Posted by KM on October 14, 2003 at 18:30:46:

I was talking to the administrator of the Garden City sleep disorder clinic here in the Detroit area, and she posed a novel solution to a problem that perhaps some of you share.

I know we are not supposed to be drinking alcohol, since we have apnea, but with us being imperfect creatures (and my having a fondness for the robust flavors of some of the Euro beers), I do drink about two per night with dinner.

So this gal suggested that, when I come in for a titration, I bring the beers with me and drink them in the sleep room like I normnally would, so that that the titration can take that into account when discerning what pressure corrects the apnea.

Anyone ever hear of this? It struck me as a boldly flexible and wonderfully common-sense solution in an area where rigidity sometimes reigns.

I guess the logic is that, if you're going to have two beers every night, your pressure should be set to accomodate that.

On a related topic -- I guess if you drink two beers and have an Auto-Pap, theoretically, that machine would sense whatever pressure level you need on that particular night.

Or if you drank four beers, ditto.

Again, yes, I know we are not supposed to be drinking, but that's easier for some people to elimnate that from their diet than it is for others

Follow Ups:

• Re: alcohol and titration Ray_WA 03:06 10/15/03 (3)
  • Re: alcohol and titration ecodreamer 22:52 10/15/03 (2)
    • Re: alcohol and titration Ray_WA 01:48 10/16/03 (1)
      • Re: alcohol and titration ecodreamer 19:20 10/16/03 (0)

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