Thanks Matt for prompting me to look into finding the "secret" settings on mine. I had always thought the card had those program settings on it, but I found out that's not the case.
What's interesting is that I have a CPAP w/CFLEX. I never thought the C-Flex was anything special........and now I find out the reason....they never enabled it. Bastards! That makes a heck of difference on the breathing out. I haven't changed the setting yet as I'm still partial to my mouthguards, but it's always great to have a backup. On 4/1/06, Chesty Puller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > So I bought the manual for my machine on eBay (only to find it online > later > on, but it's still worth it) and got the secret code to change my settings > back to the way they were. I slept like a baby last night. Thank God. > > - Matt > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dana Tierney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Community" <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, April 01, 2006 3:45 PM > Subject: Re: More on sleep apnea > > > > It's largely an upper respiratory infection that the primary care doc > > refuses to take seriously because "these things usually clear up on > their > > own." > > > > (pause here for major eyeroll) > > > > Apparently it is considered Bad Medecine to prescribe antibiotics for > > respiratory infections, but acceptable for patients to require codeine > > syrup to breathe afterwards, because then you get to give lectures on > the > > dangers of addiction! > > > > I am fairly annoyed about this, if you can't tell -- I have a ten-year > > history with this and I keep being told condescendingly that I have a > cold > > that will go away by itself. It never does, but by the time the issue > > arises again they have switched my doctor and I get to do it again. I > have > > been patient about this so far because nobody knows how the herbal > > preparation (which does tha same thing as the antibiotics, which do work > > when I get them, incidentally) anyway, nobody knows how the herbs > interact > > with coumadin. > > > > So I was hearing, well, you will only be on coumadin for six months, can > > you just trust your doctor with the respiratory infections? Uh huh. And > so > > I start to get one and I go in and tell my story and they look at me > like > > I just told them I read romance novels and am working on my GED and tell > > me it will all be fine, "these things usually clear up by themselves." > > > > (pause here to kick a wall) > > > > But I am tired and pissed and no longer willing to be sick for three > > months at a time because conventional medecine believes as an article of > > faith that colds go away by themselves. So they do, but in me they > trigger > > some sort of inflammatory process that always always always requires > heavy > > duty medical attention. This is the best guess as to how I got two > cracked > > ribs last fall... > > > > Anyway, rant over. Bottom line is, I have now been officially told that > I > > have some sort of undiscovered clotting disorder and that I'll be on > > coumadin long-term. So we're either going to resolve this or we are > going > > to find out how coumadin interacts with lotus root rhizome :) > > > > I do think a dry nose is also part of it. I do already have a heated > > humidifer, but when I use it my nose gets all stuffy and I take the mask > > off in the middle of the night because I can't breathe. Then the medical > > plan gets huffy and says that if I don't use it they will take it away. > > ::mutter:: I have had some success with Ayr saline gel. I do appreciate > > the suggestion though, and your time spent listening to this rant. > > > >> Is your nose hurting because it's drying out? If so, you can get a > >> mister for the CPAP that will fix it. > > > > > >> Is your nose hurting because it's drying out? If so, you can get a > >> mister for the CPAP that will fix it. > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:202510 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
