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by So Well
Sat Mar 31, 2012 5:29 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: OT (sorta'): Is Sugar Toxic on 60 Minutes Sunday
Replies: 29
Views: 5828

Re: OT (sorta'): Is Sugar Toxic on 60 Minutes Sunday

Carmen wrote: In Germany, it's meat, cheese, whole-grain bread, and even sliced raw veggies.
You forgot soft-boiled eggs and smoked salmon.
by So Well
Sat Mar 17, 2012 11:53 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Sleep Apnea Link to Alzheimer's Disease
Replies: 5
Views: 1254

Re: Sleep Apnea Link to Alzheimer's Disease

Grand-PAP wrote:
For this post, in a way, I guess it doesn't matter. 1) Correlation only, 2) Alzheimer's causes Sleep Apnea or 3) Sleep Apnea cause Alzheimer's -- Each of them would support maintaining effective xPAP therapy.
Not.

If 2, then I have no desire to be treated. The sooner out, the better.
by So Well
Sat Mar 17, 2012 11:36 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Sleep Apnea Link to Alzheimer's Disease
Replies: 5
Views: 1254

Re: Sleep Apnea Link to Alzheimer's Disease

Correlation only?

or

Cause and effect?

If the latter, which is the cause and which is the effect?
by So Well
Fri Feb 24, 2012 7:23 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: BBC NEWS: The myth of the eight-hour sleep
Replies: 23
Views: 4394

Re: BBC NEWS: The myth of the eight-hour sleep

Can I have 4, 2 hour sleeps instead. Does anyone sleep to order? I get nowhere near 8 hours sleep and I can tell you this that by Tea time I will be nodding in my chair at some point, question is, is it OSA or old age or lack of 8 hours sleep? My oximeter readings stated no events last night and 5 ...
by So Well
Fri Feb 24, 2012 7:07 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: 12 years on cpap and it's time to move on.
Replies: 225
Views: 59591

Re: 12 years on cpap and it's time to move on.

corkyd wrote:For the record i'm male
Why did you lie about using the software?
by So Well
Fri Feb 24, 2012 7:03 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Great quote from my ENT
Replies: 20
Views: 4737

Re: Great quote from my ENT

I really really wish there was something I could do to make healthcare better for everyone. I just have to be content knowing that i did the best for my patients and hope they will help others and will pass it forward. Jenn 999 out of 1000 people who try to "do something for everyone" end up making...
by So Well
Wed Feb 22, 2012 12:30 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Great quote from my ENT
Replies: 20
Views: 4737

Re: Great quote from my ENT

"As a physician, I am not supposed to talk about others"...but I think I will anyway. Your quote from Obama... "greedy doctors". Where and when did he say this? You can listen to him say it - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gr3dzvMQniA Obama is a bitter man who doesn't like people and doesn't like ...
by So Well
Mon Feb 20, 2012 5:27 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Where to add oxygen to BIPAP
Replies: 33
Views: 10135

Re: Where to add oxygen to BIPAP

See: http://www.ehow.com/how_5635625_connect-oxygen-cpap-machine.html and The main tubing attached to the different systems can be up to 15 meters/50 feet long to allow for mobility. The length of the tubing should only be as long as necessary in order to be mobile, for example long enough to get fr...
by So Well
Mon Feb 20, 2012 3:19 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Watchout for "accredited sleep labs" that are not so
Replies: 17
Views: 6746

Re: Watchout for "accredited sleep labs" that are not so

Hi avi 1. You are constantly hitting your upper limit, and when you do, that's where the apneas are bunched up. Your software is telling you that it thinks your unit needs more headroom. 2. Your software is also saying that it doesn't believe that 7 is a number you should use. Other than your start...
by So Well
Wed Feb 15, 2012 3:30 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: variation in sleep apnea events while on CPAP.
Replies: 2
Views: 564

Re: variation in sleep apnea events while on CPAP.

sarmina wrote:What causes the variation of sleep apnea events while using the CPAP?
Mostly the same things that cause event variation when you are not using CPAP.
by So Well
Wed Feb 15, 2012 2:38 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: OT: smoke and mirrors
Replies: 7
Views: 2613

Re: OT: smoke and mirrors

rocklin wrote:.
3:20 am, as usual, my Resmed S9 is wafting pumping black, burnt plastic humidifier smoke into my lungs for four hours straight before I sigh, then murmur: "That's enough of that for tonight!"
Bwaaaahaaahaaahaaaahaaaa!
by So Well
Fri Feb 10, 2012 8:18 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Health Insuance Reject due to Sleep Apnea
Replies: 15
Views: 3831

Re: Health Insuance Reject due to Sleep Apnea

S I get that you hate the Prez, or the other guys, chunky, I don't hate these guys. I don't have the time for that. But I do hate the ruinous policies they are promoting. Read one of the best articles I have seen - The Real Trouble With the Birth-Control Mandate, http://online.wsj.com/article/SB100...
by So Well
Mon Jan 30, 2012 7:11 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: OT: CBS News online totally irresponsible
Replies: 8
Views: 1906

Re: OT: CBS News online totally irresponsible

Sorry Slinky, You are totally wrong on this one. Laws and lawyers and judges can't stop stupidity. CBS News is not culpable. This is individuals making their own poor choices. Please don't call for another law, another lawsuit. Let's not clog up our courts and spend our money enriching lawyers that ...
by So Well
Fri Jan 20, 2012 4:08 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: SOPA Protest
Replies: 56
Views: 11295

Re: SOPA Protest

the cold, hard fact that bills which would impose restrictions and offer no benefits should never be permitted to grace the legislative landscape, much less become law of the land. So true! And here I thought all you New Yorkers wanted government to handle every little thing. (I know - you thought ...