Woo Hoo! A diagnosis!

[Skylar]

My main question is, how do you get your sinuses moisturized without a humidifier?  I use saline solution regularly.  My bedroom is too large for a portable humidifier to work properly.  Does steam work for anyone?  I've thought of buying one of those personal steam-machines that you can stick your face into.

My husband has been kicked out of bed twice this week because of my snoring (which I never did before this).  Would seeing an ENT help?

I'm glad to be back here with my friends.

MB

I forgot to answer the rest of your questions, I was so busy congratulating you on your Dx. LOL

I used to have sleep apnea and one of the things I truly miss was it was a personal humidifier too - in other words, while it blew air to keep my passage ways open, it also blew just the right amount of moisture (adjustable). I don't miss being tethered to that ugly machine at night nor do I miss lugging it along on trips filling half my suitcase - but I do miss the humidification directed to exactly where I needed it. If your snoring is so loud that your poor DH had to relocate to sleep, you should ask to have a sleep apnea test to see if you have it - it's a serious and even deadly problem that needs to be treated if you do suffer from sleep apnea. Your PCP or ENT can order one. I now use a Crane humidifier - it's a blue penguin LOL - it was on sale at Target. When I travel, please don't laugh, but I'll wet a wash clothe and wring it out so it's damp - and sleep with that on my face at night for the extra humidity it adds.

My Opthalomologist told me to keep my Restasis in the fridge and I find cold eye drops easier on the eyes - actually soothing. Like the others, if my eyes are toooooo dry, I use otc drops first - but I try to let a good 15 minutes or so go by because I don't want to dilute the Restasis.

[jasonsmith]

What Relative Humidity setting is recommended? I know too much humidity and you have problems with dust mites and mold.

50% is the max humidity you should have indoors, Jason.

http://www.epa.gov/iaq/pubs/humidif.html

Well, I was planning on getting a full room humidifier for my bedroom as my room/house feels real dry. I got a Hygrometer and found the relative humidity hangs right around 55% in my bedroom.

So, I guess it would be better to get a small humidifier to blow at the head of my bed vs. a full room humidifier?

[Narablueeyes]

Do you use a CPAP machine by chance?

Hi Patze--

No, I've never had a snoring/apnea issue before.  It's always been my husband who has had to have his sinuses scraped out!

MB

I do but I hate to say this, this past year I've been VERY inconsistent with it's use.  I keep telling myself to get on the ball but I keep finding myself sleeping upstairs in my recliner more and more and it's downstairs. 

[Patze]

Oh my Nara, you keep finding yourself sleeping more and more in your recliner upstairs and it's located downstairs?  Okay, thought I was missing something there...well I am, but you didn't hear that from me!!!!  

Can you get a second machine?  I have two just because I find myself sleeping in a couple of different spots at night and I'll never know until I lay down which one I'll use (it takes a toll on my supplies for them, but eh, it could be worse).

What kind of mask are you using?  I like the smaller the better, less "blowout's"...I have enough trouble sleeping.


Patze

[Narablueeyes]

Oh my Nara, you keep finding yourself sleeping more and more in your recliner upstairs and it's located downstairs?  Okay, thought I was missing something there...well I am, but you didn't hear that from me!!!!  

Can you get a second machine?  I have two just because I find myself sleeping in a couple of different spots at night and I'll never know until I lay down which one I'll use (it takes a toll on my supplies for them, but eh, it could be worse).

What kind of mask are you using?  I like the smaller the better, less "blowout's"...I have enough trouble sleeping.


Patze

I could easily bring it upstairs but just never thought about it until I was way past gone.  I use the blu-gel mask but wanting to try the nasal pads.   If I tuck the tube under the covers with me and set it to 1 1/2 - 2, then I don't have any condensation issues.