SWS I hope that Dr. Krakow continues feeling comfortable expressing his views. And I express my extreme gratitude for the information he has so kindly shared with us already. Thank you SWS for the insights into the interpretation of those "graphics." It gets difficult to sort out the information wh...

The idea is to have a medical alert bracelet or necklace that most people would instantly recognized-a charm bracelet may not be recognized as bearing medical emergency information. The Medic Alert products are well known and available in many styles. They have a long history and you can change your...

Antifungals are right up there with chemotherapy. The nasal spray is sort of like snorting acid.

For some reason I didn't see the medication summary on the first opening of the document. Just saw it. You haven't had a lot of systemic medication-steroid or antifungal. You have had a lot of irritating stuff sprayed up your nose. If you have a fungal infection in your sinuses I'm inclined to think...

The before and after photos are striking and left me with a couple questions; How much steroid have you been given? Are the changes soft tissue or has the underlying bone structure changed? Have there been any changes in your hands or feet, like increased glove or shoe size? How about your jaw? I ca...

Whatever caused the coughing may be the cause of the higher HI. Or the coughing may have caused some reactivity/higher resistance in your airways. Whatever--as DreamStalker indicated--one night isn't enough to see any trends. Watch it for at least a week. And be aware of continued coughing (as if yo...

The pressure needed to eliminate apneas is lowest, the pressure needed to eliminate hypopneas is higher, and the pressure to eliminate UARS is even higher. So the pressure you use to eliminate apneas may not be enough to eliminate hypopneas. When I tweak my pressures to reduce hypopneas I raise my l...

The night I had my BiPAP titration once they got up to a pressure of 15--I got puffer cheeks and of course lip openings. A good chinstrap helped but I still had a few. I've changed back to the Opti-life, and modified it. Don't have the BiPAP yet , but if this doesn't solve the problem, will add a ch...

It isn't just bad smells, trauma survivors' memories and unpleasant feelings can be triggered by many odors, good or bad. Some people seem to be triggered by specific odors (perhaps related to something present at the time of the trauma), and some people react to a very wide variety of odors unrelat...

cflame1 Did a search and got a hit at the binary site with sleep techs discussing PLMD/RLS and CPAP/BiPAP. It sounded as if the connections are not well studied and there differing opinions. The thing that did resonate with me was a post connecting PLMD to UARS, the leg movements being a response to...

Well ain't love grand. I read the report out loud and said "Funny I never kicked you at night?" I got a funny look and, "You've kicked since we've been together!" I said, "Sixteen years and you've never said anything!" The reply was a soft, "I figured it came with the package."

What have you used to treat PLMD..pharmacologic or non-pharmacologic?

They started off at 13/9 NO events except PLMD in almost 2 hours Upped it to 13/10 NO events except PLMD in 45 min Upped it to 14/10 one hypopnea and PLMD in 3 hours Upped it to 15/11 one central in 3.25 hours Comments & Questions: There were 120 minutes of WASO in there Why did they raise the press...

OK I am using my modified Optilife. Very comfortable, loose against my nares, and very stable with the extra velcro straps. Leak rate 25 across the board almost every night for the past week. About three times a night there is a momentary dip in the leak rate (to about 20). I've tried to note the ti...

The chicken feet in the soup was a tradition I continued with my kids and was good training for the wedding rehersal dinner of my daughter. Per US tradition the groom's parents paid for the dinner. They are Thai and we were at a Thai restaurant. The future mother-in-law ordered the main meal, then j...