I had trouble breathing when I first woke up from surgery. I don't think that's ever happened before. This was the first time I've had surgery in the abdominal area, so that might be a difference. It might be a good idea to take your machine even when you're having outpatient surgery. If I'd had it ...

P.S. Hope your surgery goes well and your recovery is speedy.[/quote] >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Thank you. It's gonna happen in a couple of hours. It's about time to leave for the hospital. Oddly, surgery doesn't seem to bother me as much as getting patted down in the airport. I foun...

SleepingUgly wrote:I see what you naughty kids have been doing in my absence. I come down to put an Elmo ice pack on my face and this is what I'm exposed to?!

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Hope your post surgery is going well. Is it for sleep apnea?

I had one about ten years ago. That was before I even had a CPAC. I also had my adenoids out and the inside of my throat thinned. I don't think it helped. I had to get a CPAC machine.

Oh yikes. I don't think I still have a copy of the study that diagnosed me with apnea. I don't know if I could stand another study without a mask and with electrodes. Hope I don't change insurance.

Hi Catnapper, I probably started developing sleep apnea around 1992. About the same time, I developed chronic fatigue and fibro-myalgia. I felt like I was about to collapse nearly all the time. I continued to work, but I could barely make it through the day and had to fight falling asleep on the way...

My doctor is very good. I'm sure if I had more access to him, he could answer all questions. I get just 15 or 20 minutes about 3 times a year. He's even tried to establish a support group among his patients, probably for that very reason. I wasn't really looking for a support group when I stumbled o...

I just got back from my preops. The anesthesiologist told me to wear my CPAP when I take after taking the pain pills because the pain meds will make the apnea even worse than usual and it will be more difficult to wake up when I stop breathing. I thought I'd pass that along because with past surgeri...

Sharon1225, some people take up forums like this for all the wrong reasons, to vent off their frustrations, aggressions, psychological disturbance, being bored, nothing else to do in life..etc you know that when you see these signs: 1- they constantly attack and antagonize not only in this topic bu...

You'd be good at writing jingles.

OK, DreamStalker, since you were one of the first FOE that responded to me when I first joined this forum, let me thank you for all of the inFOEmation provided me here. Who could have FOEtold the FOEtunes which were here FOE the asking. I FOEsee you and about FOEty more of our wonderFOEl friends he...

A few weeks ago, someone from the sleep doctor's office called and wanted to schedule another sleep study for me. She said that because of new Medicare regulations that I would have to have annual sleep studies. I nearly came unglued because I hate sleep studies and thought that was all behind me. S...

Sharon, if you have a machine that's capable of reporting full data, you can check the Leak Rate/System Leak to see if it's too high. Many CPAPs can report this via the machine's LCD screen. If you need help with that, I suggest that you fill out your Equipment Profile (via the User Control Panel o...

Jaylee wrote:I have one but I have only used it a handful of times.

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Doesn't the air get really dry without it?

So Sharon1225 it's your call.[/quote] >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Of course, it's my call. There does not appear to be a way to delete one's name from the membership list, but I have discovered that there's some valuable information here. Also, there is a wonderful feature called the foe list.