DonMidwest

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.

I understand. Will change the pressure settings.

another AHI well below 5!!! Only change was H20 to 5. Setting of 4 almost no water used.

As you can see, I woke up and went to the bathroom. 'Why We Sleep" book says to try getting up and reading. I did that. Went back to bed and fell asleep woke up cold.

With the mask and the chin strap and the instant starting of the CPAP, I have had to figure out new approaches. I now put my mask on first. Then lie down and attach the tube and off and running.

We keep the bedroom about 64 degrees. Someone recommended sleeping without socks and not being too warm. When I wake up I am usually cold. On my second wake up I put on sweat pants to keep warm. From this experience, when I wake up, I will have change of warn sleeping gear already laid out, change into them and get back into bed.

Interesting that only CA apnea. And CSR appeared. A short discussion about their interaction and their meaning would be helpful.

This morning have been dealing with insurance and rental car pickup from my accident yesterday. Still have full day ahead.

I was able to use the zoom feature from the top panel for the first time.

Around 02:35, the mask pressure went to 11 and stayed there for a while. The mask pressure dropped to 11 about every 2 seconds in many places.

Lets see how the max = 13 and min = 12 settings change things.

I mentioned a Dr. Talks series with Dr. Audrey Wells. There are almost 50 interviews. I just started to look at one on the nose and there was some new information. I will watch them sometime.

The reason is that D .r Wells sent out an invitation for her own organization with headline something like "20 ways to treat apnea without CPAP". My first impression is that they don't want to work through personal therapy like you have provided. Namely, creatively using the technology to get nightly updates is a way to run a series of experiments to figure out what is going on. Taking supplements, breathing exercises and so forth don't provide the kind of available data from the actual sleep. The title of her program is 20 ways to avoid CPAP - an inverse marking based on CAPAP rejection.

I have watched some other videos and there is much more to learn and for me, working with the machine and running experiments this has been the best approach. Thanks again.

PS If one of the doctors has insights that you might be interested in, I will go to their web site and find something and send it to you.