This reminds me of some Mercedes-Benz owners who drain their oil, add new oil, run the engine for a couple of minutes, and repeat. Not terribly on point, but illustrates that one can overdo it. It's only on point if the car's owner manual and the dealer both told the owner that it was necessary. Th...

1. I clean the humidifier tank and parts, and the nosepiece of my mask, every morning with Method Go Naked dish soap and a brush and let them sit to dry. 2. Once a week, I soak all those parts plus the hose and the mask itself in a three-parts-water-one-part-white-vinegar solution for 20 minutes, ri...

I know buying something like this used sounds gross but that machine you used for your sleep study had how many peoples blow through it. Do you think they strip it down everytime and clean it? The mask was probably used and if you are lucky cleaned before you used it. Okay, I'm not even a sleep tec...

Like this?

Still using a loaner machine so I can't get my AHI yet. But it's better than not having any machine at all!

A Flow Limitation would qualify as a RERA if it didn't have the associated 3% drop in oxygen to classify it as a Hypopnea. They don't usually show FL's on a PSG report unless they include it in the RERA scoring. 3% ? My sleep study results said 10% desaturation to count as a CMS Hypopnea (no arousa...

My results defined RERAs as reductions in airflow that caused an arousal but weren't bad enough to be considered hypopneas. So my understanding is that they're caused by whatever's causing the hypopneas.