<this was getting too tame for the new CF-Comm rules haha>
BTW a CPAP brings back memories of "up your nose with a rubber hose" but this is now a GOOD thing <grin>.
-Ben
> Ben, you and I are in total agreement on this one. I won't sleep a
> single night without one. I was able to put my old one in
> "semi-retirement", and now keep it in Canada for visits up there. I
> notice a difference between using the CPAP and the Bi-PAP, but only
> after several days of use. Usually, a clear/clogged sinus makes more
> of a difference than which machine I am using.
>
> >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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