Re: Overnight Oximetry moleskin

[Guest guest]

You are going to love this. Walgreens sells moleskin in sheets that you can cut

to fit. You can find it back with the footcare products. It is like $2.89 or

something. It has a sticky back that stays put in the mask and can be pulled

out and replaced when needed.

I'm pretty sure CVS and other places sell it as well.

It is not the mask itself, just something soft and simple that sticks in it.

There is a thin sheet and a thicker sheet if you prefer.

Happy hunting!

S, Lubbock, TX

NSIP w/PF 12/2006 et al

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> > From: brucemoreland <brucemoreland@ gmail.com>

> > Subject: Overnight Oximetry

> > To: Breathe-Support@ yahoogroups. com

> > Date: Friday, August 21, 2009, 1:41 PM

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> > Sometimes I just like to toss out reminders, not knowing how many new

> > people we have who haven't seen discussions on such topics.

> >

> > Everyone with PF should have periodic overnight oximetry tests done.

> > It's simple. They drop a machine off. You hook up to it when you

> go to

> > bed. They pick it up tomorrow. They also can do 24 hour oximetry too.

> > This is the only way to know your saturation while asleep. It will

> > change as you progress too. When I was diagnosed and initially

> checked

> > over 25% of my sleep time I was below 90%. Think about this. No

> matter

> > what I might have done during the day to keep saturated, I was

> spending

> > 2 hours undersaturated every night. On 2 lpm I am only under 90% less

> > than 0.1% of the time and only for seconds now. I was just

> retested and

> > still good. My PH doctor (the one who found out I don't have PH

> > thankfully) recommends them every six months. Nothing else you do can

> > tell you. Not CT's, not

> > PFT's, not checking your oximeter during the

> > day.

> >

> > In addition to harming you and putting you at risk for PH, the

> > undersaturation also greatly worsens your quality of sleep.

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