sdifox
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BoomerD
No Lifer
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They're practically begging people around here to come get vaccinated so the vaccines don't expire.
sdifox
No Lifer
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The rollout here is a mess. Too many different booking systems. You would think it is one portal for all sites.
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highland145
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Ours was a mess because they dropped the age for the initial shots from 75 to 70(?). Well, that added a shit ton of people. The other was the age demographic wasn't taken into account. Places with a higher number of old peeps didn't get more vaccines.
sdifox
No Lifer
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My first shot booking was fairly painless, go on pharmacy website pick a place and then they sent me an appointment. Easy. They are supposed to contact me for second shot but I see they have no stock xd.
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BoomerD
No Lifer
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The state had a reader board on the highway advertising vaccines at the town convention center. Wife and I decided it was time...so we drove there, signed in...waited a few minutes, got shot up By the National Guard.
Second dose, drove to the small medical clinic, walked in, 10 minutes later, we got shot up by one of the nurses.
Second dose, drove to the small medical clinic, walked in, 10 minutes later, we got shot up by one of the nurses.
Red Squirrel
No Lifer
I got diagnosed with sleep apnea a while back while trying to figure out the cause of my teeth clenching. I'm now stuck on a cpap for the rest of my life. The reality just set in as I actually got my machine now. 2nd night with it and it's horrible. Just a hassle, uncomfortable, hard to breathe etc. Just crazy that this is my fate now. I'm not even that old, yet I feel like I'm 90 in the ICU having to be hooked up to this. Going to make for very long nights trying to fall asleep while being uncomfortable. I set myself a time like 3am, and if I'm not sleeping by then I just take it off. I managed to fall asleep with it last night and woke up around 6am or so. Took it off at that point though so I can get a bit of restful comfortable sleep. I guess at some point I'll get more used to it and sleep through the whole night but still sucks. There is also a reoccuring cost to this since lot of parts are consumable. Even the mask, which is like $200-300 needs to be changed often. Thankfully it's covered by my benefits but still, they don't cover everything, and I still need to consider that if ever I work a job with no benefits or am self employed in the future then I'd have to pay all this out of pocket. I submitted everything to my benefits and waiting to see how much I get back, I'm hoping it's a decent percentage or maybe even everything. Whole setup cost $640. The government does cover a big chunk, as the actual original cost is way higher. The $650 is what I get charged.
Worse part is, I've read lot of mixed feelings on if this even fixes teeth clenching so this might not even fix it. The sleep apnea diagnosis was just an "extra" that was discovered at same time. So I might still be stuck having to continue dealing with trying to make the teeth clenching stop, AND I'm stuck with sleep apnea on top of it. 1 step forward 2 steps backwards, basically.
Worse part is, I've read lot of mixed feelings on if this even fixes teeth clenching so this might not even fix it. The sleep apnea diagnosis was just an "extra" that was discovered at same time. So I might still be stuck having to continue dealing with trying to make the teeth clenching stop, AND I'm stuck with sleep apnea on top of it. 1 step forward 2 steps backwards, basically.
I've been on a CPAP for about 10 years now. It took a few weeks to really get used to it, but I did. Now I cannot sleep without it. Hope the experience improves for you.
Red Squirrel
No Lifer
That's the other part I don't really like, from sounds of it, your body basically become dependent on it after a while right? Guess you can't skip at all once you are accustomed? I hate the idea of having to drag that around if I go camping or travel. Not that I travel often but it still happens.
I just hope it does not get to a point where I get breathing issues in the day. If my body becomes dependent on it at night I do wonder what the long term effects of that are for daytime breathing.
I just hope it does not get to a point where I get breathing issues in the day. If my body becomes dependent on it at night I do wonder what the long term effects of that are for daytime breathing.
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Sorry to hear that but I'm glad you are able to address sleeping issues and I hope it helps.
Kaido
Elite Member & Kitchen Overlord
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I got one one a year or two ago. A few tips & notes:
1. The first week is horrible, then you get used to it
2. Get the SoClean machine
3. Get a BiPap. CPAP's are horrible. A BiPap is small, quiet, and breathes with you
4. There are multiple masks available, primarily nose-only or full-mouth. I like Philip's Dreamwear. Magnetic clasps & top rotating hose so you don't get stuck in it.
5. Make sure you don't have nasal blockage. My buddy got tested for sleep apnea, couldn't breath, and had to get surgery for a deviated septum before he could use it
6. I was grinding my teeth in my sleep before too & don't do that anymore with the sleep mask
7. Mine is hereditary, small breathing hole or something. Supposedly there's a possible surgery available but eh, I'll just wear a mask.
8. I sleep through the night now. I also fall asleep quickly now. I had insomnia for 20+ years. The payoff of getting used to a sleep mask is awesome!
On the plus side, I get to look like Nerd Predator at night:
woolfe9998
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Sooo, my mother just accidentally ran her cat through her washing machine. Not kidding. Evidently the cat had gotten inside, as cats love to hide in secluded places. She didn't realize it, threw her clothes in and some detergent, shut the door and turned it on.
Around 10 minutes in she heard something yelping from inside, and fortunately turned if off before it hit the spin cycle. I doubt it could have survived that kind of centrifugal force.
Anyway, I had to go over and help her take the cat to the pet hospital. Cat had "minor contusions on her cornea" and some patches of missing fur, but otherwise was fine. Never ceases to amaze me how resilient cats are.
My mother will never hear the end of this.
Around 10 minutes in she heard something yelping from inside, and fortunately turned if off before it hit the spin cycle. I doubt it could have survived that kind of centrifugal force.
Anyway, I had to go over and help her take the cat to the pet hospital. Cat had "minor contusions on her cornea" and some patches of missing fur, but otherwise was fine. Never ceases to amaze me how resilient cats are.
My mother will never hear the end of this.
MrSquished
Lifer
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highland145
Lifer
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Red Squirrel
No Lifer
That's the thing, I don't know if this is actually going to fix the clenching. That's the issue I'm trying to fix, but I just happened to be diagnosed with sleep apnea at same time. Don't have any other issues except for teeth clenching but I'm reading lot of mixed info on if cpap helps for that or not, some people are saying they still get the clenching or it even got worse, but some people say it did solve it. I had a night guard but it was super uncomfortable and it actually made it worse. Nigh guards do not fix it. That seems to be the answer that everyone goes to for that, but it's not actually a fix.
I already have the machine and it is cpap, but thankfully my mask is nose only so it's even better than that mask, but it's similar. I could never do a mouth or full face mask with the beard. So hopefully I won't end up breathing through my mouth as some people do. Glad to hear it fixed the teeth grinding though, that's really what I'm trying to fix myself, in my case it's not as bad as grinding, it's just clenching, but still causing TMJ issues and still bad for the teeth. Mouth guards seem to be the goto that everyone recommends but those don't actually fix the issue and are horrible to wear.
I did try some CBD oil but not sure how much it was helping or how high the dose was considered. I could have tried higher dosage but that stuff is quite expensive so not sure I could afford it even if it did work in high dose. It's also something kinda hard to test for as it's kinda hard to even know if I did clench or not at night so it's kind of a guessing game. If I wake up with a jaw that hurts more than normal then maybe it means I did it, but it's not really a clear indicator as my jaw always hurts even in the day. The clenching is messing up my TMJ. Doing physio exercises for that which seem to help somewhat. Some nights it's very obvious that I clenched because I'll wake up from my teeth slamming together but some nights I won't wake up.
I just hope the cpap at least does fix this clenching. At least it won't feel like it's for nothing. Sleep apnea can also cause other issues like heart and brain damage so guess it's good I discovered this I suppose. I guess it's kind of like finding a minor water leak in your house with a bit of mold, it kind of sucks that you found it, but had you not found it, the damage would just get worse.
PSA: My brother has sleep apnea and bought a battery backup w/inverter - enough amp hours to run a couple of nights in case the power goes out. He learned the hard way that he couldn’t sleep w/o the CPAP after using it for a few months.
Red Squirrel
No Lifer
That sucks, so body becomes dependent on it then? I'm kind of hoping that if I travel or camp that I can just get away without using it for those few days so I don't need to lug that around not to mention that will suck if I'm sleeping in same room as other people. But yeah for at home I'll want to get some form of power backup. Either something dedicated for that, or tie it into my shed's solar setup. Been planing to run power from it to the house anyway and have solar outlets throughout the house. I could have an automatic transfer switch (can probably make something fairly easily with arduino and a fast relay) Will need to upgrade the shed batteries of course. Been told you absolutely want pure sine inverter for those, and pure sine UPSes are very expensive so doing it this way I at least have the advantage of it being for other uses too.
I lasted around 3 hours last night than gave up. Working early morning shift so I needed to get proper sleep. By 2am I took it off so I can be comfortable and get some sleep. My nose hurts from it and has zits now. This whole thing is affecting my mental health and going to be a long brutal new normal for me... I know sleep apnea can eventually affect the heart so guess I need to decide what's more important, my heart or my mental health. I can only pick one...
I do want to see an ENT though, I want a better in depth diagnosis of what is causing it, and then look at what surgical options I have. I may also want to get a second opinion and a second sleep test, just to make sure I even actually have it. Maybe I just had a bad night that one time. I hate to have the rest of my life decided on a single night of sleep that is in a less than ideal setting and having to sleep on my back. I hope I can get a sleep study where I can sleep on my side.
Red Squirrel
No Lifer
sdifox
No Lifer
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Many years ago I got home to a pissed off roommate. He called me into the laundry room and told me that he had just got back from swimming and threw his vans in the dryer to dry them real quick. He pulled his bloody shoes out of the dryer and told me I was gonna have to pay for them because my cat was in the dryer when he put his shoes in. My cat was in the dryer covered in blood with few broken floppy legs dead as fuck.
MY fiancée ( now wife ) saved his ass. Last time I saw the guy he was sleeping in his car. He sure as fuck wasn't living in my house.
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