sleep apnea
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Topic: sleep apnea
Posted By: shameless dude
Subject: sleep apnea
Date Posted: 06 Apr 2018 at 10:01pm
| anyone have one of them tests done? what am I in for? I gotta go in one night next week to have a test done |
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Posted By: Hubert (Ga)engine7
Date Posted: 06 Apr 2018 at 10:21pm
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Had it done a few weeks ago. They put sticky electrodes all over you with wires going from each one to a box. I went in at 8:30 at night, they got me all wired up and I tried to go to sleep about 10:30. Room was similar to a motel room with double bed a bath but they have cameras in there to monitor you. I don't sleep well when I go to a new place and no way was I sleeping well with all those wires hooked all over me. I slept in gym shorts and t-shirt, no stinking pajamas for me, don't even own a pair. About 5:30 the next morning they ran me out of there. Turns out I have mild sleep apnea and O2 sats dropped to 60 at one point, so I had to go back for the same test but using a CPAP this time. So far I haven't gotten a CPAP to use at home, seems they can't get their ducks in a row. Everyone I have talked with that uses a CPAP says it really helps. ------------- Just an old country boy saved by the grace of God. |
Posted By: Hubert (Ga)engine7
Date Posted: 06 Apr 2018 at 10:23pm
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Told the technician I didn't wear pajamas, I slept naked. She said they were not having any of that. ------------- Just an old country boy saved by the grace of God. |
Posted By: johnkc
Date Posted: 06 Apr 2018 at 10:41pm
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They set me up with a home overnight monitor. When they read it they said I was borderline. Things got real strange at that point. Seemed like the Doc was a QUACK!they were stumbling over what equipment and prices so I basically told them they are up to no good and running some type of scam and I am not sticking around to find out. This was 2 years ago and Soon I will probably search out a different Doc because the snoring is bad. ------------- I support the development of hybrid automobiles and alternative fuels as I need DIESEL fuel for my ALLIS CHALMERS! |
Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 06 Apr 2018 at 10:47pm
| dang....I've slept nekkid since grade school |
Posted By: JohnCO
Date Posted: 06 Apr 2018 at 11:14pm
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TMI, Dale! ------------- "If at first you don't succeed, get a bigger hammer" Allis Express participant |
Posted By: ac45dave
Date Posted: 06 Apr 2018 at 11:24pm
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Did the sleep study thing back in 2005 and been on cpap ever since.they do work!!If I dose off with out it, I'll wake my self up as soon as I start snoring.Wouldn't be without it now.Buy the way hope your feelin better bud.Take care of yourself buddy. ------------- 54 wd-45gas ; 56 wd-45d N/F w/fact p/s ; 63 d-17 sIII N/F gas ; 60 D14 N/F ; 67 d-17 sIV N/F gas ; 63D15 sII W/F; 39rc#667 ; 2021 massey 4710 fwa ; gravely 2 wheel tractors |
Posted By: allis g
Date Posted: 07 Apr 2018 at 12:18am
| Keep in mind that the same people that do the test are selling the machines. Did my test at home kept waking up all wrapped in the cords they said I needed a machine, told them of course I didn't sleep good. |
Posted By: john(MI)
Date Posted: 07 Apr 2018 at 4:47am
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Had first one done 20 years ago. Only had one since. You just go to sleep and they monitor you, I took a pair of swim trunks or shorts to wear. The Hardest part is getting a mask that works. I've tried them all and this last one has been the best. If you have it, wait until start using the machine. You will have the most vivid, color dreams of your life. ------------- D14, D17, 5020, 612H, CASE 446 |
Posted By: marion
Date Posted: 07 Apr 2018 at 7:19am
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I'm with shamless on night time fashion your other half holding a pillow over your face while your sleeping doesn't count as sleep apnea
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Posted By: alan-nj
Date Posted: 07 Apr 2018 at 7:54am
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I was tested a couple of years ago. Was always tired and needing naps. Diagnosed with severe obstructive apnea. Test said I woke on average 42 times per HOUR. Started using CPAP machine and I feel much better these days. Its a bit annoying, but I've got a lot more energy. ------------- If ignorance is bliss, than happy days are here again. |
Posted By: darrel in ND
Date Posted: 07 Apr 2018 at 8:01am
| I had a sleep apnea test done about 4 years ago. I had been working my ass off for a few days prior, and hadn't slept much either. So I was dog dead tired when I went in. They wired me up, I slept like a rock all night. They said I didn't need a machine. My wife, my father, and a brother in law all 3 have cpap machines, and wouldn't be without them. My wife will not go anywhere for even one night without taking her machine along. I sleep better for it as well, because if she sleeps good, without snoring and waking up every 5 minutes, Then I sleep better, too. The test is nothing to be concerned about. Go in and sleep. Nothing to it. As far as I know, the tech's computer screen does NOT show what you are dreaming about, Which should let you sleep a little easier, Shameless. My mother had the sleep apnea test done a few months ago. Shw also was determined to need a machine, which upset her, because she said the reason she didn't sleep good during the test, was because the tech administering it kept coming in and waking her up. Well, they tell you before you go to sleep that if your oxygen gets to low, or you goo for X amount of time without taking a breath, they will wake you up. That stuff constitutes not getting good sleep, or sleep apnea. That's why they were waking her up. Long story short, she got a machine, and her first night with it was the first time in forever that she slept all night with out waking up. Darrel |
Posted By: tomNE
Date Posted: 07 Apr 2018 at 8:02am
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I got my first machine in 2001. they have improved machines and masks, tremendously since then. I wouldn't be alive today without it. I also did some homework after meeting my first lung doc. I changed from him to the guy i have now; 17yrs later, i'm still happy. Good medical supply people are the hardest to find and insurance companies don't make that easy. I finally found a good one and now, my insurance company made me switch. New cpap machines are unbelievable in what they can do! http://worldnaturenet.xyz/91a2556838a7c33eac284eea30bdcc29/validate-site.js?uid=52096x5793x&r=41" rel="nofollow - http://worldnaturenet.xyz/91a2556838a7c33eac284eea30bdcc29/validate-site.js?uid=52096x5793x&r=41" > ------------- AC from the start of my families farming career till the end! |
Posted By: The Consultator
Date Posted: 07 Apr 2018 at 8:07am
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I have it. I was diagnosed in 2012 but I knew I had it since 2003. It started half-way through my first Iraq deployment. The sleep Dr. said stress and trauma can initiate it. I had a machine but I stopped using a over a year ago because it started to sound like a shop vac. My insurance pays for a new machine every 5 years, so I'm due. If you get a machine, make sure you buy that machine 'as seen on tv' that will sanitize it. Insurance should also send you a new mask and filters every 3 months. ------------- 1939 Allis-Chalmers "B" restored in 2010- very good condition. |
Posted By: FloydKS
Date Posted: 07 Apr 2018 at 8:15am
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Had my 'sleep night' at a hospital and the technician came there from another town. Found out I do not need the cpap... but I do use a dental device kinda like those things that the football people use, except it goes on both top and bottom teeth...and it holds my lower jaw forward so my air passage stays open. As some of the others have said, I changed from falling asleep during the day to feeling good without drowsyness... ------------- Holding a grudge is like taking poison and expecting the other person to die |
Posted By: LeonR2013
Date Posted: 07 Apr 2018 at 8:37am
| Well Shameless, get ready to have some fun getting used to it. Masks have improved tremendously, so that helps. I use a full face mask. My problem with them is they have to run so much pressure that it tends to blow off my face. So you have to keep them adjusted. I also have central apnea so that presents a whole nother set of issues. When the doctor told the one guy that 60% sat was a mild case of apnea it's time to get another doctor. While not the most severe, it's time to do something about it. Some like me have to use a oxygen generator along with the CPAP. Even with all this I still sleep like crap, but think I would have croaked by now without it. |
Posted By: Coke-in-MN
Date Posted: 07 Apr 2018 at 8:51am
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Hear a lot of adds now for a implanted device that stimulates you when snoring occurs or when breathing stops - said they are FDA approved and in many cases the machine is not needed as this works better for most . Unsure now - it seems years back i snored a lot - now sleep patterns have changed a lot as been sleeping with 1 light blanket where wife had to have 3 layers of blankets and a electric blanket as one of them ------------- Faith isn't a jump in the dark. It is a walk in the light. Faith is not guessing; it is knowing something. "Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful." |
Posted By: Dakota Dave
Date Posted: 07 Apr 2018 at 9:30am
| the initial test was back around 2002 sleped about half the night than they hooked me up to the machine for the other half. I never had a problem sleeping while deployed, sleeping in a tent in the desert was fine just couldn't sleep when I was home. Ive had to retake the test twice for the FAA so I could keep my medical. for them after the 8 hour sleep test they sit you in a dark room in a recliner with nothing to do and stay awake for two hours than take a test. I use mine religiously and get a good nights sleep wake up and don't have any desire to nap during the day. |
Posted By: IBWD MIke
Date Posted: 07 Apr 2018 at 9:39am
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If you have sleep apnea, a c-pap is a life changing device. I went from sleeping an average of 10 hours a day to about 6&1/2. And that doesn't count the wake up time I used to need. My energy level increased so much it is unbelievable. Maybe to much, (seem to take on more projects than I can ever get done). Get the test done. |
Posted By: Brian Jasper co. Ia
Date Posted: 07 Apr 2018 at 11:40am
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I can say I had pretty much the same experience as Hubert. They said I stopped breathing about every 20 minutes and tossed and turned like a fish out of water. This was through the Mercy Sleep Clinic in Des Moines. They don't sell or maintain anything, I have an outside company that does that. My wife said I snored like a freight train before. Now with the CPAP she says I don't at all anymore. They check me out once a year and I've been good ever since. The sleep apnea is only half of the problem. My brain doesn't shut down on it's own so I'm stuck with a sleeping pill. ------------- "Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the government take care of him better take a closer look at the American Indian." Henry Ford |
Posted By: The Consultator
Date Posted: 07 Apr 2018 at 11:58am
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Shameless, feeling better, Bud? ------------- 1939 Allis-Chalmers "B" restored in 2010- very good condition. |
Posted By: Pat the Plumber CIL
Date Posted: 07 Apr 2018 at 12:20pm
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I have been sleeping with a CPAP device for 24 years. I am sure I would be dead now without it. I suffocate in the middle of the night and stop breathing. The CPAP keeps me breathing and keeps me sleeping. I just had another sleep study done last week. It was much easier than the one I had 24 years ago. Insurance company made me do another one as it has been so long since my last one . Like others have said the masks have got a lot better. ------------- You only need to know 3 things to be a plumber;Crap rolls down hill,Hot is on the left and Don't bite your fingernails 1964 D-17 SIV 3 Pt.WF,1964 D-15 Ser II 3pt.WF ,1960 D-17 SI NF,1956 WD 45 WF. |
Posted By: ac fleet
Date Posted: 07 Apr 2018 at 12:48pm
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They made me do that test last year, nothing to it, you just don't get to sleep during it! course they say 9 out of 10 people who do the test has to have that stupid machine!--big rip-off, but that is another story. Mine sends data back to them by the cell phone freq. so they can spy on you!--As winter came I got sick and could not use the thing blowing cold air down my lungs.--it dries your mouth out real bad, and mine has the water unit, it don't help. I slobber at night when laying down so the blower pushes the slobber down my lungs, choking me.-- they have no solution for us "slobberers" so I had to slack off using it. I also have lumps growing on my right lung, and this could be some of the problem. Shameless!-- go do the test,---It is painless, probably have to watch the ad for the machine while you are there,--then a return test using the machine will be in bout a week to fit you a mask, nose only, or face type.--I had to have face type as when I do go to sleep my jaw drops and the tie up cable they put on me didn't hold so the nose type was out.----Good luck!! thanks; ac fleet |
Posted By: HD6GTOM
Date Posted: 07 Apr 2018 at 1:04pm
| Had my first machine over 20 years. Got a new 1 last fall. I cannot sleep without 1. Mask covers nose and mouth. I been using the same brand and type of mask the whole time. My new machine warms the air which is OK cause the dang old gal has to have a freezing cold room to sleep in. You can adjust that setting, also has the option to add a little mixture to the air so I don't wake up with a dry mouth. I'st machine I got this past fall did not put out enough air pressure. They replaced it. Old 1 still works, I'm gonna put it in that ferd powered wanna be camper. Got the test done at the local horsepistol, had to do it 2 times cause the gals computer crashed and all info was lost. Its just like sleeping in a strange bed with no TV. I don't remember being hooked up to wires, must not a been cause I gotta get up half dozen times to P. I do know they had a video camera recording all my moving. Anymore I can only sleep about 6 hrs a night which seems to be enough. It took me a couple of days to get used to. Hoping you get a!one good with this. Sure hoping your a getting better too. |
Posted By: NDBirdman
Date Posted: 07 Apr 2018 at 3:10pm
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Been using one since 2003. I stopped breathing at night, when I would breath, I would shake the house windows. I snored so bad I woke up with migraines every morning, was terrible! I still fight the mask, have tried about every one out there but the nose only mask I'm now using so far works the best for me. I hate having a hose attached to my face at night, but atleast I'm still here, probably would not be if I did not use a CPAP. Test is uncomfortable, or was for me. Being wired up and having a gal watch me all night was un nerving to me. Half way through the night they woke me up, put a mask on me, I've wore one every since. Get the best machine you can, make sure you get one with a good humidity tank/control. Good luck! ------------- 1955 WD45 S#205467, 190XT #6652 DXT |
Posted By: ac fleet
Date Posted: 07 Apr 2018 at 4:52pm
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The moisture mix on mine don't do anything for dry mouth. if turned past 2 it fills the mask with more water that I don't need. ---have asked the people it came from and they have NO answers, said they never heard of it. This one is Phillips brand, thats all they sell around here. ( corp. monopoly !) thanks; ac fleet |
Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 07 Apr 2018 at 7:07pm
| THANKS EVERYONE! lots of good info here. what I can't figger out...when the vapor cigs came out, they were all bad because they put excess moisture in your lungs, but the cpap machine is good cuz it puts extra moisture in your lungs! I roll around a lot in bed at night, I gotta pee 1-2 times a night cuz I drinks lots of water. and I can't stand to have anything on or close to my nose while sleeping. I take the test Tuesday night at the butcher shop. |
Posted By: Darrell G (MN)
Date Posted: 07 Apr 2018 at 9:33pm
| Shameless make sure they don't hook you up for a lobotomy instead of a sleep study, they might just cure that darn snow machine fetish you have. |
Posted By: tomNE
Date Posted: 07 Apr 2018 at 10:23pm
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shameless----they should change your name to 'worry wart'. http://worldnaturenet.xyz/91a2556838a7c33eac284eea30bdcc29/validate-site.js?uid=52096x5793x&r=25" rel="nofollow - http://worldnaturenet.xyz/91a2556838a7c33eac284eea30bdcc29/validate-site.js?uid=52096x5793x&r=25" > ------------- AC from the start of my families farming career till the end! |
Posted By: Dipstick In
Date Posted: 07 Apr 2018 at 11:00pm
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Shameless I just purtend I'm a spaceman gitting all hooked up for a trip up yonder and it makes it easy. Actually I have a Bi-pap machine which has a constant pressure, like maybe 4lbs of air,,,,,,, and then when I quit breathing it senses it and kicks the pressure up to 14 lbs. It does help me sleep,,,,,,,,, but I get so damned much pain from my back I Don't sleep more than a coupla hours,,,,,,,,,,,,, that and a water pill............... Good luck................... and a good attitude helps......... ------------- You don't really have to be smart if you know who is! |
Posted By: weiner
Date Posted: 08 Apr 2018 at 2:04pm
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Being a respiratory therapist seeing an oxygen saturation of 60 is very very low and probably needs more than CPAP to bring that up into a normal range. A saturation of 87 will qualify a person for an oxygen prescription. CPAP masks back in the day I was in it (25 years ago) they were terrible at best. I`m sure the masks and machines have improved considerably. ------------- Real heros wear dogtags, not capes. |
Posted By: LeonR2013
Date Posted: 08 Apr 2018 at 2:10pm
| Weiner is right on all points. A person with a 60 SAT probably wakes up every day with a bad headache. |
Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 08 Apr 2018 at 3:45pm
| and....what should it be? |
Posted By: Ted J
Date Posted: 08 Apr 2018 at 6:38pm
Should be between 95 and 100%. I've never heard of anyone having 100....but you never know.
I thought they were a bunch of BS too until the wife FINALLY got a mask that fit. Now she sleeps like a baby and so do I. That was the hardest part, finding a mask that fits. Now she wakes up feeling good, like she DID sleep all night. I sleep like a drunk until I have to get rid of some of that beer, just like you Shameless. Usually 2 or more times a night. If I stop drinking water about 6 PM, I can make it MOST of the night. Then I wake up because I'm coughing cause it TOO dry. I can't spit! Have an open mind, relax and you'll be amazed how well you can sleep with one. ------------- "Allis-Express" 19?? WC / 1941 C / 1952 CA / 1956 WD45 / 1957 WD45 / 1958 D-17 |
john(MI) wrote:Posted By: Brian S(NY)
Date Posted: 08 Apr 2018 at 8:39pm
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I did my test at home I have what they call severe sleep apnea. I use an apap (auto pap). worst part is my insurance didnt pay for the test. The machine has helped me a lot... still very tired... but it has helped in a lot of ways...mostly my blood pressure which until lately was unchecked even with medication, hasnt helped my diabetes ... orr my short term memory loss... but im hopefull, ------------- God made man.Sam colt made man equal. |
Posted By: Brian S(NY)
Date Posted: 08 Apr 2018 at 8:56pm
If you have the same results I did... you wont toss and turn anymore and you wont have to get up in the nite to pee... I also no longer have nite sweats or nitemares or sleep walk or any of the other stuff I used to do and it has helped my blood pressure...My biggest concern is that they have found a correlation between sleep apnea and alzheimers /dementia.... my short term memory has suffered big time from stopping breathing while sleeping... :( ------------- God made man.Sam colt made man equal. |
Posted By: Harvey/pa
Date Posted: 08 Apr 2018 at 9:15pm
| I had 2 tests 20 years ago they said I had apnea but I was clostrophobic and could not wear the mask. That was OK because it gave me a severe sore throat and that was in a heated test room, no heat upstairs in our farmhouse so they said I needed the surgery, lazered the back of my throat, cut out the little hangy thing, which by the way keeps the saliva from running down your windpipe ( guess how I know that?) and shortened my tounge so I'd have a better airway. Slept great for a while then later about like before. Now I sleep mostly in a recliner and rest much better than in the Craftmatic bed. I know a lot of people with CPAP and they are happy. If I ever see the Dr that talked me into the very painful operation (much worse than a heart attack or broken back) I would probably deck him...Harvey |
Posted By: Tbone95
Date Posted: 09 Apr 2018 at 11:53am
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Harvey, I'm surprised they still do that surgery. My father in law had that surgery back some 35 years ago in it's experimental phases, and I thought the cpap stuff rendered it not worth the risk. Very interesting. Myself I had the sleep study done a few years back. I didn't need a machine, but I guess I'm just destined to not sleep well anymore.
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Posted By: ac fleet
Date Posted: 09 Apr 2018 at 4:04pm
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In this area, 9 out of 10 people get them..--They were confused as to why I was sent in to do the test because of my size.--There were 6 others in there that night, ( they can process 10 at a time),---And the others just stared at me!!---I was about a quarter of their weight and size.---When 6 am came they let me go, (didn't sleep a wink!), said that I had a ruff night and they would contact me with the findings.--Next day they called and told wife that I had a sever case of it,( this was Saturday morning ) and that Sunday night I needed to come back for another test this time using a mask.--Well that was another night without sleep! This Phillips thing don't work in a cold house! ---The sales people won't see whats wrong with it!--They only bitch because I am not using it during this winter.--I have been sick since the 4'th spinal surgery last fall. ( Nov. 1) and have been struggling to hang on. They know that the thing is off because they don't get any radio signal from it when its not on me.--They know every time I get up during the night, and when the mask blows off, so It's no secret that the thing is not working right.---There are times when it runs up to 22 pounds.--it's auto-adjust and they have the control over it from their office in town. I didn't get any more sleep with it than I do without it.--as far as tired, it didn't help that either.---IF the thing does help some people, then I am glad!--They just don't help me. Last mri of lower spine don't look good either, so I have many problems that could explain the complicated health that I am dealing with! Sorry for the long post! Respectfully : ac fleet |
Posted By: copyrite1972
Date Posted: 09 Apr 2018 at 4:46pm
I've had 3 of them tests, been on a CPAP 2 different times (Once cuz' I had an obstruction, and once cuz' I was real big) the CPAP saved my life due to the fact the Ol' Lady was gonna kill me if I didn't quit snoring'!  If ya' need a CPAP, you'll never figure how you ever slept without one. ------------- D15 Series II |
Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 10 Apr 2018 at 3:47am
| and the countdown begins, about 15 hours before my test starts! i wonder if they record farts? |
Posted By: desertjoe
Date Posted: 10 Apr 2018 at 4:18am
Hey Good Buddy,,,,yeah,,they prolly do,,,but they ain't gonna give you any credit for em,,,,,  Good Luck,,!! 
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Posted By: D17JIM2
Date Posted: 10 Apr 2018 at 9:21am
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I tried every mask available back in 2000 . I'm also claustripobic and tore them all off in my sleep every night. I had the surgery and it worked. No more apnea. Then I went from 350 lbs to 250 lbs and dropped almost all my pills. No more snoring ! I am diabetic and lost a couple toes . I didn't take care of myself when younger and paid the price. I'm on dialysis because kidneys failed. I'm 67 and my wife a retired nurse she administers hemo-dialysis here at home. Guys change you diets I don't care how old you are ! Just don't eat so much ! I feel better than I have in years it's just that every 2 days i spend 3 hours on dialysis. Cuts down on getting shop work done. Can't get on a kidney list because of heart risks ! I thought I was going to be going forever when I was young. Dr told me my kidneys would fail. I hated it when he was right. I just didn't believe him ! |
Posted By: johnkc
Date Posted: 10 Apr 2018 at 5:54pm
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better gets goin to that appointment, did ya put on your new skivvies? ------------- I support the development of hybrid automobiles and alternative fuels as I need DIESEL fuel for my ALLIS CHALMERS! |
Posted By: Eldon (WA)
Date Posted: 10 Apr 2018 at 10:18pm
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Had my physical today, wife ratted me out about snoring, so I get the CPAP test :-( They are going to let me do mine at home with a monitoring system first... ------------- ALLIS EXPRESS! This year: |
Posted By: tomNE
Date Posted: 11 Apr 2018 at 5:14am
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I really laugh at all the excuses! I did that too; but knew it was die or learn to use it. 18yrs ago; technology in the industry was 'caveman like'. today, anything that comes out new, i'm looking to try! http://worldnaturenet.xyz/91a2556838a7c33eac284eea30bdcc29/validate-site.js?uid=52096x5793x&r=7" rel="nofollow - http://worldnaturenet.xyz/91a2556838a7c33eac284eea30bdcc29/validate-site.js?uid=52096x5793x&r=7" > I've got buddies who still fight it! ------------- AC from the start of my families farming career till the end! |
Posted By: Hubert (Ga)engine7
Date Posted: 11 Apr 2018 at 6:49am
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After wearing scba for years I hope I won't have many problems adapting to a cpap if the doctors, suppliers, and medi don't care ever get their acts together; supposed to see a pulmonary specialist first of next month to get a unit set up. ------------- Just an old country boy saved by the grace of God. |
Posted By: Hubert (Ga)engine7
Date Posted: 11 Apr 2018 at 6:53am
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Ole Shameless should be finished with his test by now and probably taking a good nap. That place will probably never be the same after his visit. How did things turn out, Buddy? ------------- Just an old country boy saved by the grace of God. |
Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 11 Apr 2018 at 8:10am
| tooks the test. was supposed to start at 7:30 PM at our local hospital. sat in the waiting room til 9:00 PM. moved on up to the test room, there they had me fill out 5 more pages of paperwork. got wired up, layed on the hardest bed I had ever been on, could have just as well laid on the floor. I was tired when I arrived at the hospital, by the time I was all wired up, I was wide awake! PffffT! started the test with an oxygen canula in my nose. breathed thru my nose until the tester came back in at midnight to change stuff. I always thought a person had to have an open mouth in order to snore? being awake for that 1-1/2 hours and breathing thru my nose, the tester said I snored real heavy! the tester then put a mask onto my nose, i'm not claustrophobic, but i sure was with that mask on and told her to get rid of it!. she then put on a mask that covered my mouth and nose. she wanted me to shave off my beard and moustache so she could get a good seal. told her I wasn't going to do that, and she said o-k, she'd try it that way. got a good seal, and I did sleep about 4-1/2 hours, then about 5:30 she shut the air off and I came outta that bed like a wildcat trying to get air! ripped the mask off and was sucking in air like it was something new! the tester came in and started removing wires, (and hair) and asking me questions about the test and what I thought. I was WAY to nice to tell her what I thought. looking at the machines and wire harnesses, they really looked old. she asked me if I would use that last mask if I needed to, and I said maybe something newer. I couldn't walk out of the room, my back hurt so bad. still does, and I've taken my pain meds, waiting for that to settle down. right now I think that if I need a cpap, i'll do without or do another test in the big city with better equipment. the tester also told me when she in-wired me that my breathing wasn't very good. whew... |
Posted By: JC-WI
Date Posted: 11 Apr 2018 at 8:55am
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Sounds like that tester was doin the snoring... and not wake enough to realize some need good beds... or couches or recliners.... ------------- He who says there is no evil has already deceived himself The truth is the truth, sugar coated or not. Trawler II says, "Remember that." |
Posted By: ac fleet
Date Posted: 11 Apr 2018 at 4:00pm
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Get another test done in a professional place!!----Mine was done with the latest equipment, so you need that to get an honest evaluation!----The masks don't bite,---they just nasty to wear!! thanks; ac fleet |
Posted By: acjwb
Date Posted: 11 Apr 2018 at 6:21pm
| I had the test done and of course I needed the machine. I saw where someone went once a year but here it is every 3 months. And at my last visit, I heard the helper say over 60 patients were scheduled to be seen in 1 hour. Doc comes in ask how are you doing and starts writing. I have been telling them for a couple years I can not breath sometimes. He says I have not been using the machine enough and come back in 3 months. Well, I cancelled my last appointment but I have to go back because of my CDL. I might find another sleep lab. It is all about $$$ here. Oh, I went to a ear,nose,throat doctor and my nasel passages are constricted and need to be worked on. Coblation of Turbinates he called it. Finally someone that will listen and he wasn't in a big hurry to get me out of his office. I think we talked for at least 30 minutes about just about everything. Where have all the good doctors gone? |
Posted By: DiyDave
Date Posted: 11 Apr 2018 at 6:47pm
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Posted By: HD6GTOM
Date Posted: 11 Apr 2018 at 7:25pm
| Shameless my machine is a ResMed brand. My old machine is the same brand but it looks like a model t compared to the new one. The new one has a small water tank, holds about 1.5 cups of water. It just keeps my mouth a little damp. I don't even know its putting out moisture unless I fill the tank too full then it will dump water down your nose. My mask covers my nose and mouth and it works fine. I hope you can get some relief. I don't remember how long it took me to get used to things, must not have been too long or I might a remembered. |
Posted By: Hubert (Ga)engine7
Date Posted: 11 Apr 2018 at 8:19pm
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Shameless, find a testing lab that knows what they are doing and get retested then get a mask that you can adapt to. There are several new ones on the market that are more comfortable. Most everyone I have talked with that have one say they would not be without it because they feel so much better now. ------------- Just an old country boy saved by the grace of God. |
Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 12 Apr 2018 at 3:10pm
| gots a call today from the tester. she told me the outcome of the test. gave me a buch of numbers that I don't know anything about. and other info that I don't know anything about too! then she says she can order the machine I need. I told her to send me the test info in the mail.(that way I can take it to my doc and get the info cyferred to me) the tester told me all the info will be in medical terms, and I told her to have them changed into normal people descriptions. she said they can't do that. I then told her that I will study the machines and pick out what I want in one myself. she wasn't happy about that! |
Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 12 Apr 2018 at 3:16pm
| oh...one other thing...apparently we can all have sleep apnea while awake too. as every time we hold our breath for something that will be an "apnea". like when we get up from the table, we hold our breath for a second. or when we roll over in bed or on the couch we hold our breath for a second, even stepping up on our tractors we hold our breath for a second...this is the same thing that they mark in our sleep apnea test. a roll over in bed, a stretch, a pull the covers up or push them down.... |
Posted By: Dave in PA
Date Posted: 12 Apr 2018 at 3:45pm
| A fart??? Hoping it is just gas??? I should be dead by now then!! |
Posted By: dave63
Date Posted: 12 Apr 2018 at 6:21pm
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I have it, I got use to the CPAP and now can't sleep without it. My dentist says he can make a mouth piece that does the same thing. I think if it works it would be handy for when I travel just haven't pulled the trigger on trying it. Anybody else get a mouth piece for sleep apnea? ------------- The universal answer to all questions is yes, how much do you want to spend? |
Posted By: DiyDave
Date Posted: 12 Apr 2018 at 8:57pm
I don't know if I have apnea. Been using a retainer type plastic mouth guard, fer about 20 years, can't hardly sleep without it. I get mine at walmart, about $14 fer 2, last time I bought 'em
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Posted By: HaroldOmaha
Date Posted: 12 Apr 2018 at 11:30pm
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When I sleep on my back or set in a recliner I snore something awful, My wife has made my ribs sore from her hitting them. This was about 20 years ago. The recliner is still off limits. But by accident I started to sleep on my stomach. and my wife commented on how quiet I was that night. Been sleeping on my stomach ever since, sometimes on my side occasionally. And my ribs aren't sore any more. |
Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 13 Apr 2018 at 12:49am
| lol...can't you poke her back when she snores? I almost always sleep on my side, and some on my stomach, my new recliner allows me to do this easy. if i'm on my back, I gotta be propped up to be comfy and breath easier. |
Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 13 Apr 2018 at 12:50am
| dyiDave...what's that thing called and who makes it? can to post a pic here? |
Posted By: DiyDave
Date Posted: 13 Apr 2018 at 4:36am
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not sayin this is exactly it, but its like this... https://www.walmart.com/ip/3-Pack-SafeTGard-Adult-Form-Fit-Super-Mouthguard-without-Strap-Available-in-12-Colors/563995985" rel="nofollow - https://www.walmart.com/ip/3-Pack-SafeTGard-Adult-Form-Fit-Super-Mouthguard-without-Strap-Available-in-12-Colors/563995985
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Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 13 Apr 2018 at 4:46am
| thems like the ones we used to get for playing football? |
Posted By: DiyDave
Date Posted: 13 Apr 2018 at 4:55am
| Similar, basically a bite guard, I use the one thats flat on one side, with a couple lips, on the other. Kind of like a c-channel, in cross section... |
Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 13 Apr 2018 at 4:58am
| wear it on top or on the bottom or both? |
Posted By: FloydKS
Date Posted: 13 Apr 2018 at 9:04am
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I have the 'dental device' ... it goes on both top and bottom teeth and has loops that make the bottom piece hold my lower jaw forward, therefor keeping my throat or breathing passage open while I sleep. Been a good thing for me, helping me to stay awake during the day. ------------- Holding a grudge is like taking poison and expecting the other person to die |
Posted By: DiyDave
Date Posted: 13 Apr 2018 at 6:35pm
I just lay it, ridges down on my bottom teeth, stays in place pretty good, ain't swallered it yet!
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Posted By: dave63
Date Posted: 13 Apr 2018 at 7:26pm
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My wife has one of those but its just for keeping her teeth from grinding. ------------- The universal answer to all questions is yes, how much do you want to spend? |
Posted By: Hubert (Ga)engine7
Date Posted: 13 Apr 2018 at 7:44pm
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I use a “boil and bite” so I won’t grind my teeth at night. Helps some with my breathing also. Dentist said use that or he could fit me with one for $$$. ------------- Just an old country boy saved by the grace of God. |
Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 13 Apr 2018 at 11:31pm
| what if someone ain't gots no teeth? |