TexasT's House

[technovapir]

Good Evening! I'm just reading to catch up...Cookies sound good...perhaps I'll go buy some...my kitchen is too hot to cook in tonight!

 

[TexasT]

Salem knows my address and I'm sure she needs someone to test those cookies!!

She might as well send the cookies to you and me Nursie T.

Doesn't sound like SecondChance is going to get any of them ....

TT

 

[TexasT]

Hey Nursie T,

I wanted to ask you.

That CPAP, will it help any with the breathlessness I've been experiencing or is it just to help one sleep better and get oxygenated better?

TT

 

[salemgold]

At this rate I am starting to wonder if AG will ever see them lol

 

[tgcrna]

Well, I'm always willing to do my part and test out cookies. Just to make sure they are OK for others, you know.

 

[TexasT]

At this rate I am starting to wonder if AG will ever see them lol

Not likely, but I'm here defending Texas!

TT

 

[TexasT]

Well, I'm always willing to do my part and test out cookies. Just to make sure they are OK for others, you know.

Your such a wonderful Nurse.

Always concerned about everyone else!

TT

 

[TexasT]

Hiya techno,

Hey, I wanted to tell you ... I've seen BladeRunner advertised on TV but I thought it was about a punk kid on roller skates and never watched it.

I will now!!!

TT

 

[salemgold]

Hiya techno,

Hey, I wanted to tell you ... I've seen BladeRunner advertised on TV but I thought it was about a punk kid on roller skates and never watched it.

I will now!!!

TT

 

[TexasT]

I'm serious!!

That's what I thought it was about!

You gotta remember I'm an old fart!

TT

 

[technovapir]

TT, if you like Harrison Ford, the future, and hot women, you'll like Blade Runner!
There's no roller skaters in it.
It's about a cop hunting down androids gone bad.
And hot women.
And if you watch the director's cut, there's a unicorn in it too.

 

[TexasT]

TT, if you like Harrison Ford, the future, and hot women, you'll like Blade Runner!

Yeah ... I like all three ... and ice cream!

TT

 

[SecondChance]

Lol T, hey tech.... I never get the good stuff anyway T... so it goes when you are onery! I guess..

SC

 

[technovapir]

Lol T, hey tech.... I never get the good stuff anyway T... so it goes when you are onery! I guess..SC

Hey, I'm ornery (and I believe a "brat" as has been established...) ... and I AlwaYs get the good stuff!

 

[tgcrna]

Hey Nursie T,

I wanted to ask you.

That CPAP, will it help any with the breathlessness I've been experiencing or is it just to help one sleep better and get oxygenated better?

TT

It will make you feel better overall, TT! Your body needs oxygen to function properly, and you are NOT getting the oxygen you need. In proportion to the lack of oxygen, you are getting a build-up of CO2 (carbon dioxide) which is not good for you, either. Too little oxygen and too much CO2 affect ALL of your systems, all the way to the cellular level. I believe you will have so much more energy and feel so much better when you start getting the O2 you need. As far as the breathlessness....I'm not sure?? Two main reasons for breathlessness are lung problems and heart problems. Your doc said your heart valve wasn't "as bad" as he was afraid. So I'm assuming your heart checked out OK otherwise? No mention of Congestive Heart Failure? And as far as the lungs, have you been diagnosed with emphysema or COPD in the past?? So many factors to consider. But the body will try to take in more oxygen (increasing rate of breathing) if it perceives a lack of oxygen/increase in CO2 (as with OSA {obstructive sleep apnea}) so it may be that your breathlessness will also improve when you start wearing a CPAP.

 

[TexasT]

Lol T, hey tech.... I never get the good stuff anyway T... so it goes when you are onery! I guess..

SC

Ornery, ornery, ornery,ornery, ornery ...!!!!

TT

 

[salemgold]

Very good info Tg! Now see TT that is why you must wear the mask when you get it!

 

[TexasT]

It will make you feel better overall, TT! Your body needs oxygen to function properly, and you are NOT getting the oxygen you need. In proportion to the lack of oxygen, you are getting a build-up of CO2 (carbon dioxide) which is not good for you, either. Too little oxygen and too much CO2 affect ALL of your systems, all the way to the cellular level. I believe you will have so much more energy and feel so much better when you start getting the O2 you need. As far as the breathlessness....I'm not sure?? Two main reasons for breathlessness are lung problems and heart problems. Your doc said your heart valve wasn't "as bad" as he was afraid. So I'm assuming your heart checked out OK otherwise? No mention of Congestive Heart Failure? And as far as the lungs, have you been diagnosed with emphysema or COPD in the past?? So many factors to consider. But the body will try to take in more oxygen (increasing rate of breathing) if it perceives a lack of oxygen/increase in CO2 (as with OSA {obstructive sleep apnea}) so it may be that your breathlessness will also improve when you start wearing a CPAP.

The doctor says I don't have Congestive Heart Failure and I haven't been diagnosed with COPD or emphysema. Of course, after smoking for 55 years that wouldn't come as any huge surprise.

I do need to lose some weight, but that has accumulated largely due to the inactivity/breathlessness. I used to exercise two to four hours every day and was pretty active.

I do have a total blockage of one carotid artery but the other one is in real good shape.

That's all I know of ....

TT

 

[TexasT]

Very good info Tg! Now see TT that is why you must wear the mask when you get it!

Yes dear.

Now can I have a cookie?

TT

 

[salemgold]

Yes dear.

Now can I have a cookie?

TT

I might have to send you one I can tell you only from my experience that I was winded easily before I started wearing my cpap so it really may help you Of course I was smoking back then but not over weight