I just finished a 2 week trial of a M-series APAP w/ the 1.8i Encore Pro software. When I downloaded my data yesterday it showed compliance usage hours for Friday and Saturday night, but did not show the pressure over time page for Saturday night. Is this the missing data bug you are referring to? I...

Snorkel wrote:
Although $99 bucks for a copy of SQL, well w/o any dev tools, is kinda a bargain...

Its just the MSDE (Microsoft SQL Desktop Engine), anyone can download that from Microsoft for free. You can also get SQL Server 2005 Express for free from Microsoft.

*sigh* One of the reasons I started down the path of getting diagnosed with OSA and going on therapy was because of high blood pressure. And now I see this happening and all it ends up doing is *raising* my blood pressure. Oh the irony. (At least I think its irony, I always get that confused)

I guess the next question is if I leave the data on the card will Encore Pro get confused and import the same data twice? i.e. - if I check Tuesday night's data on Wednesday, then download Wednesday night's data on Thursday, will it import Tuesday night's data again?

Thanks again for the info!

OK, I convinced my doctor and DME to hook me up with a Respironics M Series AutoPAP for a 2 week trial. They are going to review the data from my card after 2 weeks. Since I don't trust anyone else, I ordered my own smart card reader and copy of EncorePro which should arrive today. My question is - ...

Thanks for all the input! Just got back from the doc's. I brought a bunch of printed practice guidelines from http://www.aasmnet.org/ where I had gone through and highlighted all the applicable criteria, as well as printed copies of my insurance carrier's Clinical Guidelines relating to OSA also hig...

Found this paper while doing my research. Section 7 covers Bi-PAP. Although the paper is a few years old, I think it basically says that for people with OSA as their only sleep disorder BiPAP is neither better nor worse that straight CPAP with respect to compliance and reduction of AHI. In other wor...

As I have posted before, I'm relatively new to this. I was tritrated at 16cm and found the exhalation pressure on a standard CPAP to be intolerable. I am going back to my doctor this afternoon to see if I can convince him to let me try a BiPAP as others on here have suggested. I am trying to go in w...

Good call. I've been very polite so far. I already have an original Rx, and I asked for a copy of my sleep study, which the nurse said I should receive in a day or two. I also called back and left a message asking to speak directly to the doctor, and offering to schedule an appointment if that was e...

Does anyone know any quality sleep doctors in the state of Virginia?

Update: Called the doctor's office this morning and left a VM. Nurse called me back this afternoon, I started to explain the problems I have been having, she essentially cut me off before letting me finish and said she'd call me back after talking to the doctor. She called back and said the doctor w...

One question I still have - is it normal to feel an effect on your breathing during the day after using CPAP at night? It is kind of like a pressure on my chest, or like I am a little out of breath. It is very mild, but definitely not "normal" I noticed it a little bit during the day yesterday, and ...

Bah, that last post was from me, forgot to login!

Thanks SnoreDogg, what you are saying makes sense. I had asked the doc about a bi-pap during my initial consultation but he dismissed it as an expensive "special case" device. While I did do ok w/ the pressure during my sleep test, I was on Ambien so I could have been in the jetwash of a 747 and not...

After much prodding from my wife I finally went for a sleep study and was diagnosed w/ OSA. I had been putting it off mainly because I wasn’t really noticing any of the severe symptoms that many people report. The sleep study recorded 68 apenas during the first hour of the night so they went ahead a...