tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10838182.post1679984146285121857..comments2023-10-31T05:56:45.788-07:00Comments on LutheranChik's "L" Word Diary: On Living With the SquidUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10838182.post-2453763434681400722012-08-16T09:52:42.912-07:002012-08-16T09:52:42.912-07:00Don't know if you will ever see this but - yes...Don't know if you will ever see this but - yes you can get away from the CPAP. I lost 50 lbs, and got away. Got breast cancer, gained the weight back - now back on the CPAP. I should have known better. Good luck.Grandma Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12956484930310697573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10838182.post-85645324934334641642012-03-11T16:13:22.380-07:002012-03-11T16:13:22.380-07:00I've used a CPAP machine for over two years, a...I've used a CPAP machine for over two years, and it has helped improve my sleep and my health. It did take me a few weeks to become comfortable with the set-up. I use a nasal mask. I have found that using a mask liner (it's made out of T-shirt material) has helped protect the skin on my face. I used the Remzzz brand. Here's a link to these on Amazon: <br /><br />http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_4_4?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=remzzzs+cpap+mask+liners&sprefix=remz%2Caps%2C172Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10838182.post-47623757834920717122012-02-11T12:19:53.432-08:002012-02-11T12:19:53.432-08:00Glad to see that the missing comment showed up. I&...Glad to see that the missing comment showed up. I've been 'netting on the phone a lot, so comments are trying my patience.<br /><br />I want to send you a tourist booklet. You, of course, are private. I can send it to "your hope down the road" so to speak, ok?LoieJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01977264499770654307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10838182.post-91241922255967040612012-02-11T12:16:21.650-08:002012-02-11T12:16:21.650-08:00It's back. I've been away from Blogger so ...It's back. I've been away from Blogger so long that I've forgotten its charming little idiocynracies.;-)LutheranChikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02685566332651377907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10838182.post-1426663513666304642012-02-11T12:12:32.820-08:002012-02-11T12:12:32.820-08:00I wrote a long comment, but I think it disappeared...I wrote a long comment, but I think it disappeared. :-(LoieJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01977264499770654307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10838182.post-39994213578889964522012-02-11T12:09:10.680-08:002012-02-11T12:09:10.680-08:00Thank you. I'm sorry that your post-surgical r...Thank you. I'm sorry that your post-surgical recovery isn't as smooth as it was supposed to be. (I learned from my own experience that recovery from even a brief-but-profound insult to the body takes a lot longer than what I thought, and that what's seemed like an interminable six months of no driving and light exercise is actually what it's taken to feel somewhat normal again.) I'm praying for you too!LutheranChikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02685566332651377907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10838182.post-42866445884195681252012-02-11T10:47:59.579-08:002012-02-11T10:47:59.579-08:00I'm sure glad this is mostly working out for y...I'm sure glad this is mostly working out for you. I don't have the apnea, but I have falling asleep problems. But for the last 4.5 weeks, I've been post surgical, and not doing very well. In the grand scheme of things, I'm OK, and definetly making progress, but, damn, its not what I expected with being told that there were "no restrictions" post surgery. Yeah right. TMI to get specific. But I don't go out for more than 1.5 hours, except for my doc appointments, which are 93 miles away. Some days I've been very depressed. Other times I'm able to say, Well this is my life right now. Grateful for the 'net, writers like you, net friends, and two local friends that I can be specific with.<br /><br />Interesting, isn't it, that several of us Lutherans became net friends because of blogging, then blogging semi faded, but friendships still continued on FB, more discussion style, but we'd not have met just on FB. <br /><br />I'm awake in the night sometimes, so I've been trying to turn that to a positive by praying, for your Billy, for example. Also thinking of you from your last blog post that I never commented on, mostly because I was emotionally down. <br /><br />The Lord be with You. You are a blessing!LoieJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01977264499770654307noreply@blogger.com