cpap percentages

Fess up...did you ask ur Doctor...what was stated?

 

I try to use my machine every nite, have been doing so since I started CPAP since late February. I've missed only 2 nights of use , once because I was on a bus overnight for my company's orientation, and one other because of a scheduling snafu on a load. Still managed to get a letter of compliance from my ENT specialist, and my doctor, who is DOT certified and did my physical, gave me the maximum 1 year card, and she is quite strict about that stuff. Use that thing EVERY night for the minimum 4 hours, and that can help you keep compliance.

 

Is it possible to wear it while awake say driving or watching TV i nthe truck to get the percentages up?

 

It's supposed to be used while sleeping, which would be on your 10 hour break.

 

yes I know, but let's say a person strapped it on their face then lay down in thebed, I don't know anyone who falls asleep in 5 minutes, there is a period of time wherethe user is awake. Why not wear it while relaxing awake after driving all day to get the hours needed?

 

Actually to be honest, slap that on and I am out in 5 min! No idea what it is about it but it knocks me out quick as heck!

 

No, I did not ask, as the doc is not clearing me because she has a question on one of my bipap readings. I have passed the Wakefullness test and am 97% on compliance, so in my mind I have passed the dot requirements....but she has not reported that out for me yet. I do not want to confuse her about questions on co2.

I am rather unhappy with her at this time!

 

My xwife was diagnosed with sleep apnea several years ago and mandantorially required to use a cpap machine each night. I clearly remember her putting on her mask and crying herself to sleep each night to stay eligible to drive the next day. She no longer drives a truck anymore. It's sad that someone passed a law that requires someone to wear a vacuum cleaner on their face each night. It has to have a negative psychological effect on anyone forced to do this in order to work.

 

I had a sleep test last night, and I asked the sleep tech about frolovs, and he just laughed. I would need to see some scientific evidence that it actually works, before I tried it. Anecdotal evidence is not sufficient to convince me. Thanks for the info.