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by BigWing
Sat Aug 10, 2024 2:15 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: UK CPAP Data Review Consultation Recommendations
Replies: 4
Views: 6903

Re: UK CPAP Data Review Consultation Recommendations

I used the ResMed Clinic in London.
by BigWing
Fri Jul 19, 2024 4:00 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Getting CPAP Machine Data to SD Card
Replies: 7
Views: 4094

Re: Getting CPAP Machine Data to SD Card

vandownbytheriver wrote:
Thu Jul 18, 2024 7:51 pm
What SD card? What reader? What format did you use?
1. the SD card which came with the machine
2. a generic SD card reader rom Amazon
3. I did not format it
by BigWing
Thu Jul 18, 2024 4:06 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Getting CPAP Machine Data to SD Card
Replies: 7
Views: 4094

Re: Getting CPAP Machine Data to SD Card

I take the SD card out of my AirSense 10 every morning to feed the data into Oscar. The PC regularly complains about the card being corrupted, needing reformatting, etc. Often, simply taking the card and reader out of my PC and reinstalling them back in place fixes things. Sometimes that needs doing...
by BigWing
Sat Jun 15, 2024 9:40 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: personal, at home sleep apnea test?
Replies: 19
Views: 20332

Re: personal, at home sleep apnea test?

Hi again, robysue1. I wasn't aware of those other options you mentioned, but I was really just speaking from my own experience. I had the 2-prongs all night at my NHS hospital, yet they claim to have done some CPAP testing (for 11 minutes). Mind you they only used 0.1 mbar - which seems to be just 0...
by BigWing
Sat Jun 15, 2024 6:09 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: personal, at home sleep apnea test?
Replies: 19
Views: 20332

Re: personal, at home sleep apnea test?

Hmm....when you have a PSG in a hospital, they sometimes do some titration. How can they do that when you are not wearing a sealed mask of some sort? It is typically one of those 2-prongs-in-the nostrils tubes.
by BigWing
Sat Jun 15, 2024 6:02 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Does 10 EEG arousals/hour mean sleep apnea?
Replies: 9
Views: 6387

Re: Does 10 EEG arousals/hour mean sleep apnea?

I really appreciate your highly-detailed response, robysue1 - it was fascinating. Where have I misunderstood? Quite a bit. That seems a bit harsh, given that I made 5 statements and I think you only disagreed with the last part of the 5th one? EEG arousals and RERAs are not essentially the same thin...
by BigWing
Sat Jun 15, 2024 2:15 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Brief switch to mouth breathing brings on lots of events
Replies: 3
Views: 2769

Brief switch to mouth breathing brings on lots of events

I had a unique situation (for me) last night. I awoke after 6.5 hours (having had zero events, which is becoming quite normal) and turned over....only to suddenly feel that my nose was so blocked that I couldn't really breathe through it (as I normally do). So I thought "no problem, I'm wearing an F...
by BigWing
Fri Jun 14, 2024 3:41 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: "CA" Clear Airway Events
Replies: 11
Views: 14565

Re: "CA" Clear Airway Events

Don't assume that since the breathing "looks" like asleep breathing that a person is really asleep. OK - that is certainly something new for me to consider. I could have sworn I have seen the experts stress many times that sleep breathing looks nothing like awake breathing though (and that's what m...
by BigWing
Thu Jun 13, 2024 3:06 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: "CA" Clear Airway Events
Replies: 11
Views: 14565

Re: "CA" Clear Airway Events

Hi Pugsy - I'm always fascinated by your explanations. Something you said here differs from a conclusion I had reached though, so maybe I can check that I really do understand what you're saying. In your third example, I think you are saying that the CA isn't real because you believe you were not re...
by BigWing
Thu Jun 13, 2024 2:33 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Does 10 EEG arousals/hour mean sleep apnea?
Replies: 9
Views: 6387

Re: Does 10 EEG arousals/hour mean sleep apnea?

ChicagoGranny wrote:
Thu Jun 13, 2024 2:11 pm
If you are trying to find an excuse to quit CPAP, you don't need an excuse. Just quit.
Not at all....I'm trying to get more edukayshun!
by BigWing
Thu Jun 13, 2024 1:04 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Does 10 EEG arousals/hour mean sleep apnea?
Replies: 9
Views: 6387

Does 10 EEG arousals/hour mean sleep apnea?

I was always pretty good at algebra but I can't make sense of this set of data. Normal AHI is 0-5; above that and you have sleep apnea. Normal RDI is 0-5; above that and you have sleep apnea. RDI = AHI + RERAs/hour So, if you have an AHI of 5, even a single RERA all night means you have sleep apnea!...
by BigWing
Wed Jun 12, 2024 4:17 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: personal, at home sleep apnea test?
Replies: 19
Views: 20332

Re: personal, at home sleep apnea test?

Couldn't you get close to the answer you seek by turning the settings down on your CPAP to where it is not helping reduce events much? I highly recommend the use of SomnoPose to record your sleep position, by the way.
by BigWing
Wed May 01, 2024 4:07 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Anyone else experiencing connection problems here on the forum
Replies: 54
Views: 95218

Re: Anyone else experiencing connection problems here on the forum

I get "This site can’t be reached" constantly on my PC!
by BigWing
Wed May 01, 2024 4:05 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Sudden burst of CA's because left arm was out of bed!
Replies: 12
Views: 10964

Re: Sudden burst of CA's because left arm was out of bed!

SleepHQ is free, and allows a hi-res sharing of data.
Sadly, the free version doesn't let me include my oximeter data or my SomnoPose data....and, for what you get, the Pro version's $15/month seems a lot to a pensioner. :(