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by paloa
Sat Jun 07, 2008 5:52 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: How many people adjust CPAP presure w/o consulting their MD?
Replies: 44
Views: 6854

At my last meeting with my sleep doctor he wrote on my prescription and certificate of medical necessity: "patient can adjust pressure" rather than designate a pressure. I had been adjusting my own pressure. He was impressed by the additional tracking data I provided. (EPA, pulseox, blood pressure, ...
by paloa
Sun May 25, 2008 6:14 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: SPO7500 ?'s
Replies: 44
Views: 6305

thinking back about my post. maybe the issue is not motion but undefined. Maybe the undefined/Motion is a total of Undefined and Motion and the motion summary is only motion. So if only 12% is motion than the question is what is the rest? I don't know what would cause an undefined response. I would ...
by paloa
Sun May 25, 2008 6:04 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: SPO7500 ?'s
Replies: 44
Views: 6305

Looking back through my recording I see a few with 10% in the motion summary. Most are closer to 4%. Interesting on yours the motion summary indicates 44.7 min 12.5% while the recording info indicates 4 hours 43.5 minutes of undefined/motion. I don't know how to reconcile those two. Also my report t...
by paloa
Sun May 25, 2008 5:45 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Pulse Rate
Replies: 12
Views: 1891

In my latest sleep test my min heart rate was 34. Based on my pulseox showing similar low numbers I saw my cardiologist. After a series of tests he decided that I just had a normally low pulse rate. He indicated he would have been concerned with the low pulse rate only if it was combined with other ...
by paloa
Wed May 21, 2008 6:27 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: SPO7500 ?'s
Replies: 44
Views: 6305

In addition to many nights I have worn my SPO7500 several days at work and even with my daughter at the playground. I get very few motion artifacts. You should not need to mash your finger or tape in on. I found moving to a different finger helped when it was pinching my original finger. Do you have...
by paloa
Thu May 08, 2008 5:18 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: SPO Pulseox Company Sucks
Replies: 2
Views: 1018

Can you be more specific with your problem? My experience matches slinky's. I have been extremely pleased.
by paloa
Fri Apr 18, 2008 6:27 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Sleep Technologist Board Exam
Replies: 29
Views: 3562

Congratulations
by paloa
Sun Mar 30, 2008 6:03 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Pending rules to allow CPAP on flights
Replies: 12
Views: 2177

Could it be due to your position forced by your seat? Unless you are flying in first in a seat that fully reclines it is likely that your head is in an elevated position. [quote="Moby"]I flew a lot last year and found I didn't snore in the air. I think the increased pressure in the cabin simulated t...
by paloa
Sat Mar 22, 2008 4:23 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Question about reputable online pulse oximeter dealers
Replies: 12
Views: 1974

I had no difficulty installing and running the SpO7500 software on Vista. (vitascore/vitabase)
by paloa
Fri Mar 21, 2008 6:11 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Question about reputable online pulse oximeter dealers
Replies: 12
Views: 1974

I also had a great experience with Med1online and would buy from them again.
by paloa
Thu Mar 20, 2008 7:15 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Pulse oximetry: first overnight reading
Replies: 4
Views: 1956

Did you have vivid dreams? I have read that pulse can spike during REM.
by paloa
Sun Feb 24, 2008 5:39 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: absurdly slow heart rate??? (and apnea)
Replies: 8
Views: 13012

When I looked at the data from my pulseox I was convinced that it was broken. During a normal day it registered lows in the 30. Majority was 40 & 50s. Remembering the sleep study recorded my pulse I checked and found that it showed a similar range. I don't know why no one noted my extremely low puls...
by paloa
Sat Feb 23, 2008 7:27 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: SPO 7500 Oximeter Batteries
Replies: 13
Views: 3420

I changed mine a couple of days ago. I had trouble uploading and based on a previous thread thought it might be battery related. The problem went away with the new battery. Note the device had not indicated the battery needed changing so it might not have been the problem. I would estimate I had mor...
by paloa
Fri Feb 22, 2008 6:24 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: SPO 7500 Oximeter Batteries
Replies: 13
Views: 3420

Sounds like microbattery would have been a better deal. Even if I would have found the lower price (I ordered them before I found this thread) I probably would have made the same purchase. Buying from internet vendors is a risk, even buying from a highly rated vendor. I feel better buying from someo...
by paloa
Fri Feb 22, 2008 2:45 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: I did it! 10k hours!
Replies: 14
Views: 3717

wow

congratulations