DonMidwest

I have not had a nap the last few days since my sleep has been so much better.

I will discipline myself to not drink water after 8PM.

I drink one large cup of coffee 90 minutes after I get up. This was a suggestion to not waste the caffeine all at once and to spread it out.

After 13 years it is incredible to get such small apnea scores.

I will continue to wait a while before starting Gaba and/or Ashwagandha Root

When I first started with CPAP 13 years ago, I used the simple nasal mask. Pressure was at 10 all the time and I didn't use a ramp.

I now have to put on the mask, then the neck collar. Then I hook up the hose and it starts immediately I have been using the STOP button the top when I take a break.

From what I read, the CPAP masks seem to drive a lot of people nuts. Even with the collar, it is well worth it for me to get a good night's sleep. Actually, I am used to it and miss it when I don't have it.

I still have to work on going back to sleep after going to the bathroom. My current view is that if I make it to 6 and a half hours of good sleep then it is not so necessary to get more. Many places are saying 7, 8 or 9 hours. What are your thoughts on the length of sleeping?

Will make the adjustments now.

So sorry to hear about your deficiency. I had never heard of it and it is a life threatening condition.

I now understand why you have spent so much time on CPAP and OSCAR so that you can diagnose and recommend changes. With other things going on I have not spent as much time to much better figure out the condition and the readings from the graphs -- enough so in the future I can be able to adjust as needed.

I slept straight through for about 6 and one half hours. Then a break. I think the apnea score went down from over 2 to slightly under 2.

What do the graphs tell you today?

Good suggestion. I will look into what this entails.

I mentioned I attended the flccc.net medical conference Feb 1 to 4. One of the speakers, Dr. Robert Lufkin, full prof at USC and UCLA, has a book out in June "Lies I Told My Students in Med School." I was looking through some Dr. Talks series videos and I saw him so I went to his web page and watched the first few minutes of the following video. He points out that there are 5 conditions that are the most likely to end our lives and they are handled medically as independent conditions with a treatment for each one. He was diagnosed with 4 chronic conditions that his dad died of and he had young children so he had to find out what was going on.

He found that all 5 have a common basis in metabolism. So all can be treated at once.

"How to Optimize Your Health Using Nutrition" Interview Feb 2024 https://www.robertlufkinmd.com/how-to-optimize-your-health-using-nutrition-nutrition-and-health/

Thanks for the advice. I am trying to avoid anesthesiology as much as possible. But like the accident on April 1 (no joke!) things can change in an instant.

From my prostate surgery and urine leakage I have a urinary sphincter. There is a cuff around my urethra which is activated by a balloon in my scrotum. Squeeze the balloon, the cuff opens when finished, it automatically closes. I am supposed to carry a document describing how to press a button and open up the cuff before putting in a catheter. If they just shove it in it will mess things up and then it will be a big repair job to get things flowing again.

Glad to hear that. But it might be worth it to check out the material I sent. There is more going on than BG and weight.

Sorry to hear about your diabetes. I faithfully followed flccc.net Front Line Critical Care Coiid associates since the start. I went to their convention Feb 1 to 4 in Phoenix a couple of months ago.

I started hearing about intermittent fasting and had been starting it for a few months, then in Sept 2022 Paul Marik, in their weekly update, said that he had cured his 25 year Type II diabetes. This was a turning point for me. I did not think that this condition could be reversed. Marik is an ER physician, the second most published ER physician in history and on a scale of publishing record he is over 100 and Nobel Prize winners are in the 30-40 range. I trust him and the work flccc.net does.

I was pre diabetic and along with beta blocker for blood pressure and a couple of other meds, I am now off them which I probably said before in these exchanges.

Here are 3 free documents from flccc.net

https://covid19criticalcare.com/tools-and-guides/what-is-metabolic-syndrome/

this is the one that turned me around to be responsible for my health

https://covid19criticalcare.com/poison-inc-processed-food-and-prescription-drugs/

The second doctor is kinda difficult to understand. He is called the Covid Hunter -- he was in the ER for 400, 500, or some number of days straight!!

Found this "A Houston doctor worked 715 days without a break once COVID was declared a pandemic MARCH 10, 20237:17 AM ET"

The next is on metabolic syndrome

https://covid19criticalcare.com/metabolic-syndrome-defined-and-how-to-treat-it/

That is a start. It takes a life style change. Maybe done best under doctor's care. I can find more links if you like.

Incredible! Another night less than AHI of 2!

I slept for 7 hours before getting up to pee. Sorta went back to sleep.

Since you work with Zooms, here is the one that looked interesting to me.

A couple of interesting articles came up today.

"If You Want to Feel Young And Rejuvenated, One Habit Is Key HEALTH 03 April 2024 ByCARLY CASSELLA" The habit is sleep! Makes you feel 5 years younger! I can't thank you enough for the help! https://www.sciencealert.com/if-you-want-to-feel-young-and-rejuvenated-one-habit-is-key

The second article is by Joseph Mercola. He wrote the book on Keto diet that was the largest seller in the country. He may have excluded bibles which have topped the list for decades. He is issuing a warning about the problem with excess avoidance of carbs. In my Health quest, one area that is so full of contradictions that I have yet to sort out is diet. This article argues for a more expansive diet. It is interesting to see Dale Bredesen now recommending a Mediterranean diet rather than a struct keto diet and measurement of keto in his books.

"Consequences of Low-Carb Diets" by a guest writer https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2024/04/02/consequences-of-low-carb-diets.aspx?

Is this what you are looking for? Interesting to see the flow rate and the mask pressure to become very regular just before 06:59

Didn't find water pre heat on my machine

Off to bed

I could not find a pre-warm option on my machine. You probably live in a colder climate.

I took a try at zoom in. Did I get close?

Off to bed.