Hi, I'm Garym053 and I have OSA

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garym053
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Hi, I'm Garym053 and I have OSA

Post by garym053 » Tue Oct 19, 2004 5:54 pm

Hi all!
Was diagnosed at a sleep study in January of 2003. I finally admitted that something was wrong when I fell asleep and drove of the interstate near us. By wife had been telling me for a year or Two that I looked like I was falling asleep while driving, but I denied it and said she was seeing things! My parents told me in 1994 that it sounded like I snored and stopped breathing. I never gave it a thought because my wife never mentioned it, but she's a heavy sleeper!
I've been on a CPAP since February, 2003. My setting is 16. I turned off the Ramp feature the 3rd or 4th night because I found myself laying there waiting for it to ramp up. Like others, I suffer from nasal congestion, mostly at night, I still use a nasal mask, I switch between the Resmed Mirage Activa and the Breeze, I fight the congestion with a Breathe Right strip with the Activa. The Breeze seems to clean out my sinuses by itself!
I have tried quite a few masks until settling on the Activa and Breeze, all paid for out of pocket so as not to make the insurance pay for MY testing!
Gary

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rested gal
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hi garym

Post by rested gal » Tue Oct 19, 2004 11:47 pm

Cool...another Breeze and Activa fan! Best masks around, imho. Snoring and getting very drowsy driving were the main things that made me look into getting treatment too. Sure has made a difference. Will look forward to seeing your posts on the board.

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Post by Titrator » Wed Oct 20, 2004 11:53 am

Greetings Gary,

Welcome to cpaptalk.com!

We are happy to have new members and to learn all we can about sleep apnea and equiptment.

Thank you for introducing yourself.

Regards,

Titrator

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