I am a health rebel. I fight to let anyone tell me anything or give medical advise. Long history of SA, have had a CPAP that I am addicted to for 7 or 8 years. It is set to spike up to 14 when I have episodes in the night. I told and begged the tech or whatever she was not to do it to me, just leave it at 9. So now I never sleep a full night, always wake up being drowned in forced air. For years. I cannot even hardly make it around the house to get to the bathroom, my breath is so short. And now it has me with a real wet cough that is hard to overcome and leaves me exhausted struggling to clear the airway. I am wondering if the humidity can fill my lungs with fluid? I do not plan on ever going back to the doctors or hospitals that do not listen...it is a waste of my precious energy and peace of mind. I went in with shortness of breath a couple of years ago and a team of hospitalists only had the conclusion that I was too fat, there was not enough room in my chest for all the air I need. Ok. They gave me Xarelto and nearly gave me a stroke. Vomited blood and black diarrhea from internal bleeding. So I am falling apart, and want to do what makes me feel better. BP meds made that cough before, I complained and complained. Nothing was done until I said, "Can we change this prescription?" I have trust issues with kids playing doctor on me. And that seems to be who is running things nowadays. So, hello, apnea people. Now you have seen my defense wall, I will read your posts, see what I can get here and maybe you might understand me.
