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Stomach or bowels - red herring
Have been on CPAP for about 8 years now and have only just had my resmed s8 changed by my clinic at Edinburgh for a S8 II. Much quieter and with the EPR a real pleasure to use. However for the past 6 months I have been suffering from symptons that require me to use the toilet at least 4 times daily instead of my regular once a day visit that had been the norm for years.
Triggered by events that cause me hastle of an unplanned nature like car breakdowns, and any one of a myriad things that go wrong at home and require immediate attention.
Went to see Doctor who sent me for a stomach scan which was invalidated by the large amount of gas present in my internals.
Now due to go for a colonoscopy on the day of my 71st birthday (a black candle for a present that day eh?).
However on reading all about bloating and "pooting" on these forums I feel that air ingestion during CPAP use could well be the culprit. No leaks from mask, pressure set at 10.4 and no ramp. I have been a great pooter since using this machine and wonder whether the feelings I am experiencing are common with other hoseheads as I often feel as though I am at deaths door and cannot get rid of the pain.
I would be mightily relieved to find that it is just air in the guts and not something sinister (the mind can be a great tormentor at times).
Has anyone gone through anything similar that would help.
Poots are sometimes wet (I can see your imagination working overtime) so I am getting to be quite good at operating the washing machine
Will certainly mention this to my specialist on the day of the examination.
Carry on with good work.
Triggered by events that cause me hastle of an unplanned nature like car breakdowns, and any one of a myriad things that go wrong at home and require immediate attention.
Went to see Doctor who sent me for a stomach scan which was invalidated by the large amount of gas present in my internals.
Now due to go for a colonoscopy on the day of my 71st birthday (a black candle for a present that day eh?).
However on reading all about bloating and "pooting" on these forums I feel that air ingestion during CPAP use could well be the culprit. No leaks from mask, pressure set at 10.4 and no ramp. I have been a great pooter since using this machine and wonder whether the feelings I am experiencing are common with other hoseheads as I often feel as though I am at deaths door and cannot get rid of the pain.
I would be mightily relieved to find that it is just air in the guts and not something sinister (the mind can be a great tormentor at times).
Has anyone gone through anything similar that would help.
Poots are sometimes wet (I can see your imagination working overtime) so I am getting to be quite good at operating the washing machine
Will certainly mention this to my specialist on the day of the examination.
Carry on with good work.