Sleep Apnea...

[penguinz]

Doing an at home sleep apnea test later this week.

I am sure there are others here that have done this.

How annoying is the test and how long did it take you to get used to a CPAP if one was prescribed?

I also like to travel and dispersed camp. Any suggestions for battery packs or other accessories once?

[penguinz]

Originally Posted by lewdog

Holy **** you’re in bad shape.

Dare you to find one IFBB Pro or Strongman that doesn't have a CPAP.

Btw... 405lb Axle DL for reps today.

[penguinz]

Originally Posted by displacedinMN

I love my cpap. Hope you can find something that works.

As long as you can find electricity one will work, even on a plane. It has an airplane mode to not transfer data over cellular

edit -pic of me hooked up for the test

good times

No electricity where I camp. Many places no cell service.

I'll have bto get a battery and solar panel.

[penguinz]

Originally Posted by BWillie

The trick to not having sleep apnea is not being obese. Biggest factor usually

Excess weight creates fat deposits in a person's neck called pharyngeal fat. Pharyngeal fat can block a person's upper airway during sleep when the airway is already relaxed.

You are as just as clueless about this as you are every subject you reply to here.

[penguinz]

Originally Posted by lewdog

OP is a fatass.

He also thinks soccer is a sport.

Do we need to have a pose off?

[BWillie]

Originally Posted by penguinz

You are as just as clueless about this as you are every subject you reply to here.

Im not saying you are but that is the biggest correlation for those who have sleep apnea.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3021364/

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) adversely affects multiple organs and systems, with particular relevance to cardiovascular disease. Several conditions associated with OSA, such as high BP, insulin resistance, systemic inflammation, visceral fat deposition, and dyslipidemia, are also present in other conditions closely related to OSA, such as obesity and reduced sleep duration. Weight loss has been accompanied by improvement in characteristics related not only to obesity but to OSA as well, suggesting that weight loss might be a cornerstone of the treatment of both conditions.

[Zebedee DuBois]

Originally Posted by penguinz

Do we need to have a pose off?

I suspect that instead of

Patrick Swayze / Chris Farley

it will be more like

Chris Farley / Chris Farley

[displacedinMN]

Originally Posted by penguinz

No electricity where I camp. Many places no cell service.

I'll have bto get a battery and solar panel.

While the other two fight--this is what you would be looking for as power

Here is a list of machines. Hopefully it gives you what you need, if not, I will look at mine and see the power needs

https://www.thecpapshop.com/our-cpap-machines

[lewdog]

Originally Posted by penguinz

Dare you to find one IFBB Pro or Strongman that doesn't have a CPAP.

Btw... 405lb Axle DL for reps today.

You’re a bloated roider? I wouldn’t compare myself to them.

I thought you played soccer and such?

[suzzer99]

I think I had it so some degree. I'd wake up with terrible cottonmouth (and the dreams where you're guzzling water but it doesn't wet your mouth at all - ugh). Then I lost weight and it stopped.

[ChiefsFanatic]

Originally Posted by BWillie

The trick to not having sleep apnea is not being obese. Biggest factor usually

Excess weight creates fat deposits in a person's neck called pharyngeal fat. Pharyngeal fat can block a person's upper airway during sleep when the airway is already relaxed.

So, size is a factor, but not an indicator for sleep apnea.

I have had sleep apnea for a very long time.

I had sleep apnea when I weighed 138 pounds in high school, and I had sleep apnea when I was older and weighed 250 pounds.

For me, and literally thousands upon thousands of people like me, my bottom jaw is slightly back, making the opening of my airway very narrow. There is nothing that can be done for it.

Some people with this issue can make it with a mouthpiece that pulls the jaw slightly forward, but that doesn't work for me.

So, there is no trick to not having sleep apnea.

[BWillie]

One of my uncles was really fat and consequently had sleep apnea. He had great luck initially of sleeping on his stomach which eliminated his need for a cpap and didnt have sleep apnea as bad. But he eventually got so ****ing fat that he simply couldn't sleep on his stomach anymore. The fatter you are the harder it is to sleep on your stomach.

[penguinz]

Originally Posted by lewdog

You’re a bloated roider? I wouldn’t compare myself to them.

I thought you played soccer and such?

Lol

No roids just trt.No bloat.

My soccer days have been over for quite a while.

[penguinz]

Originally Posted by BWillie

One of my uncles was really fat and consequently had sleep apnea. He had great luck initially of sleeping on his stomach which eliminated his need for a cpap and didnt have sleep apnea as bad. But he eventually got so ****ing fat that he simply couldn't sleep on his stomach anymore. The fatter you are the harder it is to sleep on your stomach.

We get it. Obesity is in your DNA.

Can we get back to scheduled programming?

[penguinz]

Originally Posted by displacedinMN

While the other two fight--this is what you would be looking for as power

Here is a list of machines. Hopefully it gives you what you need, if not, I will look at mine and see the power needs

https://www.thecpapshop.com/our-cpap-machines

Freaking expensive. Hope the insurance picks up more than I expect them to.

[Fat Elvis]

Originally Posted by displacedinMN

While the other two fight--this is what you would be looking for as power

Here is a list of machines. Hopefully it gives you what you need, if not, I will look at mine and see the power needs

https://www.thecpapshop.com/our-cpap-machines

The resmed10 is probably the best CPAP on the market in turns of durability. It is even better than the resmed 11 from what I understand.

That said, it is *not* a camper friendly CPAP machine. You will want a separate travel CPAP if you do a lot of travel, and to be honest, nothing really works well for camping, especially if you spend more than one night out camping. You have gone this long without it, just skip it when camping....it probably isn't worth the extra weight in your backpack.

Get a CPAP machine that best suits your most likely needs....if you sleep at home a lot, get a full sized CPAP machine with a humidifier.