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by ozij
Thu Apr 25, 2024 9:50 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Medicare requires repeated new split study? After 15 years of cpap use.
Replies: 9
Views: 466

Re: Medicare requires repeated new split study? After 15 years of cpap use.

I seem to only have mild apnea compared to some of you, only 83 AHI. It has been 13+ years since my split night study. 10 years since my Complex apnea study. I agree that Kaiser is a good place to go to die. I bought a used Resmed Aircurve ASV last October and my Medicare Advantage plan reimbursed ...
by ozij
Thu Apr 25, 2024 9:12 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Too much brain fog to sort this out - heading in right direction or no?
Replies: 2
Views: 87

Re: Too much brain fog to sort this out - heading in right direction or no?

Your maximum pressure is too low for when you need it. Look at the way your flow limitations and snores drive the pressure up to 15 (or - any lower max) and it sticks there, without improving your breathing. On the charts you posted, these indications of obstruction appear about 1.5 to 2 hours after...
by ozij
Wed Apr 17, 2024 10:34 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Please help me on my situation
Replies: 16
Views: 7236

Re: Please help me on my situation

The doctor gave it up due to obstructive sleep apnea. My AHI was 21.5. He said you don't need an Auto CPAP, CPAP is ok for you. If you ask why 7, I do some experiments on pressure and EPR. I tried 7 yesterday with 3 EPR. How did the doctor diagnose the obstructive sleep apnea? How did he decide on ...
by ozij
Wed Apr 17, 2024 8:37 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Please help me on my situation
Replies: 16
Views: 7236

Re: Please help me on my situation

erolalper wrote:
Wed Apr 17, 2024 6:13 am
I am 45 years old with 80kg. height and 170cm weight. Doctor gave me the cpap machine with 8 pressur 5 years ago. But I use the machine for only 4 months.
Then why is your machine at 7?
And why did the doc give you that machine?
by ozij
Wed Apr 17, 2024 8:36 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Please help me on my situation
Replies: 16
Views: 7236

Re: Please help me on my situation

Rubicon wrote:
Wed Apr 17, 2024 7:03 am
erolalper wrote:
Wed Apr 17, 2024 6:13 am
...80kg. height and 170cm weight.
Yeah, metric system confuses me too.
Au contraire... but Google does a great job when I need to convert from imperial to metric...
by ozij
Wed Apr 17, 2024 5:46 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Please help me on my situation
Replies: 16
Views: 7236

Re: Please help me on my situation

How old are you?
What's your weight?
Who prescribed CPAP and why?

Look at the change in your chart starting at 4 AM.
1) There's a sudden drop in how much air you're breathing
2) This gets even worse at 5:30 and you start snoring.
3) You also start leaking at the same time.
by ozij
Mon Apr 15, 2024 10:13 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Journey to Optimizing my CPAP Settings!
Replies: 5
Views: 3717

Re: Journey to Optimizing my CPAP Settings!

Will moving to min 9 really make a big difference? I am considering that positional apnea maybe a big issue. Thanks for the info! Yes it will. The median pressure reported by your machine is usually close to 9, which means you're spending half the night at 9 or above. That also means that, for the ...
by ozij
Fri Apr 12, 2024 9:05 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: making adjustments
Replies: 32
Views: 7760

Re: making adjustments

For some reason, I thought you were using the N20.

Here is a bunch of N30 mask fit videos, I hope some will help.

https://resmed.gallery.video/hcp-video- ... -cpap-mask
by ozij
Thu Apr 11, 2024 2:27 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: making adjustments
Replies: 32
Views: 7760

Re: making adjustments

When I get up to go to the bathroom, sometimes it takes a long time to get it right on my face again. I think it's OK and then it's not. This can go on for quite awhile. That's what bothers me. Don't take the mask off when you go to the bathroom. Use the tube's elbow quick disconnect to leave the h...
by ozij
Wed Apr 10, 2024 9:01 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: making adjustments
Replies: 32
Views: 7760

Re: making adjustments

OK, so for real, how much leakage is typical and nothing to be concerned about? .....ANY leak (no matter how big or how small or how prolonged) is unwanted IF IT DISTURBS SOMEONE's sleep. What she said: .....ANY leak (no matter how big or how small or how prolonged) is unwanted IF IT DISTURBS SOMEO...
by ozij
Tue Apr 09, 2024 9:38 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: UARS and CA events... time for an ASV?
Replies: 7
Views: 1638

Re: UARS and CA events... time for an ASV?

There is not enough information in the graphs you've posted. You have made a series of statements. You have come to conclusions based on your statements. You give us no data that will help check the correctness of your statements or conclusions. Why were you prescribed a CPAP? What were its original...
by ozij
Mon Apr 08, 2024 12:37 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Help with Oscar
Replies: 49
Views: 28458

Re: Help with Oscar

Hi Ana (and thanks Pugsy!) Ana, on Tuesday, 2 April you wrote: Thank you very much for your prompt answer. Following your advice I'll set de machine to pressure 10-11. And the ramp to 7 as I have no trouble falling asleep and see if it works better for me. But actually, you did neither of them. The ...
by ozij
Wed Apr 03, 2024 3:45 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: No humidity mouth taping but still leaking
Replies: 15
Views: 7894

Re: No humidity mouth taping but still leaking

Just tuck your lips in.
Don't wrinkle, don't stretch.
The process for me is:
Lip balm
Fold lips in
Put tape on, making sure the corners of my mouth are properly covered
Relax lips - tape keeps them from opening, and that's what I want.


Very similar the way vandownbytheriver does it.