG time, the reduction in fatigue during waking hours is profound.
culero
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In the last coupla days, we've had posts about heel spurs, high cholesteral, sleep apnea, blackouts.... hell, even nosehairs.
At this point it is beyond any shadow of a doubt....
One day, boys and girls, we are going to be comparing hip replacement notes.
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Yeah, about three years now. Took a while to get used to but I sleep much better with it. My wife loves it because it stops the snoring.
Both kids are on it too.
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Originally posted by ChickenHawk
Yeah, about three years now. Took a while to get used to but I sleep much better with it. My wife loves it because it stops the snoring.
Both kids are on it too.
Ya'll humidify?
Mask or nose pillows?
culero
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Originally posted by Nash
In the last coupla days, we've had posts about heel spurs, high cholesteral, sleep apnea, blackouts.... hell, even nosehairs.
At this point it is beyond any shadow of a doubt....
One day, boys and girls, we are going to be comparing hip replacement notes.
Now, now, young whippersnapper, lets not skip past dentures.. What are ya, in a hurry or something?
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Originally posted by ChickenHawk
Both kids are on it too.
Why?
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The kids humidify. I don't only because they didn't have any that did when I got mine.
We all use the mask but I've been considering trying the pillows. I'm kinda curious to know if anyone here likes the pillows better.
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Why do your kids need it?
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I use Maker's Mark. Sleep like a log.
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Been using one for about a year now with a nasal mask (not pillows). No humidifier, but I live in Oregon, and we've got plenty of humidity.
Originally posted by Sandman
Never heard of it... what does it do?
For OSA (Obstructive Sleep Apnea), it pressurizes your airway to keep the tissue from collapsing when the muscles around your throat relax while sleeping. Generally, the cause of this is being a big fat fatty, and the result is that you don't ever really get enough uninterrupted REM, and you don't go through the sleep states like normal people. Basically, an Apnea is when you stop breathing. When this happens, your brain gets uppity and forces you to wake up...generally not fully concious, just enough to conciously take a breath. Then you go back to sleep and the whole cycle repeats itself. When I was tested, I had an apnea an average of every 45 seconds while sleeping. The machine is a wonder, I'd actually be getting full nights of sleep were it not for school, and I get to look like a fighter pilot while I am sleeping (I just need to get myself a helmet)! ;)
-edit- Oh, and it eliminates the snoring too, which is a side effect of OSA. And by snoring, I mean snarling and grunting like an angry bear fighting a cougar.
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Originally posted by GRUNHERZ
Why do your kids need it?
They have both been diagnosed with sleep disturbances. My daughter sleep walks when she forgets to wear it. She sleeps just fine if she does wear it.
Sleep apnea and sleep disturbances have very little to do with age, weight or environment. Unfortunatly it's genetic.
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Yea, friend had sleep apnea pretty bad. He'll sit down on the couch and then be out. He'll go thru the who sound effect routine and then semi-wake up and resume the breathing. Scared the **** out of the dog. He'd start with that snarling and my cattledog would growl and bark, causing him to wake up...breathing, but pissed at the dog. Cycle would repeat a few times an hour. Man he hated that dog :p
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Most people with sleep apnea don't die from it, they die from the heart dysrhythmias and hypertension that arise from having sleep apnea. And one could speculate that they slowly grow stupid from the brain damage incurred from the nightly hypoxic episodes. As SOB says, in normal people it's a direct result from being obese. That means if you're an able bodied person it's completely curable.
To stay healthy you're blood oxygen saturation level needs to remain above 92%. You do anything you can including respirators and entubation to keep an otherwise healthy persons o2 sats higher than 90%. I've had patients who have untreated, sleep apnea. And you can watch their o2 saturation drop down very low. At about 78% (15 second period of apnea) I don't watch it drop anymore, I go and wake them. Imagine what it's like for them at home where nobody is monitoring their blood o2 saturation.
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I had Sleep Apnea and used the mask for about a week and decided I would rather have the surgery.
I had the surgery about 5 years ago and have slept soundly every night since.
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I have had one for a couple of years, best invention evar.
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Originally posted by SOB
And by snoring, I mean snarling and grunting like an angry bear fighting a cougar.
At one of the Aces High cons, pre-CPAP, somebody called security because they thought I had animals in my room.
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My wife`s Dr. told her that people do not die from sleep apnea.
When she asked him what about the heart attacks and strokes caused from blood pressure, etc he said that that is a result of the apnea, not the cause of death. Sheeesh, talk about your dancing around with definitions.
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Originally posted by ChickenHawk
The kids humidify. I don't only because they didn't have any that did when I got mine.
We all use the mask but I've been considering trying the pillows. I'm kinda curious to know if anyone here likes the pillows better.
I'd guess you could add a humidifier. Its a seperate component in my rig (Respironics REMstar).
I'm curious to hear what people say about the pillows, too, they sure look more comfy.
culero
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How many of you guys are overweight?
I lost 70lbs since late October and I notice I sleep a lot better.
I dont mean to offend anyone with that but weight is one of the huge factors noramlly associated with this condition.
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Originally posted by Suave
As SOB says, in normal people it's a direct result from being obese. That means if you're an able bodied person it's completely curable.
While this is typical, it's not always the case. I've had apnea since I was a teenager and weighed 135 lb. My uncle has a bad case of it and he almost looks anorexic.
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Central Sleep Apnea, Chickenhawk?
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Originally posted by GRUNHERZ
I dont mean to offend anyone with that but weight is one of the huge factors noramlly associated with this condition.
Somebody needs to go back through and read the whole thread. Especially the posts by the particularly brilliant members of this forum. ;)
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Originally posted by SOB
Central Sleep Apnea, Chickenhawk?
Not sure. My doctor didn't specify. I could probably have it corrected with surgery but I'd rather just use the C-Pap.
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Originally posted by GRUNHERZ
How many of you guys are overweight?
I lost 70lbs since late October and I notice I sleep a lot better.
I dont mean to offend anyone with that but weight is one of the huge factors noramlly associated with this condition.
I can confirm.
I lost about 40 pounds last year by cutting carbs, getting myself to within 10-15 pounds of my target weight (I am 6'3" and feel best at 210-215) but that was while my job description included a lot of walking and a little weight lifting.
My sleep problem improved significantly.
Now I'm promoted to deskdriver for the last 6 months, my bellybutton is back to 265....and the sleep thing got bad enough I had to do something about it.
culero
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HI my name is Gunslinger..,
Hi "Gunslinger!!!!"
I have been on the Mask for over a year now.
Since I have been on the Mask (Bipap) I have awoken to a new World where my wife no longer B*tches about my snoring.......
I no longer have to Freebase Expresso just to be able to drive
my car without falling asleep at the wheel. It is like a light has
been turned on in my life.
Sleep apnea study, $20.00 copay...
Living life with a less b*tchy-sleep deprived do to your snoring wife and almost crashing your car on the way to the job you almost lost for falling asleep at your desk.....
P R I C E L E S S ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !! !
:aok :aok
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I tried the C-Pap for about three nights. However there is something about a being a claustrophobic with near constant insomnia that is only briefly interrupted by intense nightmares that kept it from working. As such, I would rip it off and throw it across the room as soon as I fell asleep.
Had the throat surgery, it helped some, but changed the tone of my belches.
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Originally posted by Gunslngr
HI my name is Gunslinger..,
Hi "Gunslinger!!!!"
I have been on the Mask for over a year now.
Since I have been on the Mask (Bipap) I have awoken to a new World where my wife no longer B*tches about my snoring.......
I no longer have to Freebase Expresso just to be able to drive
my car without falling asleep at the wheel. It is like a light has
been turned on in my life.
Sleep apnea study, $20.00 copay...
Living life with a less b*tchy-sleep deprived do to your snoring wife and almost crashing your car on the way to the job you almost lost for falling asleep at your desk.....
P R I C E L E S S ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !! !
:aok :aok
WHO ARE YOU AND WERE DID YOU COME FROM???? :mad: :mad: :mad:
JK ;) but for the record there is but one Gunslinger and it is I. :D
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From my mom and Dad of course. :)
There are several of us "Gunslingers" around. I have used the
handle since Airwarrior on AOL. We both registered on the BBS
the same month with the handle.
I changed my ID in the game to "SKGslngr" to reflect squad
afffiliation and to help avoid the confusion.
I dont think anyone will confuse the two of us.
You are the Jarhead Gunslinger
I am the Former Army Guard Avaition Gunslngr.
See, completley different.
Originally posted by Gunslinger
WHO ARE YOU AND WERE DID YOU COME FROM???? :mad: :mad: :mad:
JK ;) but for the record there is but one Gunslinger and it is I. :D
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so let me get this straight....
its just a mask you wear. you dont have to have a surgery or anything right?
(if you're up to it, post a pic of you wearing the thing).
My dad snores like a mofo and wakes up a lot during the night. My mom says that she gets scared to death because sometimes he's snoring then he just stops breathing..then he kinda wakes up but not really and goes back to snoring.
Pretty much what the website says are the symptoms of apnea.
Itd be an awesome gift for my parents to 'cure' them of this pesky problem.
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Originally posted by OIO
so let me get this straight....
its just a mask you wear. you dont have to have a surgery or anything right?
(if you're up to it, post a pic of you wearing the thing).
My dad snores like a mofo and wakes up a lot during the night. My mom says that she gets scared to death because sometimes he's snoring then he just stops breathing..then he kinda wakes up but not really and goes back to snoring.
Pretty much what the website says are the symptoms of apnea.
Itd be an awesome gift for my parents to 'cure' them of this pesky problem.
It's not something you can just buy as a gift. It has to be calibrated to suit the patient, and if they calibrate it wrong it can make the problem worse in a big way.
Get his doctor to order him a sleep study (just tell him what you told us and he will do it), and if he's as bad as it sounds, he'll prescribe a CPAP, and your mom will love it.
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ex roommate had that thing....
and a gigantic puss-filled open sore on the bridge of his nose for 2 years after getting it.
it was disgusting to look at.
but he slept well he said.
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cmon post a picture.
:p
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Originally posted by JB73
ex roommate had that thing....
and a gigantic puss-filled open sore on the bridge of his nose for 2 years after getting it.
it was disgusting to look at.
but he slept well he said.
He didn't get it fit right. That started to happen to me and I changed to a different mask and was fine after that.
BTW, love the avatar. Who is it?
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Originally posted by OIO
cmon post a picture.
:p
Look what 8 seconds on Google Image Search did:
(http://www.sleepsa.com/images/cpap.jpg)
Though I suppose I'm setting a bad precedence by posting that.
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Originally posted by ChickenHawk
BTW, love the avatar. Who is it?
no idea.
nopoop posted in the the general discussion a while back.
i stole it