I use a Resmed card reader, but when I was in the market, the ACS reder wasn't on ebay. I have been watching them. I have taken my Resmed reader apart and "mic'd" the deminsions to make the credit card tray. It does work well.
Judy,
You are right. Tracheostomy is not a consideration unless you have proven PAP resistant OSA. Sounds like you are doing pretty well. Wish you the best.
Judy,
I thought I was dead or dying and was open to the recommendations of the "experts" and what was considered the accepted therapy of the medical establishment at the time. It was an area outside my field and I had to learn from the inside out, which is not the preferred way to learn about a life threatening disease.
I sympathize with you regarding your cataract surgery. I had a similar experience, but not quite as drastic as yours. You did the right thing by reporting the surgeon. It's a shame the problem can't be corrected without taking what I assume would be even greater risk to your vision.
I realized the UPPP was of no significantl benefit to the OSA patient a number of years ago. Putting my own negative experience in 2002 aside, check the literature on the subject and you will find what, in my opinion, is frequently misleading information. The use of the word "success" really means varying degrees of reduction in the AHI, but never complete resolution of the problem. If one could weigh the true risk of the procedure vs actual benefit nobody would agree to the procedure. The procedure should be abandoned for the so-called "treatment" of OSA. A recent study from Europe came to the same conclusion.
Thank-you for the compliment Judy! allot of people think I have a bit of a strange out look on some things, Like those hand for instance. Actually the fingers on the base are copies of my own fingers, I made plast er cast of my fingers and then put clay into them and put the clay fingers on the base. I really do like doing the sculpture, but anymore with my hands and arms I just can't do it! I do have quite a few other pieces that I have done, but these ones were less controversial than some of my other works! Actually the self portrait one is pretty close to reality when I am standing I look just about ecactly like that! Even with the cup of coffee in my hand! Anyway so where ar your pictures, I am sure you must have some of your dogs, and what about horses? And what are your hobbies?
SAAN stands for Senior American Academy of Neurology which replaces FAAN, Fellow American Academy of Neurology upon retirement. FAAN is a catagory of Academy membership where one is elected from among Active members who have met stringent requirements on length of membership and Annual Meeting attendance and have demonstrated substantial achievements in the neurosciences.
Judy,
I tried every PAP machine available in 2001 with no success. It was only then that my sleep doc. sent me out into the ENT surgical world whereupon I underwent a UPPP and hyoid myotomy followed by two rhinoplasties each consisting of turbinate reduction, septoplasty, and placing cartilage in the alar region. The first two procedures were performed together, followed by two separate rhinoplasties. In the beginning my AHI was 27. After four years and all of the above my AHI was 47. The details are in a booklet I put together for former patients, students and friends at www.stopsanow.com.
Hi Pal, The baby is doing well, but for some reason, I am not. I'm wondering if it it is connected to my Cpap - I have been lurking occasionally and read your posts - they are like you, they sparkle with personality. I hope to be feeling better soon. your buddy, Ruth
I will check that one out. I am really trying for my family and my patients. My next step is to join the AAST and purchase my books. I just finished the ASTEP program and modules. I will either sit for the boards in Dec. 2009 or March 2010. Not sure which they are giveing me some grief about my 18 mos being up 2 days after the Oct. 30th deadline for the dec. test. Still waiting to here back from the sleep gods of my understanding.
Yes I love binary!!!!! Due to the lack of education at my lab that site has kind of become my mentor. I don't know a whole lot about the programs yet. I have only used compumedics. The new lab I start at on monday is supposed to cross trainme on others. I am hoping to round out my training in the hospital setting. I will work both for as long as i can.
I used the resp. rooms when I first trained, for some reason I swithched after using the resmed room. never even noticed that the machines were different. They look the same anyway. I am going to try and lobby for 2 different cpap pts this next week so that I can do an actual comparison
I think compumedics is a stand alone company. I have not used alice. I am not sure but I think that Sandman is the resmed program. I will verify all of this tonight if I have a chance as I should know. Also I did some checking half of our lab is set up on resmad lab machines(the half that I use evididently) and the other is on the respironics sychrony lab machine. From what the other techs say the only difference is the name on them. I found this odd because we are practically sponsered by resmed.
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You are right. Tracheostomy is not a consideration unless you have proven PAP resistant OSA. Sounds like you are doing pretty well. Wish you the best.
I thought I was dead or dying and was open to the recommendations of the "experts" and what was considered the accepted therapy of the medical establishment at the time. It was an area outside my field and I had to learn from the inside out, which is not the preferred way to learn about a life threatening disease.
I sympathize with you regarding your cataract surgery. I had a similar experience, but not quite as drastic as yours. You did the right thing by reporting the surgeon. It's a shame the problem can't be corrected without taking what I assume would be even greater risk to your vision.
I tried every PAP machine available in 2001 with no success. It was only then that my sleep doc. sent me out into the ENT surgical world whereupon I underwent a UPPP and hyoid myotomy followed by two rhinoplasties each consisting of turbinate reduction, septoplasty, and placing cartilage in the alar region. The first two procedures were performed together, followed by two separate rhinoplasties. In the beginning my AHI was 27. After four years and all of the above my AHI was 47. The details are in a booklet I put together for former patients, students and friends at www.stopsanow.com.