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by mmsiciliana
Mon May 05, 2008 5:18 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Opus Users...HELP!!!
Replies: 17
Views: 4185

OK, I recently purchased this interface also. Mine also does not have the notch and I am having big time (I think) mask leakage problems. (My machine says 30 liters per minute and my AHI is up to 7 something.) I have found that if the nasal cushion isn't inserted into the frame all the way, there w...
by mmsiciliana
Mon May 05, 2008 12:23 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: 7 Day Average AHI 7.7?
Replies: 8
Views: 2778

Sorry, you're right. It's not a plus, it's a pro.

So it's liters per minute? 30.5 seems like an awful lot...
by mmsiciliana
Sun May 04, 2008 1:55 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: 7 Day Average AHI 7.7?
Replies: 8
Views: 2778

Thanks for all your help, everybody! Apparently my DME people set my machine up so that these numbers can be accessed so that I could fill out the form regarding compliance myself without having to bring the machine in with the data card, having them read it, and then fill out the compliance form f...
by mmsiciliana
Sat May 03, 2008 9:20 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Why would a stomach sleeper need cpap?
Replies: 8
Views: 1594

[quote="jomac30"]Thanks everyone. I was hoping to try tummy sleeping instead od cpap, but I guess not.

by mmsiciliana
Sat May 03, 2008 9:08 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: 7 Day Average AHI 7.7?
Replies: 8
Views: 2778

7 Day Average AHI 7.7?

Hi Everybody, I've been on cpap for about a year and a half now. When I first started therapy I was a whole new person...a person who could go for days without NEEDING a nap and a person who didn't crash as soon as I got home from work. But lately, I seem to be turning back into that person. I was ...
by mmsiciliana
Tue Apr 22, 2008 9:20 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Would this be a viable rainout cure?
Replies: 21
Views: 3680

Re: Would this be a viable rainout cure?

[quote="Dale92"]Greetings All I haven't posted in quite awhile but I have followed the postings occasionally. I was at my DME's recently and I have to admit that 99 out of 100 of his comments are usually useless but I would like your opinion on this one. He suggested I use the same product divers us...
by mmsiciliana
Sun Apr 13, 2008 3:11 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Temperature?
Replies: 12
Views: 1916

[quote="xyz"]> I run a ceiling fan all night, though, because I can't stand the noise of listening to myself breathe in and out. Here's a trick. Sleep on your side (which is better anyway since it allows lower pressure) and use _one_ ear plug (in the ear that's "up"). The ear that's down is blocked ...
by mmsiciliana
Sat Apr 12, 2008 10:45 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Who initiated the diagnosis of your Sleep Apnea
Replies: 36
Views: 6246

I've been known by my family for years as being someone who could and would sleep any chance I got. If I went to visit my sister in another state for her annual 4th of July party, I would be sleeping most of the day while everyone else was getting ready for the party. Driving to work, a mere 20 min...
by mmsiciliana
Sat Apr 12, 2008 8:21 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Temperature?
Replies: 12
Views: 1916

........ I've had the humidifier dial turned to 0 and still get rainout. ...... At zero, the plate that warms the humidifier is turned completely off. As you increase the setting the plate gets warmer, the water gets warmer and evaporates faster providing more humidity through the hose. Your room t...
by mmsiciliana
Sat Apr 12, 2008 7:58 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Temperature?
Replies: 12
Views: 1916

[quote="xyz"]I understand that you have the integrated humidifier with you Remstar. What is your pressure? Set the machine/humidifier lower than your head level. On the floor, or near it. Try to keep the hose in a more or less straight line down from your head to the humidifier, allowing condensatio...
by mmsiciliana
Sat Apr 12, 2008 5:05 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Temperature?
Replies: 12
Views: 1916

Temperature?

Hello Everyone, I've browsed this site several times, but this is my first post. I'm amazed at how much you all know about your "numbers." I was diagnosed wtih OSA in November, 2006. In January or February of 2007 I was introduced to the wonderful world of cpap through the hospital's dme. My machine...