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by DomP
Mon Jun 25, 2018 6:41 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: CPAP can I help it along?
Replies: 77
Views: 99389

Re: CPAP can I help it along?

I've not been force sleeping on my side, but my AHI index is so much lower than it has been. Great news, but I don't really get why. Only thing added is the humidifier. (there is one night missing as I was not home that night). Going backwards from last night 2.9 24/6/18 1.8 3.5 3.9 6.5 7.6 4.8 Humi...
by DomP
Sun Jun 24, 2018 12:15 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: CPAP can I help it along?
Replies: 77
Views: 99389

Re: CPAP can I help it along?

I should be hearing tomorrow hopefully.
by DomP
Fri Jun 22, 2018 2:20 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: CPAP can I help it along?
Replies: 77
Views: 99389

Re: CPAP can I help it along?

In an update, I wore the wrist Oxygen thing Monday night and tuesday night and hanbded it back wednesday morning. I imagine both days to be quite different as the forced flex off was on first night and not second, it kept me up and when I checked the pulse on the wrist, it was very high. Second nigh...
by DomP
Fri Jun 22, 2018 2:14 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: CPAP can I help it along?
Replies: 77
Views: 99389

Re: CPAP can I help it along?

Ahh, that would explain why again last night I needed to go in and unlock it again before I can put it back on. She says she didn't change it, so maybe when fiddling to see why the link isn't working it may have been a setting that got switched.
by DomP
Tue Jun 19, 2018 5:55 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: CPAP can I help it along?
Replies: 77
Views: 99389

Re: CPAP can I help it along?

Hi Rick, Oh for sure, I know they have boxes to tick. we did OK by the end of the meeting and has agreed to see me tomorrow morning before her first appointment to check the Oxygen readings. She did explain the procedures to me so it's a case of sit tight and hope they are not too busy. Somehow my m...
by DomP
Mon Jun 18, 2018 5:21 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: CPAP can I help it along?
Replies: 77
Views: 99389

Re: CPAP can I help it along?

Just back from my appointment and had to see a different nurse. She said they discouraged use of third party apps and wasn't even letting me speak before interrupting, so I had to tell her about herself before she would hear what I had to say. To ber fair, I was expecting that reaction, but sod them...
by DomP
Fri Jun 15, 2018 2:52 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: CPAP can I help it along?
Replies: 77
Views: 99389

Re: CPAP can I help it along?

I've not noticed any leaks with this current mask (my 7th), so hopefully it stays that way. Thank yiu. next couple of days are now about side sleeping and convincing the consultant on Monday of my needs/wants.
by DomP
Fri Jun 15, 2018 12:45 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: CPAP can I help it along?
Replies: 77
Views: 99389

Re: CPAP can I help it along?

Perfect, thank you. So really I',m only interested in OA,H and CA?
by DomP
Fri Jun 15, 2018 3:27 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: CPAP can I help it along?
Replies: 77
Views: 99389

Re: CPAP can I help it along?

Can someone help me understand and or calculate the leak rate please?
by DomP
Fri Jun 15, 2018 3:24 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: CPAP can I help it along?
Replies: 77
Views: 99389

Re: CPAP can I help it along?

3 sessions last night with distinct differences. First session I woke on my back. Second I was side sleeping and third I was cuddling my helmet. I think I love bikes! lol To be fair, I was awake for quite a large part of the final session, but there was a sleep moment in that 2 hours. Screen Shot 20...
by DomP
Thu Jun 14, 2018 3:03 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: CPAP can I help it along?
Replies: 77
Views: 99389

Re: CPAP can I help it along?

And that is exactly why I feel so relieved. I can't tell you how down I was getting at every tweak making little to no difference. It really was affecting nme mentally although in the tiredness stakes I felt great, I was getting down about not getting my life back completely. Yes, I have to take the...
by DomP
Thu Jun 14, 2018 2:22 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: CPAP can I help it along?
Replies: 77
Views: 99389

Re: CPAP can I help it along?

Hi Rick, That 4 minute window is great info in helping me understand what the machine is doing and when, thank you. Pugsy, having (hopefully) confirmed my culprit, I'm fairly relieved it isn't (yet to be fully confirmed) mostly REM as I am able to treat it now. Interesting that they have switched of...
by DomP
Thu Jun 14, 2018 3:19 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: CPAP can I help it along?
Replies: 77
Views: 99389

Re: CPAP can I help it along?

Looking a little closer at the sessions of use, I can see that the first session closed on few Hypopnea, the second I can't see a reason and the third ended same as the first. There's no great jumps in the numbers for each session on it's own, just where they are positioned. I'm also seeing the red ...
by DomP
Thu Jun 14, 2018 3:14 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: CPAP can I help it along?
Replies: 77
Views: 99389

Re: CPAP can I help it along?

I'm very relived to have found the problem, and all thanks to you guys. I'm going to continue side sleep for as long as my back can take it, but importantly I now know the cause. Or at least have a strong feeling of. the next few days of the same will further confirm what I have learned from you all...
by DomP
Thu Jun 14, 2018 3:11 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: CPAP can I help it along?
Replies: 77
Views: 99389

Re: CPAP can I help it along?

Last night I strapped my motorcycle helmet to my back (May as well use it for something, right?). I looped my dressing gown belt through the hoops and tied at my front. Pretty much stayed on my right side all night until morning where I unhooked myself and woke up cuddling it with my back right on t...