CPAP's are the drizzlin *&%#

Yvsa

Yvsa

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We went to town yesterday for several things and one of them was to get a new mask for my CPAP.
The gal at the office gave me a new silicon mask gratis that's much different than what I am used to. The connection runs up between your eyes and the hose connects and runs over the top of your head.
I thought I would like it and I do, when I first put it on that is.
I woke up twice last night and found the mask and the hose at the top of my pillow where I had ripped the dayumed thing off.
I sometimes take off my other mask but generally I'm aware of it and I'll wake up enough to put it back on. Maybe it will just take some getting used to but for me the CPAP's are the drizzlin sh*tz!!!!:thumbdn: :o :( :mad:

Maybe if I slept like a normal human being I wouldn't have the problems I do with the machine; does anyone else have trouble keeping theirs on all night long? :confused: :grumpy:
 
That's to fight sleep apnea?

I'm afraid I'll eventually have one, myself. :(

John
 
Spectre said:
That's to fight sleep apnea?

I'm afraid I'll eventually have one, myself. :(

John
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John there are ways to fight sleep apnea without having to resort to a CPAP. First and formost stay at a decent weight.
There are also surgeries to cut away excess material in the throat that help a great deal I understand.
Do what's necessary to keep the old sinuses clear.
I've told the Drs' that my problem isn't as much of not breathing because of tissue but of trying to clear my throat.
I wake up trying to swallow and can't it seems, a real pain in the arse!!!! :(
 
CPAPs are nuttin to be afraid of. Be running a Mirage full face mask for four years at 18CM's of water.

Thing is you have to experiment. Try a lot of different masks and head gear.

Once you get it right all will be good.

I LOVE MY CPAP for with out it I would be dead.
 
bigjim said:
I LOVE MY CPAP for with out it I would be dead.
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Ditto that.

Yvsa, they tried to give me that same cool new CPAP mask, kinda like sunglasses, real low-profile.

Tore it off, broke it, went back and got another one-

My old ResMed Ultra Mirage, a mask I really like.

Good luck & keep wearing it, heart & brain damage result from lack of oxygen, y'all. Don't ask me how I know. :(


Ad Astra
 
I ended up with the Ultra Mirage II. Just a little triangle over my nose. Funny how it bothers some and I didn't have any problem using it the first time. I can't stand to sleep without mine now even for short naps. I think that my wife is the biggest fan now that she's not sleeping with a big freight train.
 
I don't use my machine any more but if the nose surgery doesn't pan out the way I hope, I may go back to it.

I generally don't tear off my mask unless theres a air blockage. Like from my sinus's swelling up in reaction to the machine.



munk
 
I hate mine. Tear it off at night sometimes. Leaks. Itches. Better than a ventilater though.
 
I wonder how much of the general population uses these things? Do we have an unusual number of users here on the HI forum?
 
Howard Wallace said:
Do we have an unusual number of users here on the HI forum?
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It seems so. It's come up before.

If someone can explain a correlation between sleep apnea and khukuri collecting, they will win a Nobel prize.


Ad Astra :confused:
 
Well I ripped the dayumed thing off again, then got up and put my new old style mask on. So far it's the best I've had but I'll check out the Mirage in six months when I'm eligible to get a new mask.
Also in six months I'll be eligible for a new CPAP machine, the new ones are supposed to be quieter, don't know about better.;)
 
Yvsa said:
Well I ripped the dayumed thing off again, then got up and put my new old style mask on. So far it's the best I've had but I'll check out the Mirage in six months when I'm eligible to get a new mask.
Also in six months I'll be eligible for a new CPAP machine, the new ones are supposed to be quieter, don't know about better.;)
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I have to sleep with one also, but I do belive that it has saved my life. I just had to get used to the "dayum" mask. Now at night, I just say to Anne, "Red Leader to squadron..." And she says, "Shut up, Hon."

I guess she is "Gold Leader......"
 
Bill Marsh said:
I have to sleep with one also, but I do belive that it has saved my life.
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I wish I could say and believe the same but there's lots of times when I nap in the daytime that Barbie says I don't snore a bit, or gasp for breath.
Same thing also happens late at night sometimes when I go to sleep before Barbie does but I almost always wake up around midnight to take my meds if I haven't already so I put on the dayumed mask anyway.
My cardiologist says that it will help with the cardioversion so I'll stay after keeping it on all night.
Just wish I slept like a normal human, been thinking about asking the doc about this Lunesta stuff.;)

I was thinking there for a while that it was contributing to less edema in my legs but now I'm wondering if it wasn't what I was or wasn't eating that led to those results.:(
We have eaten out a few times recently and I know there's a helluva lot more sodium in the take out food than there is in what I get at home.
I ran out of the AlsoSalt but more is on its way. I hope it gets here today or tomorrow.
I'm going to order a couple of bottles online to have as a backup when I get down to less than one bottle.
 
I really don't mind my mask...but for some reason, it's always across the room in the morning.

I'm thinkin' duct tape...
 
Nighttime Air Mask Eases Sleep Apnea
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 25 (HealthDay News) -- While a nighttime treatment called continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) does reduce daytime sleepiness and other sleep apnea-associated symptoms, many patients don't like the therapy, studies show.


In people with sleep apnea, the airway in the nose and throat periodically narrows or closes off, which causes a person to stop breathing for seconds at a time. This is repeated throughout the night.

Research suggests that sleep apnea may contribute to high blood pressure, heart disease and increased risk of traffic accidents, due to daytime sleepiness.

With CPAP, a machine delivers much-needed air to patients through a nasal mask that's worn as they sleep.

The first review of 36 studies involving 1,718 people concluded that CPAP can significantly improve apnea symptoms compared to no treatment or treatment with less invasive methods, such as tongue depressors or oral spacers worn in the mouth to open up the airway.

According to researchers at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Adelaide, Australia, patients who used CPAP reported feeling less sleepy and more mentally and physically healthy than those who didn't use CPAP. Those who used CPAP also had 17 fewer apnea episodes per hour of sleep. In several of the studies, people who used CPAP had lowered blood pressure.

"The overall results demonstrate that in people with moderate to severe sleep apnea CPAP can improve measures of sleepiness, quality of life and mood and associated daytime sleepiness," the review authors concluded.

However, some patients resisted using CPAP because they found the mask uncomfortable and the CPAP machine too noisy.

A second review of 16 studies of 745 people found that spacers and other oral appliances aren't as effective as CPAP in reducing sleep apnea symptoms and should not be the first therapy choice for people with severe apnea. However, oral devices could be recommended for people with mild to moderate sleep apnea who are unwilling or unable to tolerate CPAP, the British researchers said.

The studies appear in the current issue of The Cochrane Library.

More information

The American Academy of Family Physicians has more about CPAP.
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Not Breathing? Are you all talking about this?:

Nirvikalpa Samadhi is achieved through the advanced and prolonged practice of Kriya Yoga or other forms of Yoga (or even nonYoga spiritual teaching - see Christians "Holy spirit") and is the state of oneness with the Atman - the true Soul (as entirely consciousness part of the God).

In Nirvikalpa Samadhi, all attachment to the material world and all karma is dissolved. All awareness is withdrawn step by step from the physical, astral and causal bodies until self-realization or oneness with the soul is achieved. During this process, breathing ceases, the heart stops beating. Aware and fully conscious oneness with soul is then achieved in a most loving way and all cells of physical body are flooded with the Ocean of Divine Love and Divine Bliss for any period of duration - hours, days, weeks until the individual shifts his awareness from the soul back to the physical body. For being full functional in this word, he awareness stay in Connection with the Divine, but stay (back) in the body, which is than normally functional. But some "strange" conditions will be there - better health (near invulnerable), better feelings (even for other person who touches the body with soul atached to the Divine) and "miracles" only by presence, speech (wishes!) and gestures (doings) of the Divine person (also called the Enlighted).

Nirvikalpa Samadhi is a preparatory step to Maha Samadhi and serves as extreme uplifting of all body vibration (see above) and leads to complete healing of karmic wounds to the open doors to God and divine love for further progress on your way to God.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samadhi
 
hollowdweller said:
Not Breathing? Are you all talking about this?:

Nirvikalpa Samadhi is achieved through ... Yoga ... or even ... Christians "Holy spirit" <snip>

During this process, breathing ceases, the heart stops beating. ... for any period of duration - hours, days, weeks until the individual shifts his awareness from the soul back to the physical body. <snip>
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If someone is not breathing or has a non-beating heart for a significant period of time they may have acheved Nirvanah, but in the words of "Doc" MacCoy on Startrek "He's dead, Jim."

There is an exception: a child submerged in icewater may survive and be revived after an incredible period of time - I think something like 45 minutes is the record.

But like the Boy Buddha of Nepal, I'd like to hear of this demonstrated under the inspection of a sceptical illusionist. Or they could "go for the gold" and get the $1,000,000 prize.
 
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