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by chas
Tue Jul 03, 2007 8:35 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: How long?
Replies: 18
Views: 6952

How old are you (if you don't mind sharing) 41 yo How long have you had sleep apnea? Probably 20 yrs When were you actually diagnosed? 6 wks ago How long have you been using CPAP? 6 wks, started at pressure of 10 but have lowered it to 6 due to aerophagia. What do you think are some contributing cau...
by chas
Thu Jun 28, 2007 8:48 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Newbie needs help with aerophagia, pressure settings
Replies: 6
Views: 1899

Thanks for responding Jen and Slinky. I don't have a wedge pillow but will try propping my head up tonight to see if it helps. Let me know how the wedge pillow works for you, I may buy one if it helps. I'm also going to give the c flex machine another try tonight after I lower the c flex setting to ...
by chas
Thu Jun 28, 2007 8:43 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Newbie needs help with aerophagia, pressure settings
Replies: 6
Views: 1899

Newbie needs help with aerophagia, pressure settings

This is my first post but I've been reading for the last month and need help. I just had my study done about 6 weeks ago. I had a split study and had 57 events in the first 143 mins (1 central, 1 apnea, 55 hypopneas, snore index 1215, rdi 25.8, arousal index 31.2, lowest SaO2 82%). They put me on CP...