| Author | Message | ||
     86129squids |
Thanks all for the info- obviously life has lately thrown me some steep learning curves. Of course as a Bueller I'm OK with curves. Update- I'm very pleased with my health peeps. Got my echocardiogram and my consult with my sleep doc on Monday, consult with my cardiologist (his nurses) Tuesday. Echo indicated my heart is doing double good compared to last test, and picked up my CPAP yesterday afternoon before my late cardio doc appt. So, I'm now getting ready to put the apparatus on, my setting is 14. I'm being inflated. M said this morning that it was weird to hear silence instead of me Squatch snoring. The pressure will pop my ears as if I'm heading over the mountains.  | ||
| Chauly |
"it was weird to hear silence instead of me Squatch snoring." My wife said the exact same thing. | ||
| Jaimec |
I remember the first time I had my mask strapped in place in bed. My wife was staring at me, and I looked back at her and asked: "You want me right now, don't you?" We had a pretty good laugh (and no, that's NOT a euphemism).   (Message edited by jaimec on February 04, 2021) | ||
| Chauly |
Jaime, you so jot! Love you long time! I think it's funny that to you, Your breathing sounds like Darth Vader, but is apparently silent to your S.O. Did you ever wake up when the mask leaks and blows cool air on your eyeballs? | ||
| Jaimec |
More times than I'd care to remember... | ||
| 86129squids |
Heyull, this dang thing gives me a daily report- usage hours, mask leaks, "events", mask on/off, and then a score. I managed a "70" last nite. I appreciate all this, but it's a bit creepy. Santa Claus aint got nothin' on my CPAP. M said things were different compared to the first nite. I'm wondering if I got the seals right when I went to bed. I'm dealing with the learning curve/trial and error BS. I guess a score of 70 is cool... it used to be in grade school. As far as all this apnea shiznot goes, I want to be at 100 and eligible for AP studies. | ||
| 86129squids |
"I remember the first time I had my mask strapped in place in bed. My wife was staring at me, and I looked back at her and asked: "You want me right now, don't you?"" Magnificent... you've got a sense of humor like mine. I kinda feel like Jean Luc Picard when he became Locutus. | ||
| Ourdee |
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| Ourdee |
If I could extend the tube to the bathroom, I could sand dri-wall without breathing dust. | ||
| Ourdee |
Has anyone tried putting their head under water with it on? | ||
| Zacks |
Thread drift warning: For sanding drywall, look at Sand&Kleen. https://www.sandkleen.com/ Forget the junior - go with the larger one. | ||
| Ourdee |
I've been sanding with one hand and holding the nozzle from the shop-vac with the other. LOL | ||
| Ourdee |
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| Jaimec |
In our last house we had a television in the bedroom and my wife claimed she couldn't fall asleep unless it was on. Unfortunately, the flickering lights would keep waking me up. Thanks to the CPAP, I could crawl COMPLETELY under the blankets and breathe just fine all night long. Only problem was I wouldn't see the sunlight in the morning and frequently overslept on weekends (the alarm clock would wake me up during the week). When we moved to our current location, I put my foot down: NO TV in the bedroom! If she can't sleep, she can watch TV in the living room on the couch. | ||
| 86129squids |
Now I lay me down to sleep... study.  | ||
| 86129squids |
That's before the Dyson began molesting me. | ||
| Jaimec |
Yeah, I have fond memories of those sleep studies. After hooking me up with more wires than Frankenstein's monster, they say "Have a good night" and turn out the light. It took me a long time to fall asleep because I was afraid of rolling over and getting tangled up in the wires. It also seemed like I had JUST fallen asleep when they were waking me up to tell me it was time to leave. Getting that glop they used to secure the wires to my scalp out of my hair was also such a joy... | ||
| Court |
You have to admire a well connected person . . . . | ||
| Ourdee |
I got lucky and they sent me home with a box to monitor me. | ||
| Ducbsa |
I had that, too. This was in 1994 or so and they put electrodes all over and taped a pre-amp on top of my head and sent me home with sort of a laptop to monitor it all. It was only ~3 miles to home, but I was concerned that a cop would see me and have a lot of questions. At least it was after dark. | ||
| Jaimec |
Oh MAN!!  | ||
| 86129squids |
Update- According to my now-regular auto-generated morning report, I scored a "98" last nite! Apparently I had the gadget on for about 7.5 hours, mask fit was consistently good, had 7.7 "events per hour" (gonna study on that more, as my study showed I had 55 per hour with no CPAP), and I took off the mask 2 times to go whiz. Yay me!!!  I'm noticing that I'm getting more fully awake sooner once I get up. I may be getting more good sleep, but I've yet to really have a comfortable sleep. That'll be the trick. By force of will I'm dealing with having to sleep with this thing essentially keeping me inflated all nite, not really being comfortable... hope to improve in that area fo sho. I tried to snooze both yesterday and this morning for a bit sans CPAP- got a little yesterday, but this morning the dang dogs had other ideas. Oh well. It's a b!#tch getting old. | ||
| Jaimec |
A day above ground is a good day... | ||
| Crusty |
It's a b!#tch getting old. It beats the alternative. | ||
| 86129squids |
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| Ourdee |
Try taking the naps with the CPAP. It will be better for you. I will wake with a headache from a nap ala sans. | ||
| Ducbsa |
I was told that your face changes, call it, "plumpness" through the night, so the mask or nose pillow may not fit the same at 4 am as it did when you go to bed. This can be very annoying! Regarding using during naps, if you stop breathing many times an hour, it is happening during night or nap, so might as well use it. I've even thought of using it in the car while my wife is driving on a trip, but haven't gone that far. | ||
| Thumper74 |
I haven't been on badweb a lot lately between the kids, work with Covid and school full time. I just saw this six hours before my sleep study! I have to pick up the equipment at 4 and do the study at home tonight... | ||
| Jaimec |
Ain't growing old FUN??? | ||
| Thumper74 |
I'm not even 40, just really fat! |
