New CPAP machine
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New CPAP machine

This week I took delivery of a new CPAP machine. I’ve had my original CPAP machine for seven years and it’s been kept running on gaff tape.

New CPAP machine

CPAP machine

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I’ve snored loudly for as long as I can remember. There have been times when I’ve woken myself up because of how loud my snoring is. As you’d expect, anyone in close proximity cannot help but notice my snoring.

Soon after moving to Canberra, the first spring informed me physically that Canberra is possibly the worst place in the world to live if you suffer from allergic rhinitis (hay fever), I started to wonder if I had sleep apnœa. I was experiencing extreme tiredness and exhaustion, I was falling asleep during the day, I couldn’t think straight, I felt like I had brain fog, and I felt like I never got a good night’s sleep.

I’d also started measuring my own blood pressure and noted it was elevated. I went to see a GP and along with medication for hypertension, I was referred to a respiratory physician for a sleep study.

The sleep study didn’t reveal sleep apnœa, that is, no periods of apnœa of more than ten seconds, however, the study revealed a problem with multiple hypopnœas. In that one evening, there was a record of more than thirty episodes of irregular breathing with apnœa for up to ten seconds. So while I technically do not have sleep apnœa, the respiratory physician recommended I try a CPAP machine.

CPAP machines work by supplying a continuous stream of air under positive pressure through the nose to artificially force air into the lungs. In doing so, it maintains a patent airway and inhibits snoring and ensures regular apnœa-free breathing through the night.

My first CPAP machine was about the size of a large shoebox. Half of it was the water bath so the machine can heat water and use humidified air in the tubing.

Over seven years, the machine has performed well but the tubing has sprung leaks and the water tank has oxidised severely. I’m using gaff tape to cover holes and help with the tube joins.

The new CPAP machine is smaller and lighter. It’s more compact. It also has an inbuilt sim card which collects my personal private information and provides me with feedback each morning on the nature of my sleep, the mask seal quality, and any sleep episodes.

The automatic ramping of pressure and humidification of air works really well and so far I’m pretty happy.

It’s not a cheap problem to have though. Rather than fork out for up front purchase and ownership, I’ve elected to make monthly payments over 36 months.

What have I watched this week?

Stargate SG-1

In the line of duty

Captain Carter’s body is invaded by a symbiote and it turns out this symbiote is very different to the rest of Goa’uld.

Star Trek: Deep Space 9

The Magnificent Ferengi

I want to know what syrup of squill tastes like.

National Rugby League

I’m still struggling to come to terms with how the Brisbane Broncos were eliminated from the NRL finals.

What have I listened to this week?

With the release of iOS 13.0 this week, the technology podcasts like Mac OS Ken have been providing useful information on the changes in the operating system for the Apple iPhone range.

I’m using an iPhone 7 Plus at the moment. I noticed with the update to iOS 13.0 that the battery life on this handset has deteriorated significantly.

What have I eaten and photographed this week?

Videos

Photographs

This is a gallery of photographs. Click on one image and scroll through the rest of them.

You’ll see photographs of the Owl Statue. I’ve been feeling well enough to resume walking in the mornings.

  • Sunday tea. Fish and chips. Baked ling in a bag with corn, cauliflower cheese, and kale chips. Ling, Butter, Kale, Corn, Cauliflower, Cheese #yummylummy #foodphotography #lowcarb #noaddedsugar G’day food lovers I made fish and chips tonight. I took a tip from a member of the Cooking for one Facebook group and betrayed Coles by going to Woolworths. I bought a piece of ling in a bag with some parsley and herb butter. I baked it for 12 minutes at 170 °C as per the instructions. I also made corn, cauliflower cheese, and kale chips. The corn and cauliflower florets were cooked for 40 minutes and then I added some Coles smoky cheese slices to the cauliflower plus some Queensland nut oil squirted kale leaves. I cooked for a further 12 minutes while the ling was baking. I don’t normally like ling because it’s tasteless, but this tasted pretty good. The best thing about ling is that it’s nearly half the cost of salmon. Have a good one.
  • Celery, Carrot, Dates, and Tasmanian Heritage triple cream brie
  • Tuesday tea. Leftover salmon and cabbage soup with laksa flavours. Video at https://youtu.be/9vn9Q_QPJpM #yummylummy #foodphotography #lowcarb #noaddedsugar Salmon, Cabbage, Kale, Spring onion, Red onion, Coriander, Lemon juice, Laksa paste, Coconut cream G’day food lovers Last night, I made a salmon and cabbage soup with laksa flavours. I have leftovers because I attended a lecture tonight on the bioethics of public health surveillance. I started with sautéing kale leaves, red cabbage and sugarloaf cabbage to which I added about a cup of water and a couple of tablespoons of laksa paste. I stirred everything through until the paste had dissolved and the water began to boil. I turned the heat down and allowed the cabbage to simmer and absorb the flavours from the laksa paste. I poured in a tin of coconut cream and the juice of a lemon and stirred bringing the pan to a simmer again. I then tossed in the salmon and stirred until the salmon had changed colour on the outside. I then added in the sliced roots and stems of the coriander and turned the heat off. I let the soup sit for a few minutes and then tossed in the spring onion, red onion, and coriander leaves. I ladled the soup into a bowl and put the remainder into a Tupperware™ container for tonight. I reheated the soup using microwave radiation for 3 minutes.
  • Celery, Carrot, Dates, and Coon™
  • Thursday tea. MEATER™ chicken with cabbage and kale #yummylummy #foodphotography #lowcarb #noaddedsugar Chicken, Cabbage, Kale G’day food lovers Tonight I cooked everything in one container. I used my MEATER™ wireless meat thermometer to cook a piece of chicken guided by the MEATER™ app on a tablet device. I had the chicken on a rack over a baking tray. In the baking tray I had a little water plus sugarloaf cabbage, red cabbage, and green kale. These vegetables cooked in the juices the chicken was releasing during cooking. I had dry brined the chicken overnight by drying the skin with paper towel and then salting the skin liberally with iodised salt and allowing it to rest in uncovered in the refrigerator. This ensured nice crispy chicken skin.
  • Tomato and chicken soup and Bundaberg Ginger beer
  • The Owl Statue on Thursday morning
  • Wednesday tea. MEATER™ chicken, corn, avocado, and tomato. #yummylummy #foodphotography #lowcarb #noaddedsugar Chicken, Corn, Avocado, Tomatoes G’day food lovers Tonight I cooked my chook with my MEATER™ wireless meat thermometer according to the MEATER™ app. At the same time I cooked a small corn cob. I served the meal with some butter, avocado, and cherry tomatoes.
  • Celery, Carrot, Dates, and Tasmanian Heritage Triple Cream Brie
  • CPAP machine unboxing
  • The Owl Statue on Wednesday morning
  • Westfield Belconnen
  • The Owl Statue on Saturday morning
  • Friday tea. Takeaway fish, potato scallops, prawn cutlets, and coleslaw. #yummylummy #foodphotography #takeaway Coleslaw, Fish, Kale sprouts, Potato scallops, Prawn cutlets G’day food lovers Tonight I had a craving for battered fish and some potato scallops. I went to Jamison Takeaway and asked for a piece of battered fish, two potato scallops, two prawn cutlets, and a small container of coleslaw. The good people of Jamison Takeaway regularly do that thing that high quality fish and chip shop owners do, they give you an extra potato scallop. I added some baked kale sprouts because a friend mentioned there wasn’t enough green on my plate last night. I’ve come to accept the people of Victoria call potato scallops potato cakes. I mean it’s not their fault they’ve never known the joy of living somewhere decent like anywhere in Queensland or the Top End of Northern Australia. They have to settle for the crumby part of Australia. It’s also not their fault they don’t know the joy and happiness of following a real sport and proper form of football. You know what I mean right. Rugby league, the greatest game of all. Proper Australians call them potato scallops. Have a good one.
  • Hot chips
  • The Owl Statue on Friday morning
  • Tasmanian Heritage Triple Cream Brie, carrots, celery, dates, honey, and nutmeg

Yummy Lummy this week

Baked ling in a bag

Ling Kale Tomatoes Pinterest

The cookbook

Um, nope, no progress.

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Final thoughts

  • Do you snore?
  • Have you tried CPAP?
  • Are you an Apple iPhone user? Have you updated to iOS 13.0?

2 Replies to “New CPAP machine”

  1. I have never heard about this machine before Gary, but sent a link to your blog for a family member, as might be interested to try this one.
    Wish you a beautiful weekend 🙂

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