Re: So...can't wait till Friday
Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2018 8:33 am
I just saw one onine for $150....$60 more if you want a cord. And, it was a used machine. No worries about hijacking
I just saw one onine for $150....$60 more if you want a cord. And, it was a used machine. No worries about hijacking
Yes this machine is an ASV it has no power supply, it does not have an auto adjusting epap that is fixed and set within the machine config you can set epap, min pressure support and max pressure support the machine does the rest.
Yes...it would qualify for the term ASV or NIV (non invasive ventilator) and can do what is needed to deal with central apnea.
Yes maam....it will breathe for you when/if you have a central. When you don't have a central pop up it works like a regular auto adjusting machine to deal the the obstructive side of your complex sleep apnea diagnosis.Barb (Seattle) wrote: ↑Mon Apr 16, 2018 8:32 amQuestion pugsy. the s9 you have...it will force me to breathe if I have a central..right?
still learning about these machines....
Barb (Seattle) wrote: ↑Mon Apr 16, 2018 8:32 amQuestion pugsy. the s9 you have...it will force me to breathe if I have a central..right?
still learning about these machines....
ahhh okPugsy wrote: ↑Mon Apr 16, 2018 9:53 amBarb...ASV machines can't "force" a person to breathe in the sense that a lot of people think of when they think machine breathing...most think of those ventilators you see in movies and a person has a hole in their throat and the machine (that is called an invasive machine because of the trach) is causing the lungs to expand and exhale. These NIV machines aren't that powerful and they can't force that much air into the lungs.
What they do is encourage your own inhale/exhale function to move air by using the higher pressure support (that difference between inhale/exhale) which in turn pretty much equals a breath...your breath aided by the machine giving you a little push with high PS.
I just thought of when you're in the wind and the feeling it gives you....you gasp lolPugsy wrote: ↑Mon Apr 16, 2018 8:47 amYes maam....it will breathe for you when/if you have a central. When you don't have a central pop up it works like a regular auto adjusting machine to deal the the obstructive side of your complex sleep apnea diagnosis.Barb (Seattle) wrote: ↑Mon Apr 16, 2018 8:32 amQuestion pugsy. the s9 you have...it will force me to breathe if I have a central..right?
still learning about these machines....
What it does when a person is having a central is give you a rather big and brief burst of pressure to force you to inhale...it amounts to a big difference between inhale and exhale. Much larger and faster than your apap machine can deliver.
And it only does it when you need it...when you don't need it the machine will function pretty much like your apap machine.
Hopefully you will be sound asleep when the "wind" kicks up and hopefully it won't wake you up when it does.Barb (Seattle) wrote: ↑Mon Apr 16, 2018 10:34 amI just thought of when you're in the wind and the feeling it gives you....you gasp lol
I wonder if they used the 22/18 pressure when I was asleep. because if they did, I didn't notice. That's a good thing. I don't forsee the pressure kicking up as a bad thing. I can't wait to see if it gives me relief <3 <3Pugsy wrote: ↑Mon Apr 16, 2018 11:00 amHopefully you will be sound asleep when the "wind" kicks up and hopefully it won't wake you up when it does.Barb (Seattle) wrote: ↑Mon Apr 16, 2018 10:34 amI just thought of when you're in the wind and the feeling it gives you....you gasp lol
I will be honest...for some people when it does the high PS thing it needs to do for the centrals it can disturb some people until the brain learns that the "wind" is a good thing.
For some people it takes a while for the brain to get okay with the new way of doing things....I never really noticed it much.
I would see the machine kick in every now and then for a probable sleep onset central but it was never very often and I slept through it but then I had been using regular bilevel for a while before trying the ASV. I only knew it happened from looking at the pressure graphs the next day or whenever.
You've got 2 learning curves ahead of you...bilevel itself plus potentially high PS at times.
Nothing that can't be met though...and you and your brain will learn that the new way is a better way...after all you don't really have much choice do you if you want to deal with both the obstructive stuff and the central stuff at the same time.