Biguglygremlin

Hi theres126

It's a bad place to be at, I'm sorry and I guess it doesn't really help to know that you are not alone.

It's hard to find meaningful answers when you are too tired to think straight.

Costco sounds like a vital piece of the puzzle and the daughter's room could be a well deserved break but silencing the hubby's leaky mask would still be a worthy goal.

I'm now wondering what my poor wife has to put up with. :(

I share your husband's view of CPAPs and especially mouth taping. There must be other ways to manage the situation. What kind of mask and head gear is he using? Does he suffer from asthma or allergies?

As for hormones and such I've had my own problems in that area but have little knowledge of the subject from your perspective.

A few years back it was widely accepted for women to be using HRT but I seem to recall it falling out of favour. Although at the time it seemed like an over-reaction.

Anyways there must be readers who know what they are talking about on this subject.

Hi eupillinfo,

Welcome to the forum. What kind of discussions did you have in mind?

Yes a great idea! But I like my slick silver machine so I want an app that upgrades it to the super turbo bi-gender 2020 version ..... with the bonus pink screen. :P

I also want the wifi version. Not normal wifi sending messages that boldly go where no man has gone before, but the new improved wifi that still enables the machine to manage my breathing when I leave it at home and go off to hibernate in my mountain cave.

Hi Judy

Just joking. I haven't done a lot of research on machines and I imagine that it might depend on what your present machine is and which settings and functions you want or need but Sierra really is good with the details.

Sierra will tell you to get the Resmed 10 'for her"

I'm sure it's just because he likes the pink screen. :)

It's a sad story obbyone but it seems to have ended well for the moment.

Some people have had significant reduction of the effects of aerophagia by taking regular doses of Metamucil.

I'm not sure how or why it works in these cases but it might be worth a try.

I admire your discipline and focus. How did you choose a cardio program and manage to implement a routine?

I started this thread to see if the forum would lend itself to a more general discussion.

I suppose in a way I chose this particular subject because I need to motivate myself to take action.

Over the past 30 years I have developed a pattern of postponing cumulative illnesses until I have no choice but to follow up. The net effect has been that every 4 or 5 years I revise my half-page medical history and go to see a new local doctor who applies due diligence for a new patient and investigates one or two of the issues then settles back to just writing scripts. (I suspect that this is my fault because it is the expectation and pattern that I bring with me.)

I have reached that part of the process again. I need a fresh angle and some fresh answers.

It's time I went back into battle, which is difficult because I feel that I have lost most of the battles I have engaged in recently.

I tried testosterone therapy with no discernible benefit so I disengaged and quit the field.

I got a CPAP machine but I consider it to be a pyrrhic victory.

I formulated a plan to break the weight seige but haven't implimented it yet.

I am currently experimenting with Melatonin but getting entirely the wrong results so I probably should quit the field once more.

There are other battles I have considered or even fought but they are soon forgotten.

I think I need a better battle plan. A strategy that delivers small victories that can be used to swing the odds for the bigger battles.

This thread was not meant to be about me.

There must be millions of people out there in a similar situation.

How have you dealt with the issues of ageing?

What strategies have worked for you?

What experiences or suggestions do you have, not just for me, but for everybody in the same boat.

Thank you and the same to yourself! I hope you can get the past the fog. :)

2019 is only an hour away here so I might go party or something.

I wouldn't be comfortable making any specific suggestions but when I first got my CPAP machine I started at a safe level which for you seems to be 5 and then I raised it by 1 and checked the results next day. If there were still API events and no CSA events then I would repeat the process (raise by 1 each time) until the API events were as low as possible without inducing further CSA events.

If there is no urgency this process should take a number of days at each new setting to allow for irregularities.

I have little experience with CPAP machines and settings and I suspect that I am only getting half the picture here, not because of language but because I have my own fog to deal with, so it would be better if you discussed this with Sierra when he is available.