IMPACT! MINIATURES

skatingtortoise · Joined: 13 Aug 2006 Posts: 140

any painted pics of how these look?

im thinking of mixing them with these: http://www.maxmini.eu/store/index...o&cPath=12&products_id=53

Dark Lord · Joined: 23 May 2006 Posts: 2682

Dark Lord is drowning in catch-up!

I had some problems with my cpap machine and it really rocked me. One of the disadvantages to having been diagnoses and treated for sleep apnea is when that treatment isn't working correctly you aren't used to functioning in that state. For the last month or so I have been a zombie; a cranky zombie! And last week I finally went and got a new sleep study done, just waiting on the results so I can get my machine calibrated.

Right now I am estimating that I will have them all painted and photographed by early Feb. It is a priority because Tom was kind enough to give me these on the condition that I paint them! Eeeek!

The work load for the last month has piled up fast!

And then there's the fact that driving has been risky at best.

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skatingtortoise · Joined: 13 Aug 2006 Posts: 140

group hug!

didnt want to heckle, glad to hear youre on the mend rather than the reverse, and that youre as perky as ever ;)

although now i have an image of a bionic zombie dark lord. i must make a team!

Dark Lord · Joined: 23 May 2006 Posts: 2682

I have this.

I would like to have this.

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Thom · Joined: 27 May 2007 Posts: 284

I use the Swift 2 mask myself. I am bearded so getting a mask to seal is difficult, the Swift 2 uses nasal pillows, fitting on the upper lip to the nose.

I still fight with it now and then, but I am getting used to my APAP. (Adjusting Positive Air Pressure) It monitors my breathing and adjusts it's output accordingly, it also has EPR, (Exhaust Pressure Relief) which cuts back pressure when you exhale.
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Dark Lord · Joined: 23 May 2006 Posts: 2682

Yeah, I have that on my machine. C-Flex technology or whatever. I use a full face mask because I have some sinus problems and a deviated septum. I've been popped in the nose a couple times.

I can hear you guys now..."Not you, DL!"

I was just scribed a positive pressure of 18,

and apparently I stopped breathing an average of 60 times a minute.

I'm well in the severe range.

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skatingtortoise · Joined: 13 Aug 2006 Posts: 140

i hope this isnt a painting related problem...

Dark Lord · Joined: 23 May 2006 Posts: 2682

Well it can really interrupt painting! I have fallen asleep with brush in hand more times than I can count. I've had to strip and repaint minis several times because I fell asleep and dropped them onto the palette or the brush slipped across its face or some other stupidity.

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Darkson · Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 1:10 am Post subject:

My wife wants me to go to the doctors about my breathing at night. She says (and I have no reason to doubt her) that when I'm deep asleep, I stop breathing for 2, 3 or 4 minutes at a time (at which point she nudges me to make sure I'm still alive). Thing is, it doesn't make me tired - I feel like I get a good nights sleep.
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Dark Lord · Joined: 23 May 2006 Posts: 2682

You may not realize it. I went 15 years or so not realizing it. My GF's and others told me about it but I ignored it. I didn't really even have a problem staying awake until around 2001 or so when I went back to school and gained weight rapidly. As soon as I stopped "working" for a living I ballooned up out of control and the doctors said it was partially due to sleep apnea. (It was also partially due to my "beer & pizza" lifestyle no longer being offset by working in a steel mill

)

However, it's more than just about a good night's sleep. It's hard on your heart, and can cause all sorts of other problems like high blood pressure, cardiovascular disease, memory problems, weight gain, impotency, headaches, personality disturbances, and sudden death!

Get it looked at!

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Thom · Joined: 27 May 2007 Posts: 284

I was experiencing 173 events an hour, thats a pause in breathing of ten seconds or more per event. The PAP (Positive Air Pressure) prevents me from snoring and the A (adjustable part) cranks up the pressure automatically if I do pause. My father lives with one as well, in fact he has had his for roughly fifteen years now.
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skatingtortoise · Joined: 13 Aug 2006 Posts: 140

so...will they work with these heads or not? :P

Mad Jackal · Joined: 04 Apr 2006 Posts: 240

Dark Lord · Joined: 23 May 2006 Posts: 2682

MJ, you're a choker too?!

Well that's proof that you don't have to be chubby, eh?

I just got the call from my results from my current test, and to set up an appointment. They said that they probably are gonna up me from a CPAP with C-Flex to a Bi-PAP.

And that my recommended pressure was "very high" and that I'd have to talk to my doctor about it.

So hearing that I did a dumb thing. See awhile back, I figured out how to adjust the pressure on my machine, so I went in there and cranked up from 15 to 19 and made my C-Flex a 3.

Now I feel like I have a bruised chest...which I probably do!

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The Warden · Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 9:25 pm Post subject: