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General Discussion on any topic relating to CPAP and/or Sleep Apnea.
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Re: New to the forum. Looking for answers.

Post by Pugsy » Thu Dec 07, 2017 11:05 pm

Rob K wrote:I didn't know the data was lacking in cpap mode
Just the Respironics machine...ResMed's it doesn't matter as you still get the FL graph in cpap mode. Don't know about the other brands.

I often wondered why Respironics turned off FL flagging in cpap mode...FLs are very important and a critical part of the auto adjusting algorithm.
I get that cpap can't adjust but knowing if the FLs were happening might be important. I figure if FLs weren't important then why does the apap try to kill them with more pressure.
IMHO someone didn't think things through very good when they turned off the FL flags in fixed mode (they do it on fixed bilevel also).
It would be real simple I would think to at least have the flagging turned off so a person could see if they were happening even if cpap mode won't try to kill them.

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Re: New to the forum. Looking for answers.

Post by Rob K » Sun Dec 10, 2017 10:04 am

Here is a night with pressure of 4. Woke several times through the night. Not the best night sleep, but it's only one night. Not enough time to make a good decision. AHI was 5.79

I think what the data is telling me is that I still have mild apnea. I probably should do another night or two at pressure of 4 to collect some more data. Also I'll need to turn the pressure back up and treat the apnea. Then try some nights with and without the machine and compare how I feel. Sound righ

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Re: New to the forum. Looking for answers.

Post by TedVPAP » Sun Dec 10, 2017 10:35 am

Rob K wrote:Here is a night with pressure of 4. Woke several times through the night. Not the best night sleep, but it's only one night. Not enough time to make a good decision. AHI was 5.79

I think what the data is telling me is that I still have mild apnea. I probably should do another night or two at pressure of 4 to collect some more data. Also I'll need to turn the pressure back up and treat the apnea. Then try some nights with and without the machine and compare how I feel. Sound right?

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I haven't read your thread. Clearly you need more pressure. No need to get more data at 4.

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Re: New to the forum. Looking for answers.

Post by Pugsy » Sun Dec 10, 2017 11:02 am

Rob K wrote:I think what the data is telling me is that I still have mild apnea.
At the pressure of 4...still mild apnea.
Rob K wrote: I probably should do another night or two at pressure of 4 to collect some more data.
I would want a couple more nights just for verification and if it holds the same...maybe re do the test 4 months down the road so that the trauma to the neck from the tumor removal as ample opportunity to go away just on the off chance that some residual trauma/swelling to the throat area is impacting things.
Rob K wrote: Then try some nights with and without the machine and compare how I feel. Sound right?
Without cpap to see how you feel? That's up to you depending on how consistent your are seeing AHI of 5 ish with this minimum pressure.
Maybe later after 3 or 4 months and all the swelling and healing is over and done with.

There is still some therapy value to the 4 cm so we don't know for sure how many apnea events you might have had without cpap and we have no way to tell without a real sleep study. So if you go without cpap....would your AHI still be 5 ish? Or would it be a lot more?
If it's still 5 ish then you are borderline needing the cpap in terms of AHI and where docs would probably add "clinical correlation" into the summary. Meaning if you felt great and on top of the world with AHI of 5ish...maybe not do anything about it but if you still felt like crap then obviously try to do something about it.

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Re: New to the forum. Looking for answers.

Post by Rob K » Sun Dec 10, 2017 12:49 pm

Sounds like good advise. Thank you.

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Re: New to the forum. Looking for answers.

Post by Rob K » Tue Dec 12, 2017 5:49 pm

Couple more nights at pressure of 4. Not sleeping as well, waking more often, not feeling so good in morning, pretty tired overall. Turning the pressure back up tonight. Still have apnea, what a bummer. At least we have it under control now.

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