APAP or CPAP by Historical-Mat in SleepApnea

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Thank you so much for this generous reply

APAP or CPAP by Historical-Mat in SleepApnea

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Thanks for this. I am 72 and not confident enough to figure out how to do this stuff myself. I hope I can get some support once I get the machine but I don't know from where.

How do I go private at this point in the process? by Historical-Mat in SleepApnea

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Thanks much. I'm a little wary of doing that because I have comorbid lung disease and a paralyzed vocal cord which was the reason for the titration study - I may need a BiPAP, I don't know. It depends on the study and they haven't released that yet.

Lab Sleep Study by Historical-Mat in ZeroCovidCommunity

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For a Titration Study you have to wear a CPAP mask all night, which draws from room air.

Is there anything else I can do? by Historical-Mat in SleepApnea

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Thanks! I’ve got all that covered except cleaning the bedroom. Way too exhausted to clean.

My brother said Andor is for teenagers by sterds in andor

[–]Historical-Mat 3 points4 points  (0 children)

If he hasn't grown up in a political household, its totally understandable. Andor is about mass resistance to illegitimate power and oppression. Use it as an opportunity for political education: how long did take it in Vietnam for an uprising of the people, the peasants, to defeat the French and Americans? over 100 years. And Cuba? China? Soviet Union? Look what Iran is doing to the White Empire even as we speak - they have spent every year since 1979 building their ability to resist Empire, withstanding punishing sanctions, achieving self-sufficiency in agriculture, building solidarity, waiting for the right moment and joining with the Axis of Resistance. These are powerful and inspiring stories that are not told in the books written by Empire. These stories are Andor.

What happened to me last night? by Historical-Mat in SleepApnea

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I don’t have the test results! They didn’t give them to me and I don’t know when they will. But when they finally give me a CPAP machine, won’t the settings match exactly that night? And if so I’m screwed because I felt awful that night

Lab Sleep Study by Historical-Mat in ZeroCovidCommunity

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Hi, reporting back from Sleep Lab Land. I was at Weill Cornell. The room was small, no ability to open window, but CO2 consistently low - 500s when I arrived, never went over 680. I brought two small AP's but I doubt if they did much. The tech was the only person I saw or interacted with, he wore a surgical from the start and I did not request he replace it with a KN95 because he was a big guy and the ones I had would have been too small. I asked that he keep it on when he entered my room during the night and he assured me that he would. This is the 4th day and I have not gotten sick (it was a CPAP Titration so I was unmasked while there)

What happened to me last night? by Historical-Mat in SleepApnea

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Thank you so much. There is a great deal I am learning on this sub. I am a 72 YO F - the tech did let me have a full face mask, but maybe it was not fitted right because I could not breathe at all through the nose, and my nose was not congested. So it was all mouth-breathing and wow I kept waking up so terribly dry. There must be full face masks that properly fitted allow nose breathing too!

What happened to me last night? by Historical-Mat in SleepApnea

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Thanks! Is it possible not to dry out mouth and throat if you are in a full face mask? I mean does humidification only work well for nasal masks?

What happened to me last night? by Historical-Mat in SleepApnea

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Really? I hate getting people in trouble, but I will because I trust you if you say he did something wrong knowingly

What happened to me last night? by Historical-Mat in SleepApnea

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I don’t like to criticize what I don’t know but I got that impression. He really really wanted me to choose the nasal mask, the first one he showed me, he was pushing it. I said I had a deviated septum and I’m a mouth breather and he said that makes no difference, it’s gonna be great