Blowing Bubbles

[James @ Intus]

Pete, you should know by know we only supply stuff that is the real McCoy. Glad to hear it has worked out as we knew all along it would!

You'd be surprised how much emty space there is (not an insult). When I have a salt water session, and I blow my nose gently to moderately, I then go to the bath and tip my head real low, as if you tried to put your head between your knees, but then over the bath. Tip it left and right and I usually get some left over saline water pouring out.

If you leave it in there, it'll come out anyway, just a bit slower and in smaller quantities.

[Tigers Fan]

Yippee!

Well done, Pete!

With any luck, your 'delayed drainage' wll disappear same as mine after not too long at all. I'm glad you find it amusing, too - I got into some hilarious situations when my nose decided to issue forth!

Bizarre practice, I agree - but doesn't it just work!!!

TF

[petemcarthur]

Sinupulse

Ok TF and James, you were right, the Sinupulse works wonders. I was really skeptical about it, even after I tried the squeezy bottle I wasn't convinced the Sinupulse warranted the price, but it does.

It still seems bizarre to me, squirting salt water up the nostrils but the results are worth it. My only worry now is how much of my head is actually hollow and how the water finds the most embarrassing time to make it's bid for freedom

[ElleCee]

Pete,
Have you tried to get it on the NHS?
Please PM if you want to talk about it.
Lorraine

[petemcarthur]

gastric band

In the end I felt it would be selfish of me. I had a limited amount of redundancy money and two kids going to university. I knew that getting another job at my age was going to be hard if not impossible so I could not justify the cost if there was a cheaper alternative ( dieting)

I sometimes regret the decision, but it's made now

[ElleCee]

Pete,
Why did you decide against gastric band?

Lorraine

[petemcarthur]

Diet Ahead

I've struggled with my weight for years, ever since giving up playing rugby. The lowest I've ever been in my adult life was 12 1/2 stone when in my early thirties but most of the time I've hovered around 16 stone. I gave up smoking about 3 years ago and now I find I'm nearly 20 stone, so it's diet or die!
When I was made redundant earlier this year I seriously thought about using my severance to pay for a gastric band but decided against it.
The diet started today so wish me luck!


Mince pies in September, I could not believe my eyes when I saw them in Tesco last week, I love them as well, this is not going to be easy.....

[OldCrow]

Yep, the weight is an issue

I got like a barrel; I could cause whole trees to lose their leaves through snoring (olympic medal class) and I frequently fought the bedclothes all night long as well as waking suddenly in shock and getting very poor sleep. Tired all the time and my knees collapsing. Yes, I admit, my weight was a big factor.
Had some good medical assitance, steady and slow weight loss now almost three stone since Christmas. Makes one hell of a difference. CPAP I find helps me keep my airways clear through proper breathing and I don't get all the mucus and sinus problems I used to. Masks are not ideal and I can't say it has solved all my sleep problems but it's an important part of the whole picture.
Try and lose weight if you can; aint easy I know ; basically I've cut all processed food and joined a monitored program.

[Tigers Fan]

Similar thinking

Hi Pete

Yes! I was thinking the time to diet has definately arrived, as well. But Tesco are selling Xmas mince pies already, so ...........

Mince pies!! The first week in September!

TF

[petemcarthur]

Quick update

Just a quick update for anyone interested, it's a lot less problematic now. Most of the time I get a solid nights sleep, I'm even starting not to think about cpap when I'm in bed.
Nasal congestion is still a bit of a problem, much better than before but I'm still a bit blocked up in the morning. I decided to give nasal irrigation a try, I could not justify the £100 for the Sinupulse in case I could not tolerate the sensation, so I got one of the squeezy bottles to give it a go. While I wouldn't describe the sensations as pleasant they were tolerable and it did seem to make an improvement, so the order for the Sinupulse is in today.

Next on the agenda is serious diet time, all my health problems stem from my weight. Perhaps I'll be able to ditch the mask in a years time I won't hold be breath though.

7 stones to lose!

[acebass]

Have mine here, but haven't tried them yet, looks like tonight is going to be the night!!!

[James @ Intus]

Another fan I told Naturs Design, the inventors/makers of the RemZzzs liners, of your success on Twitter.

As far as the name goes, remember its US roots. Z = Zee so if you pronounce it RemZeeeeezzz it becomes a lot easier to roll off the tongue. If you prefer, just call them CPAP wonderliners or CPAP compliance fixers, whatever you fancy.

And by the way, as many now order them monthly, we're contemplating a few ways to pass on some bulk discounts to make perfect sleep even more affordable.

[petemcarthur]

I'm struggling now

On a slightly more serious note I tried the remzzz liners last night, I cannot understand how such a simple product can make such a huge difference. Slept for a solid 9 hours, did not wake up once. It has been many a year since I managed that!

Great product,stupid name

[shuckie]

"Live long and CPAP"?

[petemcarthur]

"Sleep, the final frontier".... Nah.