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Re: CPAP will lengthen your life if you have sleep apnea
« Reply #1 on: April 15, 2019, 07:26:58 PM »
I know I'm feeling much better in the 3 years I've been using mine.

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Re: CPAP will lengthen your life if you have sleep apnea
« Reply #2 on: April 16, 2019, 08:59:35 AM »
Agreed. 

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Re: CPAP will lengthen your life if you have sleep apnea
« Reply #3 on: April 18, 2019, 12:34:53 AM »
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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Re: CPAP will lengthen your life if you have sleep apnea
« Reply #4 on: April 18, 2019, 08:08:06 AM »
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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Re: CPAP will lengthen your life if you have sleep apnea
« Reply #5 on: April 18, 2019, 07:37:51 PM »
When I had my test back in.... 2015? Same night as the Baltimore riots...

... and you slept like a baby?
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Re: CPAP will lengthen your life if you have sleep apnea
« Reply #6 on: April 19, 2019, 02:41:07 AM »
... 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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Re: CPAP will lengthen your life if you have sleep apnea
« Reply #7 on: April 19, 2019, 07:54:01 AM »
... 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.
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