Sleep apnea??

[JERRY2KONE]

He may want to look into some updated equipment as things have changed over the years with this condition. Apparantly the newer models only cover the nose leaving the mouth open just in case electricity is lost. It was weird to because I would have thought that the pressurized air would have forced my mouth open during sleep, but it does not. I slept with my mouth closed through the entire study oddly enough. Plus the newer machines are so much quieter nowa days. The only sound you hear is a very low whirring sound that is rythomic with your breathing. No mechanical sound at all. Its all very cool. Especially if it helps us get a better restful sleep, which will in turn give us a more wide awake time during the daylight hours.

[JThiessen]

Originally Posted by PBO

Exercise is often the best cure & the best 'life choice'

I have a friend who has the machine, although it works it's almost validated his poor lifestyle & removed the need to make healthy choices

Go for a run, buy a bike, swim every day...whatever the exercise it will make a notable difference

Exercise does nothing for sleep apena. I'm very active, and have it.

Jerry - I just got my machine about a month ago. I'm not sure how they measured anything during my "test" sleep, 'casue I dont think I slept for more than a half hour or so. Very little insulation in the building, its on the corner next to one of the main hospitals in the north Seattle area, and all them damn wire hooked up to me was just a little wierd. Anyway, I blew you away on the score - I was in the low 80's - about every 35-40 seconds.
They have me set on about 8 for the pressure level.

I did suprisinlgly well with the machine for the first week. I'm a fairly light sleeper, and find it difficult to get to sleep. The noise level is quite low. I've only made it through a night with it on maybe twice. Most of the time it gets yanked off around 2 or 3 in the morning (normally get up at 4). Seem to having a hard time with the headband adjustment. When you are laying on your back, its a little tighter. But if you roll over, or change the tilt of your head, it will loosen up some. When it does this, it blows the air out the sides of the mask, and gets very irritating. Mosts of the time, I pull it off without really knowing what I'm doing.

As far as results, I haven't noticed much difference in how I feel yet. My wife is definitly getting a better nights sleep without worrying about me, and without my snoring.

Just an FYI, you'll have to clean the filter about once a week it seems.

[JERRY2KONE]

Considering the alternatives I will try my best to overcome, and I am sure that I will succeed. Yea the whole test session was a little bit weird to say the least. I do not sleep on my back usually anyway, so this will surely be a challenge for me to. During the second phase of my testing I knew noise would be an issue so I made sure to bring my Ipod along, and it helped me get to sleep pretty quickly once I overcame the fitment issues of the mask.

The first mask put too much pressure on my forhead and after one hour it had to be removed, because it was keeping me awake and giving me a headache. The second mask was much more comfortable and tolrerable. Then I fell asleep within a few minutes.

During the first phase I felt like I had not slept at all, but they assured me that not only did I sleep, but I snored very loudly and a lot. also during the second phase At one point the tech had to come in and wake me up to shift, because I had rolled onto my right side which is the way I normally sleep. I remembered that when I shifted to my side that I had to readjust the mask to keep it from leaking, but it worked out OK. All-in-all it was uncomfortable, but I believe that I can manage. You may want to try using earplugs, or listen to music to fall asleep. That to can take some getting used to, but it is doable.

During my various tours in the Navy I learned to sleep just about anywhere. One of my posts was on a floating drydock in Holy Loch Scotland. We would be at docking stations for many hours without much relief, so I used to climb up on the operating Catapillar generators and sleep while it was under full loads.

There are also several styles of masks available, and you just have to find the right one to sute your comfort level. My hope is to turn this into a positive solution and not let anything beat my efforts. That is just the way we operate here in the Hll House. Never surrender, never say die. This is the same principle we apply to dealing with our 8 kids. I refuse to be beaten by any child no matter how strong willed they feel they might be. Improvise, adapt, & overcome.