>Brian-
>
>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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