I thought it doesn't hurt to sometimes talk a little again about accustoming yourself to CPAP. I often see the expression here 'trying to breathe against the air blowing at me from the machine' . You know, it does feel like that, but it would perhaps help to appreciate what is really happening. The ...

My goodness, one could get the impression this forum is 70% populated by ladies. Mandibular Advancement Splints This was one of the web sites I took some of the information from: http://www.doctorspiller.com/snore_guards.htm This is the one I had sent from a German online pharmacy – 49 Euro: http://...

Ok, a short while ago I got a bit technical on the subject of nPpap Software. It was with a particular purpose. I was wanting to look at something specific in more graphic detail than would otherwise have been possible. This was why: I wanted to check the results of using a dental device together wi...

quote: |snoredog| "There are a lot of those automatic screen snapshot programs available on the net, just google for one and you'll find dozens" A no-value generalisation - easier to write than actually naming one. Requirement - Freeware - autofunction - less than 30 seconds snapping capability. (yo...

quote: "(cough more BS) Apnea isn't determined by the 10 second duration rule to begin with only Hypopnea are." Check facts before you take issue. You're wrong. quote: "You show a Central in that epoch, so what can you do about it? Absolutely nothing is my guess." You often guess, and from old posts...

I know the feeling Daffney. I have my notebook since the time 40 Gig was a lot. Now I have to chase around to find a partition with enough space left for a few pictures. Remember when Windows fitted onto a Floppy disk? Just to wrap it up - cause I'm not selling the idea, but just pointing a solution...

Hello Cathy, The screenshots are auto-filed with a name which contains the exacts time (to a fraction of a second) The progs replay also has a time scale, a bit like a Windows media player - you see it at the top of the 'central' shot and the file name at a 'pause' is shown. As the top data of the s...

Quote:"The point is there is no useful data from it outside the lab without EEG & SPO2 to correlate anything seen. So why bother? "Quote:"Still won't be able to make heads or tails from the data seen, but I guess if you are trying to cure insomnia that would do it" Depends on at what level you want ...

Yes, for this mode you connect up to a computer (notebook) for the night to record more detailed data. But it is not necessary for normal standard readouts. Leave it 'till you've started working with the software and then you will understand what is meant. Should you need help getting started, put i...

Hello dieselgal, I think recommendations are a bit taboo here, but will risk it anyway. I have the 420E APAP. In Germany we don't have to buy the things and have the chance at the sleep labs or from visiting reps to have a bit of a try before being allocated one, so I looked at quite a few this time...

In the past, Ozij, SWS and others have referred to Silverlining's ability to record breathing impulses to hard disk when in Data Collection mode. The problem is, when you wake up, you can't look back at the data – three files in the SL directory. The Lab's technical handbook refers to 'appropriate s...

Like it - nasal pillows, never prongs. Nasal salve is regularly necessary as already said here. The pillow size is critical. I taped the two small tube extension joints to stop a slight but irritating air leak coming into the eyes. I have it initially slightly too tight under the nose. After a few m...

I wrote this, because it’s these little things that bring back a little bit of normality into a world of strapping into the machine and being tied to the wall with the electric cord for 8 hours. Years later I am still embarassed wearing the thing – I don’t want to be looked at – that doesn’t change....

Ok, I just looked back with the „search“ and FAQs and found nothing about drinking or other little things with the mask still on. I wonder how much is written here about these ‘quirks’. Just in case it should be useful, I will risk an entry – repetition doesn’t hurt anyway. I see that in the US you ...

Sounds like a "Class Act" deserving of "The Gong Show" Not at all - I wrote that as addendum to the mouth breathing bit. We all experienced it no doubt at the beginning - the mouth-air passage opens and pressure from the nose rushes out. The result is the feeling of panic if the bit at the back (ep...