CPAP cleaners stink!

[fried1765]

That is kind of the way I would prefer to leave this earth.

My Doctor is Six hours away round trip. Thank You OHIP. Hard to have a consultation.

Understood....but don't you want to put "the big one" off as long as possible?

 

[pmsmechanic]

Can someone please explain why so many people require this for the ability to sleep?

I mean, it's not like you aren't getting air, lying there snoring.

My wife and I both have a cpap. Before she got hers there were times when she would quit breathing to the point where I wondered if she was still alive. She would quit up to a minute at a time. Then snort and choke trying to get air once her body noticed that she needed it. When your throat falls over your air passage the oxygen levels in your blood go very low. You do not go into the deep sleep (rem?) your body needs to get a proper rest.

When I started with mine I was very impressed with how much more rested I felt after a night's sleep. I didn't have restless legs any more and I feel a lot more rested after a night's sleep. I can sleep without it but I sure notice the difference in energy levels.

 

[5030]

Hydrogen peroxide is very effective and doesn't require very much. I have a long pipe cleaner brush for the hose.

I have plenty of that around all the time but not the grocery store stuff. I buy 15 gallon carboys of 35% H2O2 for my water system injection. Peroxide comes in a couple concentrations. 3% is what you buy in the store. 35% can be food grade or pharmaceutical grade depending on the end use (I buy pharm grade myself) and then there is 99% which is the oxygen supply for a solid booster rocket engine.

H2O2 is a potent oxidize, especially in 35% and it's photochemically reactive so it must be stored in a non translucent container in a cool place. The carboy's come with a special gas emitting valve on the top just in case a temperature extreme causes the peroxide to gas off.

When transferring it to a smaller container to add to my injection pump, I wear chemically repellant gloves and safety glasses. You get even a drop in your eye you are blind. Nasty stuff but it's the only oxidizer that will liberate sulfur dioxide from well water. It chemically bonds with the sulfur and precipitates it into a solid which I filter out of the raw water. OIne nice side effect is it kills 100% of any microorganisms in the water so my well water always tests good. No bacteria in it.

It takes a special license to buy it as well. I get it through my farm with my pesticide / herbicide applicators license.

Peroxide lesson for today...lol

 

[5030]

I sometimes wonder if SIDS is sleep apena in an infant???? A little tyke could easily succumb to loss of oxygen from a throat issue.

 

[5030]

My wife and I both have a cpap. Before she got hers there were times when she would quit breathing to the point where I wondered if she was still alive. She would quit up to a minute at a time. Then snort and choke trying to get air once her body noticed that she needed it. When your throat falls over your air passage the oxygen levels in your blood go very low. You do not go into the deep sleep (rem?) your body needs to get a proper rest.

When I started with mine I was very impressed with how much more rested I felt after a night's sleep. I didn't have restless legs any more and I feel a lot more rested after a night's sleep. I can sleep without it but I sure notice the difference in energy levels.

I call you a weaver....lol I can sleep without mine as well but I notice the difference in the morning and I can go maybe 3 days max and I'm a zombie.

 

[5030]

Understood....but don't you want to put "the big one" off as long as possible?

Personally, I prefer expiring in my sleep. Sleeping is as close to death as you can get without expiring. I'd like to do the eternal sleep thing and never wake up.

I know since I came back from the edge (had a 30% chance of surviving Stage 3 cancer and I'm 100% cancer free far as I know), I relish every morning when I open my eyes but, having said that, my preference is still passing in my sleep.

Heck, I spent 6 hours on the operating table and I look like a field dressed deer (getting better though) and even in ICU, I had one of my machines (the S8) at my bedside. Once I was off oxygen (nasal cannula), I was on my BIPAP.

The hospital would have supplied me with a machine and mask but I had my wife bring mine in. I will say my nurses washed my mask, hoses and cleaned my humidifier container and refilled it with distilled water every morning. Boy, was I spoiled. Cannot get my wife to do that...lol

 

[5030]

That is kind of the way I would prefer to leave this earth.

My Doctor is Six hours away round trip. Thank You OHIP. Hard to have a consultation.

Good grief. I heard Canadian Medicine was good. Don't sound like that applies. I live in a very remote rural area and my hospital is 35 minutes away and my family doctor is 15 minutes.

 

[RalphVa]

Vinegar works; plentiful; cheap. Been using it for nearly 8 years.

Ralph

 

[not2old]

Can someone please explain why so many people require this for the ability to sleep?

I mean, it's not like you aren't getting air, lying there snoring.

Well, apparently you are not getting air. Oddly enough I was diagnosed with sleep apnea when I saw an Allergist for a problem with watering eyes. I did an at home sleep study and it determined that I was stopping breathing for thirty seconds or more up to fifty-two times an hour. I've had my c-pap nearly three years now and am very happy with the results in my health.

 

[Industrial Toys]

I often thought about using a camera to watch my sleep. See, if I can gain some insight. The more stuff you can do for yourself, the better.