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Sleep Apnea Air Pressure Test Tonight

Susan @HazySue (39265) • Gouverneur, New York 21 Oct 17

Yesterday afternoon I received a call from the office of my Pulmonary doctor. They decided they needed to move up a test scheduled to measure the amount of air pressure flow I would need to keep me safe. So tonight I will be...

air flow pressure

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Sleeping with a CPAP machine

NJ Chicaa @NJChicaa (127119) • United States 20 May 16

Despite what I initially thought, sleeping with a CPAP machine is really easy. You have a nasal mask which goes over your nose and attaches to a long tube which goes all the way to the actual machine which is sitting on the night...

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Two months with CPAP

NJ Chicaa @NJChicaa (127119) • United States 18 May 16

I have had a CPAP (continuous positive airway pressure) machine to use for my sleep apnea for almost two months now. It has definitely made a big difference in how I feel both in the morning and throughout the day. Instead of...

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Success with CPAP machine (1 month later)

NJ Chicaa @NJChicaa (127119) • United States 29 Apr 16

I've been using a CPAP machine for just over a month for my sleep apnea and I think that I can say that I am finally at a point where I am really comfortable using it. After struggling the first two weeks, I switched to from a...

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Had the CPAP machine checked today

Charlene Sally C. @PointlessQuestions (15397) • United States 3 Apr 13

As you may or may not know, I've not been getting enough air when I wear the CPAP at night. It feels like it is suffocating me. Every now and then I will gasp for breath involuntarily. It gets me so hungry for air that I take it...

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Sleep Apnea

moneymommy @moneymommy (3418) • United States 6 Feb 09

Does anyone here suffer from sleep apnea and if you do what type of cpap machine do you use. My husband is supposed to use a cpap machine but he keeps taking the mask off at night. What can be done to prevent him from taking off...

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