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Main Forums => The Roundtable => Topic started by: MillCreek on April 15, 2019, 03:19:20 PM
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https://www.webmd.com/sleep-disorders/news/20190415/cpap-brings-longer-life-for-those-with-sleep-apnea?src=RSS_PUBLIC#1
Good news for those of us here with sleep apnea.
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I know I'm feeling much better in the 3 years I've been using mine.
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Agreed.
Recently, I was not sleeping well some nights. I realized the hose I was using had the inner liner collapsing on the end at the machine. At some angles, it was nearly choking off the flow. Once I realized what was happening, I reversed the hose around and then switched to my spare. I have a new hose coming this week. Never seen a hose do that before. Only change lately has been using one of those ozone disinfectant cleaners.
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My wife couldn't handle my snoring. After a few years of sleeping in a different room on an air bed, I went in for a apnea test. Results: severe apnea. =(
Average apnea events per hour: 5. Mine: Over 30. With my CPAP mask: 2 to 5.
It's better to not need it, but if you do need it it makes a huge difference in your sleep, and might literally be a life saver.
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When I had my test back in.... 2015? Same night as the Baltimore riots... turned out I was having upwards 60-70 events an hour. Essentially I was breathing about 1/3rd of the time, and suffocating the other 2/3ds.
The new machine I've been using since late last year has an app that tracks usage statistics, including events per hour.
In the last month, however, I've had only 8 days where I've had more than 1 registered apnea event per hour; most days it's in the .3 to .5 per hour range, and one day I had zero apnea events.
Last night was an odd one for me, though... just could not get comfortable with the mask. Turned into a very restless night all around, and I just looked and I averaged air leakage of 46 liters a minute. That's MUCH higher than anything I've had going on; most nights I'm in the 20 liters or less range for leakage.
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When I had my test back in.... 2015? Same night as the Baltimore riots...
... and you slept like a baby?
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... Essentially I was breathing about 1/3rd of the time, and suffocating the other 2/3ds.
...and we would have gotten away with it too, if it hadn't been for those meddling kids !!!
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... and you slept like a baby?
I slept, but I slept like crap.
The first night in a strange bed is generally a night of little to no sleep.