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- Fri Sep 21, 2018 5:43 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Four months in, needing help interpreting data
- Replies: 22
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Re: Four months in, needing help interpreting data
Thanks for the suggestion, jas-williams. I did purchase a foam cervical collar when I first started apap therapy. It was just one from Walgreens - one size fits most - but not me. I have a very skinny neck and the collar overlapped a lot making it very uncomfortable. It was also very hot! I haven't ...
- Fri Sep 21, 2018 1:21 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Four months in, needing help interpreting data
- Replies: 22
- Views: 9404
Re: Four months in, needing help interpreting data
Hi All: I wanted to post an update on my progress and seek additional advice. First thank you to all who have posted suggestions and to others who have helped as I have read the range of posts on the forum. Changes I have made and result: 1. switched to P10 nasal pillows with my own adaptation. Appa...
- Mon May 14, 2018 2:02 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Mouth guards?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1163
Re: Mouth guards?
I am one of those people for whom a mandibular advancement device (MAD) worked very well for a period of 15 years. At that time of my original sleep study, my AHI was below 8, but my oxygen levels would drop to the low 80's once during the night (confirmed with two separate over-night in hospital sl...
- Tue Apr 24, 2018 9:27 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Seeking help with full face mask
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3412
Seeking help with full face mask
Hello All: I am hoping that some you forum experts can give me advice regarding full face masks. I continue to search for a full face mask that will fit my slender face and petite head. I am currently using the Resmed N20 nasal mask -but to make it work, I need to use a chin strap and tape my mouth ...
- Sun Apr 15, 2018 3:35 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Narrow Nasal Passages - getting desparate
- Replies: 18
- Views: 21828
Re: Narrow Nasal Passages - getting desparate
Just to add another thought. I had severe congestion after starting apap. For me, higher humidity helped, but also 1. make sure you are drinking plenty of water, especially early in the day 2. Do you think you might have a sensitivity to the preservatives in most saline sprays? I did and switching t...
- Sun Apr 15, 2018 10:26 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Four months in, needing help interpreting data
- Replies: 22
- Views: 9404
Re: Four months in, needing help interpreting data
Hi Pugsy: Good idea! My DME has been most unhelpful :cry: . However, I think I can get the Dr. Office to order it for me. I have had to sic the Dr. Office on the DME several times already - DME can't seem to look beyond the AHI number which has been low from day one even tho I felt like a truck had ...
- Sun Apr 15, 2018 9:49 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Four months in, needing help interpreting data
- Replies: 22
- Views: 9404
Re: Four months in, needing help interpreting data
Thanks Pugsy! I was coming to that conclusion myself. I wasn't sure whether having such an active flow limitation graph was perhaps resulting in low O2 levels. Do you think it would benefit me to get O2 readings for a night or two? (I would have to get an oxometer and figure out how to use it :? - n...
- Sun Apr 15, 2018 9:14 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Four months in, needing help interpreting data
- Replies: 22
- Views: 9404
Re: Four months in, needing help interpreting data
Hi Pugsy: I don't think I sleep on my back much at all. I mostly sleep on my right side. Sometimes will shift to left, but that side isn't as comfortable for me. I usually fall asleep on my right side and if I awake in the night I am still on my right side. I used to be a restless sleeper (probably ...
- Sun Apr 15, 2018 8:15 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Four months in, needing help interpreting data
- Replies: 22
- Views: 9404
Re: Four months in, needing help interpreting data
Hi All: Last night I upped the maximum pressure to 18 (from 15) with the thought of trying out the machine max at 20 tonight. I had alot of mask leaks - this time I think the leaks woke me up twice as I remember two separate dreams which I don't usually recall. I did experience some minor aerophagia...
- Sat Apr 14, 2018 6:01 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Four months in, needing help interpreting data
- Replies: 22
- Views: 9404
Re: Four months in, needing help interpreting data
Hi All: I will increase the maximum - leaving minimum at 10. I think I will feel more comfortable going up to say 17.5 and then up to 20 on succeeding nights. With the higher pressure do you think that it might trigger either more centrals or aerophagia (something I fortunately haven't had to deal w...
- Sat Apr 14, 2018 3:22 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Four months in, needing help interpreting data
- Replies: 22
- Views: 9404
Re: Four months in, needing help interpreting data
Oops! - Sorry about that - I have fixed the sleepyhead data page so my screenshot will be larger in the future. I have been a bit afraid of increasing the minimum past 10 (had to really convince my Dr. to let me go to 10 at my compliance appointment) for fear of triggering more leaks. However, I wil...
- Sat Apr 14, 2018 1:59 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Four months in, needing help interpreting data
- Replies: 22
- Views: 9404
Four months in, needing help interpreting data
Hi All: I am now nearly four months into this apap journey and have appreciated all of the help I have received from forum members. I would be lost in the fog without all of you. I am posting sleepyhead screen shots of 3 recent nights. I am most concerned about the flow limitation graph - it seems s...
- Wed Apr 11, 2018 3:37 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: dreamTAP oral Sleep Apnea Device
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1032
Re: dreamTAP oral Sleep Apnea Device
I was really surprised to search the forums and find no mention of this device. (http://www.oralartsdental.com/dreamtap/) If there is even a chance this thing works I want to take it. I cant stop struggling after 2 years and would do anything to get off cpap. Anyone had success with this?? Hi Daisy...
- Fri Mar 16, 2018 8:50 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Should be sleeping, but ...
- Replies: 24
- Views: 6224
Re: Should be sleeping, but ...
Hi Sarah: Regarding your nasal congestion, I have found the following to be helpful. 1. Be sure you are really hydrated - big glass of water first thing in the morning and at regular intervals thru the day. 2. I echo the saline rinses, but found that I seem to be sensitive to the preservative used i...
- Sun Mar 04, 2018 3:10 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Respironics DreamWear Full Face Mask Review
- Replies: 102
- Views: 54151
Re: Respironics DreamWear Full Face Mask Review
Hi Pugsy: I am still in the hunt for a ffm that will fit my face without too much leaking. I did try the Amara view, but had to use the medium cushion to fit my nose. However the rest of my face is more petite than my nose and I couldn't control the leaks around the chin. In your opinion, would this...