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Post by trailboss on Mar 16, 2019 22:07:37 GMT -5
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Post by trailboss on Mar 16, 2019 22:29:14 GMT -5
The one point of the article that is silly is:
They never mention the fact that he smoked cigarettes....maybe he was a pipe smoker that inhaled tobacco, but the way the story is framed, a person ignorant about pipe smoking would probably think it is deadlier by volumes.....of smoke for every pipe smoker.
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Post by crapgame on Mar 17, 2019 7:30:31 GMT -5
silly
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2019 7:31:27 GMT -5
Good read, thanks for posting. The cigarettes was his demise.
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Post by trailboss on Mar 17, 2019 8:09:04 GMT -5
Good read, thanks for posting. The cigarettes was his demise. +1 He looked like he enjoyed a good meal also...at 79 you aren't a spring chicken. If there is a pipe smoker that has any type of breathing issues caused by cigarettes or DNA that uses a Cpap machine, I can see based on the explanation why it is probably not a good idea to skip using it. Had Luke Perry ever been seen smoking a cigar, undoubtedly, the cigar would be blamed. for his early demise. |
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Post by kbareit on Mar 17, 2019 10:09:34 GMT -5
I haven't skipped using mine since I first started using it. It tore the bridge of my nose up but I felt horrible in the morning if I didn't use it. When they did the sleep test on me I stopped breathing 172 times in one night. With the C-Pap I average once an hour. I feel a lot better and am more energetic and lost around 30 lbs because I don't lay around all day because I'm too tired to do anything. I still take my afternoon nap when I get home but actually feel refreshed after. It's a bit of a hassle if I'm away from home but it beats the alternative.
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Post by pepesdad1 on Mar 17, 2019 10:40:27 GMT -5
I haven't skipped using mine since I first started using it. It tore the bridge of my nose up but I felt horrible in the morning if I didn't use it. When they did the sleep test on me I stopped breathing 172 times in one night. With the C-Pap I average once an hour. I feel a lot better and am more energetic and lost around 30 lbs because I don't lay around all day because I'm too tired to do anything. I still take my afternoon nap when I get home but actually feel refreshed after. It's a bit of a hassle if I'm away from home but it beats the alternative. My brother uses one...never smoked a day in his life....me, I have smoked every type of inhalant possible...lungs should look like swiss cheese...but no last x-ray showed and breath analysis confirmed I had the lungs of a teenager. Shows me that science is not the last answer...all the crap I inhaled should have killed me and a couple times almost did...and now that I only smoke a pipe, my breathing is fine. Can't imagine me using a c-pap machine...can't stand anything on my face when I sleep...even a sleep mask makes me nuts. |
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Post by cgvt on Mar 17, 2019 11:19:17 GMT -5
I've had a CPAP for the last ten years, but recently lost 80 lbs and have quit using it. I was miserable when I didn't use it and would wake up coughing and sputtering.It was much worse when if I'd had a few (or more) drinks before going to bed. It is amazing not to have the damn thing on my nightstand. I didn't smoke anything but a cigar every once in a while when I was diagnosed.
Seems to me that Scalia didn't die from the pipe smoking, but rather from deciding not to use his CPAP machine.
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Post by insignia100 on Mar 17, 2019 17:53:04 GMT -5
I was diagnosed with sleep apnea long before I started smoking a pipe. My weight is the primary cause (316ish at time of diagnosis). I've since lost about 56 lbs and have started going to the gym, and feel better than ever. Two full years into using my CPAP and I love the thing.
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Post by cgvt on Mar 17, 2019 18:20:45 GMT -5
Even though it was a pain in the arse, I loved mine too. I love not having to use it a lot more, though.  |
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Post by flyinmanatee on Mar 17, 2019 19:31:29 GMT -5
I was diagnosed with sleep apnea long before I started smoking a pipe. My weight is the primary cause (316ish at time of diagnosis). I've since lost about 56 lbs and have started going to the gym, and feel better than ever. Two full years into using my CPAP and I love the thing. Do you think you will ever try and go with out it? And when would you try? My wife has one and is resigned to live out her days with it. Maybe I'm wrong to encourage her that she could one day give it up and it is an attainable goal. |
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Post by insignia100 on Mar 17, 2019 19:46:57 GMT -5
I was diagnosed with sleep apnea long before I started smoking a pipe. My weight is the primary cause (316ish at time of diagnosis). I've since lost about 56 lbs and have started going to the gym, and feel better than ever. Two full years into using my CPAP and I love the thing. Do you think you will ever try and go with out it? And when would you try? My wife has one and is resigned to live out her days with it. Maybe I'm wrong to encourage her that she could one day give it up and it is an attainable goal. I have a unit that monitors my AHI, allowing me to customize my pressures. As I've lost weight I've been gradually reducing the pressures (as long as the AHI still remains low). On therapy I stop breathing 1-3 times/hour (it was 18 times/hour before I got my CPAP). I'll continue to titrate down as I lose weight and, hopefully, will be able to wean myself off or at least minimize the pressure I need. Having said all that, I'm only offering my own personal experience, I'm not providing medical advise, always consult your doctor, etc etc yadda yadda you get the idea. |
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Post by toshtego on Mar 17, 2019 19:53:41 GMT -5
I have tried to get a CPAP for years without success. Still working on it. Finally had a sleep test a few weeks back. Waiting to see the doctor to learn the result. It could be two more weeks. I have never seen anything so difficult as this sleep stuff.
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Post by cgvt on Mar 17, 2019 20:43:58 GMT -5
I have tried to get a CPAP for years without success. Still working on it. Finally had a sleep test a few weeks back. Waiting to see the doctor to learn the result. It could be two more weeks. I have never seen anything so difficult as this sleep stuff. When I got mine, I didn't realize that I needed it. I just thought that I snored really bad. I would wake up and go to the bathroom two or three times a night and I was keeping my wife awake. When I did my sleep test, the doc asked me how often I thought I woke up during the night. I told him two or three. He laughed at told me how many times an hour I was waking up. I don't remember the number, but it was in the 30s. I got my machine and it took me a couple of weeks to get used to it, but it made a huge difference in how I felt... Aaaaand I wasn't keeping my wife awake with my snoring and gasping, so our entire family was much happier . I even used it if I took a nap. When I lost weight, I tried sleeping without it every 10 lbs or so until I got low enough that I didn't wake during the night (that I know of) I quit using it about two months ago and I put it away and tucked in my closet about a month ago. I sleep through the night I don't snore any more. I was glad to have the machine, but am more glad not not need it anymore. Sleeping without the tubes is quite liberating. |
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Post by toshtego on Mar 17, 2019 21:00:49 GMT -5
Mysterious that Scalia left his CPAP machine unplugged and unused.
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Post by cgvt on Mar 17, 2019 21:09:53 GMT -5
Probably drinking...
I would fall asleep once in a while without it. Would usually wake up choking and turn it on and put on the mask.
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Post by trailboss on Mar 17, 2019 21:43:28 GMT -5
I have tried to get a CPAP for years without success. Still working on it. Finally had a sleep test a few weeks back. Waiting to see the doctor to learn the result. It could be two more weeks. I have never seen anything so difficult as this sleep stuff. Get a commercial license, it seems that industrial doctors are all too happy to force it on you...we had a huge issue with the company doctor in Albuquerque....she was telling basically every driver that they needed to go do a sleep study, a little investigation found out that the clinic she was forcing referrals to, happened to be her buddy. My wife has the Resmed airsense...it is pretty neat....very compact and my company insurance paid for it. A few months back she was at Goodwill and on dollar day, she saw the same unit brand new, in wrapper with all the accessories....sold it for $400.00 the next day. |
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Post by unknownpipesmoker on Mar 17, 2019 22:19:10 GMT -5
Too much of anything is not good.
I try to keep it under three or four pipes a day. Those of you who inhale, stop. There's no need to.
Your tongue will absorb the nicotine you want.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2019 23:35:50 GMT -5
Lots of people die from sleep apnea, tons from putting it in the closet and not using it. I have used one for 25 years
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Post by Legend Lover on Mar 18, 2019 3:27:28 GMT -5
Question on CPAP machines...are they noisy?
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Post by cgvt on Mar 18, 2019 5:41:59 GMT -5
Lots of people die from sleep apnea, tons from putting it in the closet and not using it. I have used one for 25 years That is true. Football player Reggie White died because of sleep apnea |
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Post by trailboss on Mar 18, 2019 7:53:22 GMT -5
Question on CPAP machines...are they noisy? They can be, the newer ones no so much. The volume of air through the tube of my wife’s is pretty significant when the mask is off, once she puts it on it is very quiet. |
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Post by Legend Lover on Mar 18, 2019 8:05:57 GMT -5
Question on CPAP machines...are they noisy? They can be, the newer ones no so much. The volume of air through the tube of my wife’s is pretty significant when the mask is off, once she puts it on it is very quiet. so it's significantly quieter than snoring, it seems. |
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Post by driftingfate on Mar 18, 2019 10:46:57 GMT -5
I resisted a CPAP for the longest time. Thought I wouldn’t be able to sleep with it.
Now, I realize I was wrong.
Mine is totally silent and self regulated the pressure. Went from 32 incidents an hour to around 2.
Won’t use it when traveling overseas but see it in my suitcase for Stateside trips even if it takes up the room of a small briefcase.
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Post by insignia100 on Mar 18, 2019 11:58:45 GMT -5
I resisted a CPAP for the longest time. Thought I wouldn’t be able to sleep with it. Now, I realize I was wrong. Mine is totally silent and self regulated the pressure. Went from 32 incidents an hour to around 2. Won’t use it when traveling overseas but see it in my suitcase for Stateside trips even if it takes up the room of a small briefcase. FYI, medical devices aren't counted as part of your carry on, so don't take up valuable space in your luggage or carry on bag just for the CPAP. |
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Post by trailboss on Mar 18, 2019 14:16:19 GMT -5
True... I believe that you need to get a doctors note to carry it on without getting dinged. My wife’s came with a travel bag.
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Post by trailboss on Mar 18, 2019 14:18:04 GMT -5
They can be, the newer ones no so much. The volume of air through the tube of my wife’s is pretty significant when the mask is off, once she puts it on it is very quiet. so it's significantly quieter than snoring, it seems. Very much so. She has to put up with mine though. |
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Post by insignia100 on Mar 18, 2019 16:50:56 GMT -5
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Post by Lady Margaret on Mar 18, 2019 18:42:34 GMT -5
I haven't heard anything, but my friend who passed away in his sleep last week I suspect it could have been sleep apnea.
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Post by trailboss on Mar 18, 2019 18:43:46 GMT -5
When my wife first got her CPAP, the sleep clinic automatically gave her a letter of medical necessity, and she printed out the airline policy to have in hand for employees that didn’t know their own policy, I reckon that it is a lot more common now though and maybe not necessary. Off topic a bit...checking a gun on an airplane there are clear TSA policies, but airlines can add their own rules also... in that case, you always want to have the TSA policy and airline policy printed in your possession. I had to prove to a few TSA agents that they were in violation of the rules regarding locks. |
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