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by KnightDreamer
Sun Mar 16, 2014 12:46 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Tent Camping
Replies: 5
Views: 1742

Tent Camping

Hello friends, I am an aerospace engineer under a doctor’s care for severe OSA but that has not kept me from tent camping each year. I would like to share with you my experience and knowledge so that maybe one day you can also enjoy the great outdoors in a tent. For the purpose of this post I will o...
by KnightDreamer
Tue Jan 24, 2012 9:33 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Newbie would like to hear success stories, please.
Replies: 770
Views: 3802274

Re: Newbie would like to hear success stories, please.

Hello CPAP friends, The purpose of this post is to share the major changes in my life following CPAP therapy and hopefully motivate new users. Prior to CPAP therapy I experienced two nasal septoplasty surgeries over a ten year period because of severe blockage, the second was sucessfully performed b...
by KnightDreamer
Mon Jan 23, 2012 5:55 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Two Years Later......
Replies: 4
Views: 1050

Two Years Later......

Hello CPAP friends, The purpose of this post is to share the major changes in my life following CPAP therapy and hopefully motivate new users. Prior to CPAP therapy I experienced two nasal septoplasty surgeries over a ten year period because of severe blockage, the second was sucessfully performed b...
by KnightDreamer
Wed Mar 23, 2011 8:34 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Sleep Apnea Statistics
Replies: 1
Views: 1514

Sleep Apnea Statistics

Sleep apnea is prevalent in as many as an estimated 18 million Americans alone. This statistic denotes that approximately 1 in every 15 Americans, or 6.62% of the total American population have a case of sleep apnea. Two to four percent of all Americans have an undiagnosed case of sleep apnea. This ...
by KnightDreamer
Wed Mar 23, 2011 8:13 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Depressed newbie saying hi
Replies: 26
Views: 5237

Re: Depressed newbie saying hi

Hello, I am new myself and I'd like to add that the more you understand your condition and your CPAP the more you will take control. I use to see my sleep disorder specialist monthly, now I see him every 6 months because he was impressed by being proactive. Congratulations you are not part of the 30...
by KnightDreamer
Wed Mar 23, 2011 7:40 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: I need friends at this time,lots of problems
Replies: 78
Views: 18421

Re: I need friends at this time,lots of problems

Sister,
I don't understand, if your allergic to your blood pressure medication why doesn't he change it instead of giving a dangerous steroid like prednisone?

Best wishes and God Beless
by KnightDreamer
Sun Mar 13, 2011 9:53 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Newbie would like to hear success stories, please.
Replies: 770
Views: 3802274

Re: Newbie would like to hear success stories, please.

Hello members I am new to CPAPTalk and I hope to hear from others who are now living life again through treatment. This is my story in a nutshell, In June 2010 I underwent complex nasal septoplasty and surgical repair of a previous surgery that went wrong. A couple of months later I was breathing th...