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by EeyoreJohn
Wed Dec 13, 2006 10:55 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: How is AHI computed on machine?
Replies: 0
Views: 807

How is AHI computed on machine?

I am still less than a week on my CPAP machine, but I am already feeling better than I have in a while. The last two nights, I check the daily stats on the display of my S8 Elite. It reported AHI of 13.1 and 16.1 with a respective pressure leak of .24 and .36 L/s. (Using Swift nasal pillows - yeah.....
by EeyoreJohn
Mon Dec 11, 2006 9:41 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Elite
Replies: 8
Views: 1972

Another Duh! moment for me

Never mind... Once I saw my machine tonight, the picture of buttons being pressed that I saw in this forum made perfect sense now. I never put it together until now... duh!

Thanks again.
by EeyoreJohn
Mon Dec 11, 2006 3:04 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Elite
Replies: 8
Views: 1972

Elite settings

Okay... I will bite. I am a newbie with an S8 Elite... I am happy with my equipment so far and treatment, but more information is always desired. For some odd reason, though <major sarcasm>, the doctor's office did not include a clinical setup manual, and I only have access to the standard menu opti...
by EeyoreJohn
Wed Dec 06, 2006 3:32 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Yet another Newbie! Full Face Mask?
Replies: 14
Views: 2251

Good Point about it fitting properly with no leaks. I walked into the 2nd study with the mindset, nobody is sticking anything up my nose. So I started out on a nasal mask (whatever one goes around just your nose). The thing kept leaking, so the tech kept making it tighter and tighter. It felt perfec...
by EeyoreJohn
Wed Dec 06, 2006 2:04 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Yet another Newbie! Full Face Mask?
Replies: 14
Views: 2251

Yet another Newbie! Full Face Mask?

Long story short, I have been told for quite some time that friends have noticed I stop breathing while sleeping, but I never did anything about it until I started noticing it was becoming hard to concentrate at work. I've had my first sleep study of 25 AHI. Several days ago I have had my 2nd study ...