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by TASmart
Thu May 03, 2018 9:00 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Is this a positive sleep study?
Replies: 7
Views: 1902

Re: Is this a positive sleep study?

Kind of how you define "positive" The report clearly states you have mild to moderate sleep apnea.

What is the question? If it is do you have sleep apnea, the answer is yes.
by TASmart
Thu May 03, 2018 11:55 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: To much pressure for Nasal Pillows
Replies: 10
Views: 2450

Re: To much pressure for Nasal Pillows

DME is wrong. You can easily use 14 cm H2O pressure with the P10 nasal pillows, and they are far and away the most comfortable and quietest. The DMEs first priority is to get you to use the most inexpensive equipment they can because there is a common insurance billing number for masks, with a singl...
by TASmart
Wed May 02, 2018 9:57 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Ah ha! I get it now
Replies: 49
Views: 3592

Re: Ah ha! I get it now

Also, not putting things in place for the lizard brain to get fixated on.
by TASmart
Wed May 02, 2018 9:49 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Help, why is cpap suddenly not working?
Replies: 19
Views: 1539

Re: Help, why is cpap suddenly not working?

If you had said that" in some cases a higher minimum pressure than you normally recommend" it would have been clear.
by TASmart
Wed May 02, 2018 7:18 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Help, why is cpap suddenly not working?
Replies: 19
Views: 1539

Re: Help, why is cpap suddenly not working?

TedVPAP wrote:
Wed May 02, 2018 7:15 pm
You should use sleepyhead to see what is going on.
Setting the minimum pressure high enough can be very important, especially for people who need a pressure much higher than their normal pressure need.
What is a pressure higher than their normal pressure need?
by TASmart
Wed May 02, 2018 7:16 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Aaaaand again: newbie struggles topic
Replies: 24
Views: 8445

Re: Aaaaand again: newbie struggles topic

Hi I have been diagnosed July 2017 but have been on therapy on and off since Feb 2018. And I can't understand what's wrong. I have tried 2 masks - first ComfortGel Blue Full Face and then DreamWear Nasal. I didn't have software until some days ago. I only new therapy is not working. I tried again l...
by TASmart
Wed May 02, 2018 7:14 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: AHI jumping to scary levels with new machine.
Replies: 70
Views: 13157

Re: AHI jumping to scary levels with new machine.

They looked at the 10 - 30 seconds prior to the hypopnea and suggested that it appeared that I go through periods of shallow followed by deeper breaths. They also mentioned arousal patterns. My description of sleep starts off with a vision of ballroom dancing. My wife and I "dance" across the bed a...
by TASmart
Wed May 02, 2018 4:48 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Newbie - Oximetry is the same with CPAP?
Replies: 29
Views: 7047

Re: Newbie - Learning after first day

Your numbers are so low, that it is entirely possible that you had different event types on different nights. One or two nights don't tell the story, you need to develop the history. The CA may well be SWJ. A couple of OAs is pretty much a no- worry situation. I think you are looking for 0 values wh...
by TASmart
Wed May 02, 2018 2:15 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Losing patience
Replies: 46
Views: 6273

Re: Losing patience

Remember the government motto on health insurance; We will spend no dime until after it's time.
by TASmart
Wed May 02, 2018 11:36 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: AHI jumping to scary levels with new machine.
Replies: 70
Views: 13157

Re: AHI jumping to scary levels with new machine.

Did they say why they did not feel the hypopnea were "real"? Was he feeling that you had woken and thus they were not countable or what?
by TASmart
Wed May 02, 2018 10:26 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Ah ha! I get it now
Replies: 49
Views: 3592

Re: Ah ha! I get it now

The way I solved my compunction to always check the elapsed time during the night is to just hit the stop, look dully at the time and stats, hit the start and go back to sleep. The more you worry about time and elapsed time, and anything else you have to think about the more difficulty you will have...
by TASmart
Wed May 02, 2018 10:16 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: SD card for ResMed AirSense 10
Replies: 7
Views: 1685

Re: SD card for ResMed AirSense 10

56K wrote:
Wed May 02, 2018 9:34 am
My ResMed Air Sense 10 CPAP does not have an SD card. Has anyone tried placing an SD card in the slot. Will any card work? I'd like to get the detailed data to use with the Sleepyhead software.
Pretty much any SD card will work.
by TASmart
Wed May 02, 2018 9:49 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Sticky: Distilled Water vs. bottled water vs tap water
Replies: 24
Views: 148179

Re: Distilled Water vs. bottled water

Any water works just fine in any CPAP. If you don't use Distilled, there will be some mineral build up that can be cleaned with Vinigar and water. No big deal. What is the correct way to clean with vinegar? Do you use it straight ? Thanks for your help. I don't think there is a correct way, just wa...
by TASmart
Wed May 02, 2018 8:25 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Anyone dealing with high CO2 levels during the day?
Replies: 25
Views: 4436

Re: Anyone dealing with high CO2 levels during the day?

Do you have any specific evidence of a specific harmful condition that the observed CO2 blood levels may be indicative of? Or are you just scaremongering? Ohh could be something bad, Drs don't know, could be bad OHHHHH.
by TASmart
Tue May 01, 2018 10:15 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Sudden increase in leak/ahi rate
Replies: 17
Views: 2537

Re: Sudden increase in leak/ahi rate

I downloaded ResScan and it didn't have any detail data either :=( Here is the detail of an OA - they all look like this on the flowrate graph- a sort of heartbeat pattern, then a flat piece and at the end of the flat piece the OA. 1.jpeg 2.jpeg 3.jpeg No If there is o data recorded on the card the...