Blood Oxygen Deprivation - SleepGuide2024-03-28T19:25:58Zhttps://www.sleepguide.com/forum/topics/blood-oxygen-deprivation?feed=yes&xn_auth=noWow! Well, I used to sing in…tag:www.sleepguide.com,2012-02-15:2549090:Comment:2067772012-02-15T03:04:52.376ZMZHhttps://www.sleepguide.com/profile/MarciaHerman
<p>Wow! Well, I used to sing in chorales and I was an instrumental music teacher and played wind instruments all the time. I think I need to take them up again! That would be a kicker if it let me put the machine away. ;)</p>
<p>Has it helped you?</p>
<p>Time to pull out my Handel Messiah libretto. :)</p>
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<p>Wow! Well, I used to sing in chorales and I was an instrumental music teacher and played wind instruments all the time. I think I need to take them up again! That would be a kicker if it let me put the machine away. ;)</p>
<p>Has it helped you?</p>
<p>Time to pull out my Handel Messiah libretto. :)</p>
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<p></p> I saw it somewhere that "SING…tag:www.sleepguide.com,2012-02-14:2549090:Comment:2067072012-02-14T23:20:10.586ZBrett Husebyehttps://www.sleepguide.com/profile/BrettHusebye
<p>I saw it somewhere that "SINGING" is a good excercise for Sleep Apnea. I sing all the time in my 3500 pound rolling stereo. I suggest you take it up. All it takes is water to keep you hydrated. Learn how to oscillate your vocal cords. When I was in Chorus in Middle School I could hit 4 octaves but my selfish parents never let me develop. I had a solo and got kicked out for not attending. I planned on it. I was to sing Don McClaine if I remember right. American Pie. Oh well enough…</p>
<p>I saw it somewhere that "SINGING" is a good excercise for Sleep Apnea. I sing all the time in my 3500 pound rolling stereo. I suggest you take it up. All it takes is water to keep you hydrated. Learn how to oscillate your vocal cords. When I was in Chorus in Middle School I could hit 4 octaves but my selfish parents never let me develop. I had a solo and got kicked out for not attending. I planned on it. I was to sing Don McClaine if I remember right. American Pie. Oh well enough about could have been. Sing Marcia....... Sing your heart out. When you can make the sound. One hour a day should help out. If you have a long commute its perfect. It is said the best singers can oscillate their vocal cords at 20 thousand beats per second (could be 2000 bps my memory sucks). Steven Tyler for one, I watched something on his vocal cord operation. </p>
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<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajbcJiYhFKY&feature=player_embedded">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajbcJiYhFKY&feature=player_embedded</a>#!</p> Perhaps another take on this…tag:www.sleepguide.com,2012-02-14:2549090:Comment:2064172012-02-14T19:40:49.984ZMZHhttps://www.sleepguide.com/profile/MarciaHerman
<p>Perhaps another take on this would be a vocal cord disorder. My sleep doc sent me to a speech therapist b/c I told him I thought my throat wasn't working right. Sure enough, I have a "VCD." My throat <em>closes</em> when I inhale. There are exercises to strengthen and relax the vocal cords, believe it or not. This should be interesting! My oxygen goes down to the low to mid 80s without a machine.</p>
<p>Perhaps another take on this would be a vocal cord disorder. My sleep doc sent me to a speech therapist b/c I told him I thought my throat wasn't working right. Sure enough, I have a "VCD." My throat <em>closes</em> when I inhale. There are exercises to strengthen and relax the vocal cords, believe it or not. This should be interesting! My oxygen goes down to the low to mid 80s without a machine.</p> I have been an bronchial-asth…tag:www.sleepguide.com,2012-02-14:2549090:Comment:2068292012-02-14T18:38:32.192ZRichMhttps://www.sleepguide.com/profile/RichM
<p>I have been an bronchial-asthmatic since I was a child. and also had OSA then Complex SA over 20 years now. After a week in the hospital for acute Bronchial-Asthma and acute Sinusitis I was put on O2 at night with my VPAP and now I get better sleep. I always felt that my O2 level was dropping at times. In the hospital it was dropping to 86 and the requirement to be put on O2 was it had to be at lease 88 or lower to qualify due to Insurance. I am glad someone has brought this up and talking…</p>
<p>I have been an bronchial-asthmatic since I was a child. and also had OSA then Complex SA over 20 years now. After a week in the hospital for acute Bronchial-Asthma and acute Sinusitis I was put on O2 at night with my VPAP and now I get better sleep. I always felt that my O2 level was dropping at times. In the hospital it was dropping to 86 and the requirement to be put on O2 was it had to be at lease 88 or lower to qualify due to Insurance. I am glad someone has brought this up and talking about it.. Thanks again for the post.</p> Thanks for the post, i have b…tag:www.sleepguide.com,2012-02-08:2549090:Comment:2062382012-02-08T04:43:24.983Zrichard grahamhttps://www.sleepguide.com/profile/richardgraham
<p>Thanks for the post, i have battled with cpap for 7 years. Its either a leaky mask or sinus problems. I am looking for another solution. Thanks Rich<br></br> <br></br> <cite>Julie Isom said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://www.sleepguide.com/forum/topics/blood-oxygen-deprivation?commentId=2549090%3AComment%3A206169&xg_source=msg_com_forum#2549090Comment206087"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>I HAVE HAD SLEEP APNEA MY WHOLE ADULT LIFE. I CAN NO LONGER USE THE CPAP BECAUSE THE GERD…</p>
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<p>Thanks for the post, i have battled with cpap for 7 years. Its either a leaky mask or sinus problems. I am looking for another solution. Thanks Rich<br/> <br/> <cite>Julie Isom said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://www.sleepguide.com/forum/topics/blood-oxygen-deprivation?commentId=2549090%3AComment%3A206169&xg_source=msg_com_forum#2549090Comment206087"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>I HAVE HAD SLEEP APNEA MY WHOLE ADULT LIFE. I CAN NO LONGER USE THE CPAP BECAUSE THE GERD WAS SO BAB THE CPAP KEPT DRIVING THE STOMACH ACID INTO MY LUNGS CAUSING PNEUMONIA. I WAS ALSO DIAGNOSED WITH INCREASED INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE. THEY CALLED IT PSEUDOTUMOUR CEREBRI, AND PULMONARY HYPERTENSION NOW. I AM GOING TO ASK NEUROLOGIST ABOUT THE INCREASE IN CRANIAL PRESSURE RIGHT AWAY, JUST TO SEE IF THERE IS ANYTHING ELSE I CAN DO FOR IT. AS FAR AS THE PULMONARY HYPERTENSION I HAVE TO BE ON OXYGEN WHENEVER NI SLEEP AND WHEN I AM DOING ANYTHING MORE THAN JUST WALKING AROUND THE HOUSE. THE DOC TELLS ME THERE IS NOTHING LEFT TO DO BUT GET A TRACH TUBE OUT IN BUT I DON'T WANT ONE. I AM GLAD YOU BROUGHT IT UP ABOUT THE CRANIAL PRESSURE I DIDN'T KNOW IT PUTS ME AT INCREASED RISK FOR STROKE. IF THERE IS ANYONE ELSE IN THE SAME BOAT I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU. THANK YOU, JULIE</p>
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</blockquote> There may be a way to make an…tag:www.sleepguide.com,2012-02-08:2549090:Comment:2062352012-02-08T04:21:41.088ZMichael W Grayhttps://www.sleepguide.com/profile/MichaelWGray
<p>There may be a way to make an end run around apnea. The gold standard for an apnea cure is a trache. I got a temporary one when they did a surgical tongue reduction on me. For the first time in my life I got natural uninterupted sleep. It's unreal. Problem is traches are nasty, prone to infection, ugly, painful, and there is always the obsession to get rid of it.</p>
<p>Solution: Enter the Trans-Trache or the Scoop which is a mini trache. It was developed for people who have lung…</p>
<p>There may be a way to make an end run around apnea. The gold standard for an apnea cure is a trache. I got a temporary one when they did a surgical tongue reduction on me. For the first time in my life I got natural uninterupted sleep. It's unreal. Problem is traches are nasty, prone to infection, ugly, painful, and there is always the obsession to get rid of it.</p>
<p>Solution: Enter the Trans-Trache or the Scoop which is a mini trache. It was developed for people who have lung disease. Its tube is tiny about the diameter of a coffee stir straw. I have talked to the people who make it, and they say they know it cures apnea because for those lung diseased patients who use their trache and have apnea as well they also get a bonus, a cure for their apnea! </p>
<p> I have heard only good things about the Trans-Trache. For example, no one who gets this trache wants to give it up, it is not prone to cause disease or long term complications, it can be covered up cosmetically, and, in general, "it is nothing" as one man who has one told me. </p>
<p>I am attempting development of an air (not oxygen) pump to support this little trache for those of us who have apnea but not lung disease although it may turn out that a blend of air and oxygen may work best to keep overall litres per minute down.</p>
<p>Also, I want to mention that I have now done about 900 consecutive sleep studies of my own using the cms 50e finger oximeter which you can get off ebay for about $80.00. It records all night oximetry data and then the next morning you upload to your computer. It has given me insights into my apnea that I otherwise would not have gotten from a few hospital sleep studies. You can see examples of the output that is produced at the ebay listing or at echostore.com.</p>
<p>The point sleepyguy makes about oxygen deprivation is spot on. It seems this little trache would be a reasonable compromise between that contraption, the cpap, and that gawd awful classical trache to effect a 100% cure</p>
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<p> </p> I HAVE HAD SLEEP APNEA MY WHO…tag:www.sleepguide.com,2012-02-08:2549090:Comment:2060872012-02-08T03:19:49.389ZJulie Isomhttps://www.sleepguide.com/profile/JulieIsom
<p>I HAVE HAD SLEEP APNEA MY WHOLE ADULT LIFE. I CAN NO LONGER USE THE CPAP BECAUSE THE GERD WAS SO BAB THE CPAP KEPT DRIVING THE STOMACH ACID INTO MY LUNGS CAUSING PNEUMONIA. I WAS ALSO DIAGNOSED WITH INCREASED INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE. THEY CALLED IT PSEUDOTUMOUR CEREBRI, AND PULMONARY HYPERTENSION NOW. I AM GOING TO ASK NEUROLOGIST ABOUT THE INCREASE IN CRANIAL PRESSURE RIGHT AWAY, JUST TO SEE IF THERE IS ANYTHING ELSE I CAN DO FOR IT. AS FAR AS THE PULMONARY HYPERTENSION I HAVE TO BE ON…</p>
<p>I HAVE HAD SLEEP APNEA MY WHOLE ADULT LIFE. I CAN NO LONGER USE THE CPAP BECAUSE THE GERD WAS SO BAB THE CPAP KEPT DRIVING THE STOMACH ACID INTO MY LUNGS CAUSING PNEUMONIA. I WAS ALSO DIAGNOSED WITH INCREASED INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE. THEY CALLED IT PSEUDOTUMOUR CEREBRI, AND PULMONARY HYPERTENSION NOW. I AM GOING TO ASK NEUROLOGIST ABOUT THE INCREASE IN CRANIAL PRESSURE RIGHT AWAY, JUST TO SEE IF THERE IS ANYTHING ELSE I CAN DO FOR IT. AS FAR AS THE PULMONARY HYPERTENSION I HAVE TO BE ON OXYGEN WHENEVER NI SLEEP AND WHEN I AM DOING ANYTHING MORE THAN JUST WALKING AROUND THE HOUSE. THE DOC TELLS ME THERE IS NOTHING LEFT TO DO BUT GET A TRACH TUBE OUT IN BUT I DON'T WANT ONE. I AM GLAD YOU BROUGHT IT UP ABOUT THE CRANIAL PRESSURE I DIDN'T KNOW IT PUTS ME AT INCREASED RISK FOR STROKE. IF THERE IS ANYONE ELSE IN THE SAME BOAT I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU. THANK YOU, JULIE</p> Would you like me to do an…tag:www.sleepguide.com,2012-02-08:2549090:Comment:2061732012-02-08T01:43:12.202Zjim allAnhttps://www.sleepguide.com/profile/jimallAn
<p> Would you like me to do an online tracheotomy badly spelled.</p>
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<p> Would you like me to do an online tracheotomy badly spelled.</p>
<p></p> Do you see his chest rise and…tag:www.sleepguide.com,2012-02-08:2549090:Comment:2061712012-02-08T01:28:07.754Zgmhttps://www.sleepguide.com/profile/gm
<p>Do you see his chest rise and fall? That will be your answer!<br></br> <br></br> <cite>Andrew Allen Wayman said:</cite></p>
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<p>Do you see his chest rise and fall? That will be your answer!<br/> <br/> <cite>Andrew Allen Wayman said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://www.sleepguide.com/forum/topics/blood-oxygen-deprivation?id=2549090%3ATopic%3A8808&page=2#2549090Comment206063"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>my husband has all of the symptoms along with snoring, reflux, and suddenly high blood pressure. he has been to a sleep clinic 3 yrs ago and they ruled out apnea. shhould he go to another clinic? when i slept in bed with him, 3 yrs ago (haven't since due to continual snoring), i did notice a snorting before he woke up every couple of hrs.</p>
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</blockquote> My sleep doc, whom I think is…tag:www.sleepguide.com,2012-02-08:2549090:Comment:2061692012-02-08T01:20:35.968ZMZHhttps://www.sleepguide.com/profile/MarciaHerman
<p>My sleep doc, whom I think is good, doesn't seem to think much of oral appliances to keep the airway open. I have to disagree with him. When I push my jaw forward while on the machine there is a noticeable difference in the amount of air getting into me. I will do anything I can to improve my air flow and may get an appliance despite what he thinks. After all, I'm the one paying for it, not him. LOL</p>
<p>The same doc did something unusual; he prescribed speech therapy for me. He says…</p>
<p>My sleep doc, whom I think is good, doesn't seem to think much of oral appliances to keep the airway open. I have to disagree with him. When I push my jaw forward while on the machine there is a noticeable difference in the amount of air getting into me. I will do anything I can to improve my air flow and may get an appliance despite what he thinks. After all, I'm the one paying for it, not him. LOL</p>
<p>The same doc did something unusual; he prescribed speech therapy for me. He says exercises they give after they make a diagnosis have been very successful for improving air flow. I can't wait for next Monday!</p>
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