PUHJOMMIES
- Name: CPAPPER BUS DRIVER
- Age: 109
- Gender: Female
- Location: YUKYVILLE US
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STUFF 3-4-08
3-4-08 ~ is when my board went from EZboard to Yuku. The transition has not been a difficult one other than me now having 4 profiles that I
can't combine or eliminate and my post count being 20120 as of today (not the 18214 that's showing) . It could have been worse so I am
grateful. Hopefully, this is the last profile I will need to construct as this is the one that goes with the board and is really *for real* 
Not knowing I would be a board owner for those with sleep apnea & other related illnesses I'm surprised to say that indeed, I am ! I was officially
diagnosed with OSA in mid Oct. 2007 and I'm still having a lot of trouble getting an effective therapy to work. The amount of sleep I need/do is astounding
to me~ often 12-14 or more hours a day Pulmonary is working on it along with the Resp.Therapist. I'm a work in progress but at least I am starting to dream
a very little bit again. Basically, I've been more untreated than treated since Oct. 2007. No dreaming should have been a
clue for me as well as some other things that something was way out of order, but since I don't pay much attention to my aches and pains, I just over
looked a few important things. 
Apparently, I've had this condition for decades and now that it's been diagnosed it answers a lot of questions about health issues I've had and am
starting to have.... some reversible to a degree, others not at all. It took a near death ER session with a resulting hospitalization in June 07 to uncover
this condition as well as several other apnea related illnesses.
If you have been diagnosed with OSA, please visit the link I've left for the Apnea Support Forum. Once there, you will see many of my posts as
I've been an active member there, as well as many posts from my boards members, with my boards logo on their posts. Also, read the information found in the
Sleep Apnea section on this page. If you are interested in more info about it, PM me.
WHERE I PLAY THESE DAYS
SLEEP APNEA
During a 2 week hospitalization in June 2007 when I almost died, in addition to many other related aliments discovered, I was also pre-diagnosed
with sleep apnea by a very astute Dr. When I inquired about my double/triple vision it was discovered I had raging out of control diabetes - neither of which
were the reasons I was admitted.
***************************************************************** Here is a list of *some* effects from untreated sleep apnea:
The effects of untreated sleep apnea are severe and systemic and can be fatal. Some of them are; increased risk of heart attack and stroke,
increased blood pressure, heart arrhythmia's, nocturia (because the increased pressure in the right heart ventricle makes the body think there is too much
blood volume so urine is produced), headaches, fatigue (duh), memory and concentration problems, weight gain (sleep deprivation causes weight gain for several
physiological reasons, one being the alteration of the hormones leptin a ghrelin), apnea induced seizures, there is a link to diabetes, there is a link to
GERD, night sweats, depression, anxiety (each apneic event is a true suffocation and elicits the "Fright or Flight" adrenalin response),
Fibromyalgia-like symptoms, impotence, relationship and job issues, car accidents, etc.
There is a terrible feeling of tiredness, no energy, no willingness to do things...........more of a 'couldn't be bothered' attitude which is directly attributed to untreated apnea and/or thyroid problems.
If you are interested in learning more, please visit http://www.apneasupport.org/index.php ~ a support group where I am an active member .
Do not see an ENT. They are surgeons and the majority first recommend surgery which has an unacceptably low success rate, without a thorough noninvasive CPAP trial. See a pulmonologist, neurologist, psychiatrist, etc. with accreditation in sleep medicine from the American Board of Sleep Medicine, www.ABSM.org. Call the ABSM and they will locate someone near you.Here is where you can say HI
Wanna talk? Click here !
THINGS THAT MAKE ME GOhmmmm
~ 24/7 global incidents
http://www.globalincidentmap.com/home.php
That I posted all these yummy pictures of Bob... especially on a internet profile! Probably just a part of me doing it for some comedic value to relieve the stresses in my life?
WHAT THE *^^)@#%$@! IS GOING ON ? ? ?
LMAO
If you read this without laughing out loud, there is something wrong with you. This is dedicated to everyone who ever attempted to get into a regular workout routine.
Dear Diary,
For my birthday this year, my daughter (the dear) purchased a week of personal training at the local health club for me.
Although I am still in great shape since being a high school football cheerleader 43 years ago, I decided it would be a good idea to go ahead and give it a try.
I called the club and made my reservations with a personal trainer named Belinda, who identified herself as a 26-year-old aerobics instructor and model for athletic clothing and swim wear.
My daughter seemed pleased with my enthusiasm to get started! The club encouraged me to keep a diary to chart my progress.
MONDAY:
Started my day at 6:00 a.m. Tough to get out of bed, but found it was well worth it when I arrived at the health club to find Belinda waiting for me. She is something of a Greek goddess -- with blonde hair, dancing eyes and a dazzling white smile. Woo Hoo!! Belinda gave me a tour and showed me the machines. I enjoyed watching the skillful way in which she conducted her aerobics class after my workout today. Very inspiring! Belinda was encouraging as I did my sit-ups, although my gut was already aching from holding it in the whole time she was around. This is going to be a FANTASTIC week!
TUESDAY:
I drank a whole pot of coffee, but I finally made it out the door.
Belinda made me lie on my back and push a heavy iron bar into the air then she put weights on it! My legs were a little wobbly on the treadmill, but I made the full mile. Belinda's rewarding smile made it all worthwhile. I feel GREAT! It's a whole new life for me.
WEDNESDAY:
The only way I can brush my teeth is by laying the toothbrush on the counter and moving my mouth back a nd forth over it. I believe I have a hernia in both pectorals. Driving was OK as long as I didn't try to steer or stop. I parked on top of a GEO in the club parking lot.
Belinda was impatient with me, insisting that my screams bothered other club members. Her voice is a little too perky for early in the morning and when she scolds, she gets this nasally whine that is VERY annoying. My chest hurt when I got on the treadmill, so Belinda put me on the stair monster. Why the Hell would anyone invent a machine to simulate an activity rendered obsolete by elevators? Belinda told me it would help me get in shape and enjoy life. She said some other shit too.
THURSDAY:
Belinda was waiting for me with her vampire-like teeth exposed as her thin, cruel lips were pulled back in a full snarl. I couldn't help being a half an hour late, it took me that long to tie my shoes.
Belinda took me to work out with dumbbells. When she was not looking, I ran and hid in the restroom. She sent another skinny bitch to find me
Then, as punishment, she put me on the rowing machine -- which I sank.
FRIDAY:
I hate that bitch Belinda more than any human being has ever hated any other human being in the history of the world. Stupid, skinny, anemic, anorexic little cheerleader. If there was a part of my body I could move without unbearable pain, I would beat her with it.
Belinda wanted me to work on my triceps. I don't have any triceps! And if you don't want dents in the floor, don't hand me the damned barbells or anything that weighs more than a sandwich. The treadmill flung me off and I landed on a health and nutrition teacher.
Why couldn't it have been someone softer, like the drama coach or the choir director?
SATURDAY:
Belinda left a message on my answering machine in her grating, shrilly voice wondering why I did not show up today. Just hearing her made me want to smash the machine with my planner. However, I lacked the strength to even use the TV remote and ended up catching eleven straight hours of the Weather Channel.
SUNDAY:
I'm having the Church van pick me up for services today so I can go and thank GOD that this week is over. I will also pray that next year my daughter (the little shit) will choose a gift for me that is fun -- like a root canal or a hysterectomy.
I still say if God had wanted me to bend over, he would have sprinkled the floor with diamonds!!!
(Tina ~ Thanks for the laughs every time I read this)
THINGS THAT MAKE ME SMILE
Eventually, this
thread will fall off the OSA boards, but until then,it's still there and an enormous amount of fun was had with it which resulted in lots of nice/fun on
the boards as well as privately made comments. If you have the time and want a few groans and laughs, read about the Cabana Boy by clicking on the white link
below.
** My affair with the
Cabana Boy ~
an ongoing love story
PuhJommies 6073 Wed Nov 14, 2007 10:28 am
**note: This may only be funny to those who understand sleep apnea ? ? ?
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Speaking of Cabana Boys ~ aka the modern womans Viagra ~
O.M.G
Just O.M.F'n G.
It's been a long time since I've had just plain lust LMAO!
What a cutie... with just enough *Bad Boy* to make him really interesting..
About the only exercise I get these days
is looking at this eye candy!...
BUT.... I bet he could talk me into some exercise.
As a teen, I didn't even hang pictures in my room and now,
Thanks to Bob, I am now officially
a dirty old lady posting them in my profile on the internet LMAO !
Well, so much for daydreaming.... back to real life now ~
THINGS I LIKE
Train ride~ http://tinyurl.com/3djdss
Indian women~ http://tinyurl.com/3d4reb
A gift~ http://tinyurl.com/ys4wpe
A piece written by me~ http://tinyurl.com/2y74h9
polka dotted free spirit!
One year,(7-20-07) 7 hours, 40 minutes and 20 seconds.
14652 cigarettes not smoked, saving $2,959.86.
Life saved: 7 weeks, 1 day, 21 hours, 0 minutes.
One year, two months, four weeks, one day, 19 hours, 27 minutes and 20 seconds. 18272 cigarettes not smoked, saving $3,691.03.
Life saved: 9 weeks, 10 hours, 40 minutes.
QUOTES I LIKE
~*~ You have to let go of who you were to become who you will be.~*~
"The brick walls that are in our way are there for a reason. They're not there to keep us out. They are there to
give us a way to show how much we want it."
Time waits for no one ~
CS Lewis - "We are what we believe we are."
A half-truth is a whole lie ~ Yiddish Proverb
As the great philosopher Goethe said 'It's not so important where we stand, but the direction in which we are moving'. Human beings are usually at any time either getting better or worse. If you are getting better, excellent. If you are getting worse, then you know the direction in which you need to move.Believe.....In the Journey of Life..What appears to be an End...is Actually A New Beginning.
Those who say it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it -- Chinese Proverb
You attract into your life the person you are.
The only people you need in your life are the ones that prove they need you in
theirs.
Remember, you can't hug a porcupine.
Castles made of sand slip into the sea eventually.
If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always got...
Be willing to test your limits. Your current safe boundaries were once unknown frontiers
Oprah sez ~ being 60 years old is the new 40's.
Courage does not always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, "I will try again
tomorrow."
"We don't see things as they are; we see things as WE are." - Anais NinEvery time you are tempted to react in the same old way, ask if you want to be a prisoner of the past or a pioneer of the future. ~ Deepak Chopra ~
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COME VISIT ME
and say hi to Fuddy, Jack and I
This is Fuddy Rucker
and this is Jack
Russell 
Wild Turkeys on the front lawn ~
