truckerdad57

Welcome Dolly.

It's nice to hear from another non home cpap user. I'm a long hual truck driver with sleep apnea who has been using cpap for 12 years now about 300 days a year in a sleeper berth equipped semi truck.

Often the most hard to address issues are the non medical barriers to treatment. Things like helping active duty military deal with the practical issues of cpap during deployment.

Making sure good accurate information on all kinds of things is part of successful long term treatment.

Hey... for camping. ....have you seen the new Transcend portable battery cpap by SOMNETICS? They've got a solar panel charging option. ... neat. I got a demo to try in the truck.

One long survey.

But have the option to save completed parts and come back to finish later.

Remember mobile phone users.

Could you get video clips of just the sleep segments and make a You tube link?

On a mobile phone trying to find just the right part of the whole thing is a problem.

Thanks Bob

When using cpap (or bipap) in cold ambient air conditions (below 40 deg f) have others experienced waking up with Uncontrollable shivering (stage 2 hypothermia)?

The larger than normal quantity of cold air into the airway overwhelming the body's efforts to stay warm. As specially designed pap are used in cold water immersion hypothermia cases for re warming it makes sense to me.

I've had it and it scared the poop out of me. I work with truck drivers who use cpap often in unheated semi truck sleeper berths and regularly get reports of this.

I can't find any research on the topic. The cpap machine manufacturers just refer to the technical specifications for the machine.

Could this be a potential research question?

Aj.....

This thread shows one problem with medical folks. Getting them to talk in plain English. ..lol

Short answer... nope. .it doesn't really work.

Then again I just saw a site offering a herbal product to cure sleep apnea. .. oops the FDA is after them.

There are lots of neat ideas for treating sleep apnea. You will want to do some digging.

Sorry no one has posted earlier. This is a new forum.

In general lots of people who start treatment of sleep apnea are able to loose weight more easily. When I first got a cpap I did.

The reasons are you are getting better blood oxygen levels while sleeping. That helps you metabolise or burn calories better while you sleep.

The problem is most folks are able to loose weight more easily. ..there is no guarantee.

I think you are one of the unlucky ones the fickle finger of fste picked. ...

sorry

Welcome.

You're not a old dog. Your story is typical though.

Glad to hear that you are doing well.

Learning to live with your new best friend your bipap will take time. Don't be afraid to ask questions like how do I get my bipap through airline security when I travel.

Or how can I set up a back up power supply for emergencies.

It's all part of being a "hoser" , apneatic... or whatever you want to be. ..

I'm a crusty old truck driver who loves his cpap. .. I call him Charlie. ...

If you're talking about the hypoglossal stimulation. I'm pretty sure that it's still in research.

If you're looking for an active forum. Check the American Sleep Apnea Association site. Separate from this site they have an active forum.