I totally agree with you -
consider the CPAP my "quality of life support unit".
And as an asthmatic since childhood,
and a cardiac rehab patient,
reliable breathing is a GOOD thing
:-)
-Ben
Take it on vacations, business trips, etc.
Hey, we can get together with our CPAPs, and say:
"We are the Borg..."
<hehehe>
-Ben
> > I didn't get hooked up in a sleep lab.
> > They sent me home with a portable kit and a lot of attachments -
> > fingertip o2sat sensor, cannula with microphone, etc - plus a
> > recording unit. It all measured my apnea episodes while I slept at
> > home.
> > bb
>
> They did this with me, too, both in Ontario and in West Virginia. My
> o2 readings go to undetectable ranges while I sleep. Under 60% and
> the sensor can't detect it.
>
> In my last test at the lab where I had to go without a CPAP or Bi-PAP,
> they detected 254 breathing episodes in 149 minutes of sleep - an
> average of 102 episodes per hour. I was NOTICEABLY not myself that
> day. What I really notice is how testy I get if I don't have my
> machine with me. My whole personality changes. After two days, I
> start getting narcoleptic, and start to fall asleep while driving, and
> other things.
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