I am wishing you God's blessings. Each day is a victory. Keep pressing on, my friend.
The docs found the cancer early which is a good thing.
My wife is Stage 4 colon cancer, however, she is doing much better since a second opinion from Johns Hopkins.

Thanks so much, Pugsy. Seems like starting at 7 pressure works and she is very comfortable. She does indeed sleep through the night and wakes up much better than ever. She tells the family how much better she feels since stopping chemo and I add CPAP also helps. The combination of both has certainly...

"Ask the wife what she wants to do....it's her life and her sleep and there isn't any real urgent need at this point IMHO to go changing stuff. It's not like the AHI is high and she's reporting poor sleep and feeling like crap during the day." Thanks for all the responses. I was just checking in to ...

Hello, "Doctor" Pugsy and all CPAP friends. Just checking in for a follow-up to make sure how my wife is coming along. I picked what I think is one very good night and one mediocre night. How are the event flags looking? Leak rate? EPR is zero and starting pressure remains at 7. She normally sleeps ...

Stayed with starting pressure of 7 and the rest is on auto with Resmed Airsense 10 For Her. She is on the For Her mode. She said 7 feels comfortable as starting. My wife says she feels fine although she is stuffy and has been due to chemo and sometimes allergies. Chemo has ended although she remains...

My wife and I received the over 65+ flu shot. No major problems. Soreness in the arm. I felt a little bad the next day.

My wife has the Resmed 10 and she sleeps through the night. I can hear her breathing through the machine at times. Does that sound right?

Perhaps, put the machine on a sticky pad so it does not move or at least would have a harder time moving.

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"I think a minimum of 10 with EPR of 3...would be a good experiment to try. She might hate it...or she might love it. When it comes to experiments I always say that we always learn something....now it might be that all we learn is what a bad idea that was but we still learned. You never know till yo...

Wash hose? Don't wash hose? washed my hose exactly once in 6 years and that was before i found this forum and was convinced it's a waste of time. it's the same air you breath during the day so i see no need. (I am the caretaker for my wife and I have not been doing anything with the hose except it ...

I know most of these answers are from 2009 so here goes in 2021. Do the recommendations and suggestions still apply in 2021? Some are saying not to use Dawn and use Johnson and Johnson baby shampoo instead. Is this true or false? Wash hose? Don't wash hose? (I am the caregiver for my wife and I have...

Thanks, Pugsy, for all the info. I think we shall leave well enough alone for now. She seems fine with her sleep, does not wake at night usually, and has not had a need for a long afternoon nap in quite some time. She says she is fine with the air coming in and does not have a problem. Would changin...

OMG! I can count on you, Pugsy, for the complete answers in detail. Yes, she has been congested and starting taking Allegra-D for the last three days. Lo and behold, she said she fiddled with her nasal cushion and pushed it closer to her nose, and voila! She got what you see last night. She said she...

It sounds like the therapy is working for your wife. That's great! The chart shows a very large number of flow imitations. If you wanted, you could try setting EPR to 2. In addition to making exhalation easier, introducing some EPR usually reduces the number of flow limitations. Since the CPAP mach...