Hi Robysue,robysue wrote:You did the mask swap around 0:00 or 0:10 during one of the breaks in the Flow Rate curve. My guess is that you were awake for a short while before you decided to make the swap and since you say:jimnlacy wrote: I had swelling in my nasal passage and change out my pillows for the full face mask during the night.my guess is that you didn't get back to sleep until around 0:40. So my guess is that most (maybe all) of the events scored between 23:50 and 0:35 are sleep-wake-junk or transitional.Not a great sleep. First feeling like I was suffocating and then like I was rebreathing my own breathe. Not a big fan of the full mask but what else can you do.
As for what you can do: I'd suggest tackling the swelling in your nasal passage so that you can use the pillows mask if at all possible. If the swelling is plain old congestion caused by allergies or an upper respiratory illness, using a neti pot and the appropriate antihistamines or decongestants should help clear the nose enough to be able to use the pillows mask. If the swelling occurred after masking up, that might indicate that you still need to work on finding the sweet spot for the humidifier setting. If the humidifier is already on its max setting, you might try turning it down a notch or two.
My humidifier is set to 4. I will turn it to 6 tonight and see what happens. The swelling occurred after mask up and falling asleep.
I will try the nasal lavage prior to masking up. I have a squeeze bottle neti pot.
Jim
Jim