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Some Reasons It's Best to Sleep on Your Left Side

celticeagle @celticeagle (189917) • Boise, Idaho 29 Nov

I have been reading where it is an advantage for a person to sleep on their left side rather that the right. Here are some reasons why: * Better blood flow. Less pressure on internal organs. * Sleeping on this side can actually...

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I've been struggling with the CPAP mask the past several nights

NJ Chicaa @NJChicaa (127163) • United States 4 Mar 24

It like self destructs and then I try to put it back together in the dark. Then I get frustrated and just toss the mask away, turn off the machine, and sleep without it. That results in poor quality sleep, exhaustion the next day,...

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Sleep Apnea, CPap, Oxygen and Covid

Nate @NateB11 (816) • United States 21 Mar 21

So about a year ago I ended up in the hospital because I couldn't breathe. They kept me there for several days, trying to bring my oxygen level up; it never got up to a satisfactory level, nurse was thinking I had COPD. I was...

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CPAP drama

NJ Chicaa @NJChicaa (127163) • United States 30 Sep 19

I have sleep apnea and sleep with a CPAP (continuous positive airway pressure) machine on my face at night. I thought I would have a hard time adjusting to sleeping with something on my face but it never bothered me. I used it...

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Oh Happy Days

Susan @HazySue (39265) • Gouverneur, New York 12 Dec 17

Today I will be having my new CPAP machine set up. I have been waiting for a month or so for this occasion. I called to have my address changed with Medicare and Social Security and it has taken this long to get it all sorted...

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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...

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Sleep Apnea Is Nothing To Scoff At

Susan @HazySue (39265) • Gouverneur, New York 13 Oct 17

Yesterday I had an appointment with my Pulmonologist to get results for my Sleep Apnea Test. Boy did I get a big surprise. I thought he would just tell me I was fine and to keep doing what I was doing. I knew I was having...

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New Suit and Other News

Valerie J. Routhieaux @just4him (323168) • Green Bay, Wisconsin 21 Sep 17

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Can a person actually die from Sleep Apnea?

anthony davis @lookatdesktop (27156) • Dallas, Texas 15 Jul 17

Do you know what sleep apnea is? I have it. But I didn't realize it until a sleep study at the hospital back in 1995. I was diagnosed with this condition back then after being diagnosed with a pleomorphic adenoma or the paratid...

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Not sure what to say anymore...

Teresa Trotter @teresatrotter (4073) • Jacksonville, Florida 4 Apr 17

I am miserable. Everything in my emotions is in so much pain at the thought of going back out on the street, I am thinking of ways to kill my brain cells. If I have to go back out and live like that...I do not want to remember...

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Almost a year with my CPAP machine

NJ Chicaa @NJChicaa (127163) • United States 21 Feb 17

I've had my CPAP machine for 11 months now and I can honestly say that it has been life changing for me. I used to have to come home from work and nap for a couple of hours every single day because I was so exhausted. I was...

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6 months with a CPAP machine

NJ Chicaa @NJChicaa (127163) • United States 27 Sep 16

I've had my CPAP (continuous positive airway pressure) machine for 6 months now and I'm so happy for that fact. I never really considered that I might have sleep apnea until my doctor mentioned it during a check-up visit for my...

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So used to my CPAP mask that I didn't think it was on

NJ Chicaa @NJChicaa (127163) • United States 7 Jul 16

Sometimes in the middle of the night I wake up and my CPAP mask (for sleep apnea) is off. This tends to happen more often if I've had a couple of drinks but it does happen on regular nights as well. I must push it off in my...

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3 months with CPAP treatment for my Sleep Apnea.

NJ Chicaa @NJChicaa (127163) • United States 29 Jun 16

As the title states, it has been 3 months that I've been dealing with a new diagnosis of sleep apnea and the experience of using a CPAP machine to sleep at night. I had heard horror stories about them and was very worried about...

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Sleep well ... using the NASAL CPAP

anthony davis @lookatdesktop (27156) • Dallas, Texas 3 Jun 16

I was diagnosed with Obstructive and Central Sleep Apnea back in the year 1995. I was prescribed the Nasal CPAP machine to be used every night for the rest of my life. I have often gone to sleep without it and for that I am not...

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Sleeping with a CPAP machine

NJ Chicaa @NJChicaa (127163) • 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 (127163) • 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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Medication experiment going well so far.

NJ Chicaa @NJChicaa (127163) • United States 30 Apr 16

My doctor cut the dosage of one of my blood pressure medications in half earlier this week. He is the one who wound up getting me diagnosed with sleep apnea and getting me my CPAP machine. Untreated sleep apnea is believed to...

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Success with CPAP machine (1 month later)

NJ Chicaa @NJChicaa (127163) • 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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Interesting visit to the doctor today

NJ Chicaa @NJChicaa (127163) • United States 27 Apr 16

The doctor wouldn't refill some of my prescriptions until I went in for a visit so I made an appointment and went in today. I thought he was going to yell at me for never getting the bloodwork he requested done but that never...

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