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by JoyD.
Tue Mar 26, 2024 12:43 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Best pillow for side sleeper
Replies: 15
Views: 3212

Re: Best pillow for side sleeper

I'm a side sleeper and after trying several types of pillows including one with "cut-outs". . . the one that works for me is a mixture of Buckwheat Hulls and foam pieces made by Pur-Sleep . It can be pushed to adjust the hulls so that it fits the side of your face/mask to your liking. You can also r...
by JoyD.
Tue Feb 20, 2024 2:18 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: ASV machines
Replies: 7
Views: 3837

Re: ASV machines

Do I absolutely have to have an ASV machine? If you have central sleep apnea (including complex apnea, mixed apnea and/or Cheyne Stokes respiration) then yes, you do need an ASV. Would you still need an ASV (with Central/Mixed/Complex Sleep Apnea and/or CSRs even if your APAP (EPR 3) was consistent...
by JoyD.
Sun Feb 26, 2023 5:43 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Smartcard & Software for the old Respironics M-Series??
Replies: 9
Views: 793

Re: Smartcard & Software for the old Respironics M-Series??

Here's "the thing" https://www.cpap.com/productpage/respironics-smart-card-reader-usb I stocked up on smart cards and card readers years ago when they were still available and much cheaper.....and NONE are for sale. And, I KNOW WHERE THEY ALL ARE. Den :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: Well, I can't get my so...
by JoyD.
Fri Feb 24, 2023 10:56 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: HELP needed for 13-yr CPAP user!
Replies: 166
Views: 10881

Re: HELP needed for 13-yr CPAP user!

You can still use imgur to host your screenshots either as a link like you have been doing or as an embedded image like the one below. I have instructions for how to embed images somewhere....can't lay my hands on it at the moment. Here's an image from a recent report of mine that I saved so I coul...
by JoyD.
Thu Feb 23, 2023 3:04 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Smartcard & Software for the old Respironics M-Series??
Replies: 9
Views: 793

Re: Smartcard & Software for the old Respironics M-Series??

. Thanks Palerider & Pugsy. Pugsy, if you find those instructions for getting a single night's AHI, I'd be interested to have it. Thanks. (I did print out Apnea Board's Clinical Menu instructions for him.) Palerider, don't think my son would bother with software . . . but if he does, I might like to...
by JoyD.
Thu Feb 23, 2023 2:04 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Smartcard & Software for the old Respironics M-Series??
Replies: 9
Views: 793

Smartcard & Software for the old Respironics M-Series??

. I'm giving my Respironics Remstar Auto M-series to my son as a backup. (I now have two Airsense 10 machines for my own APAP & backup). Right now he has the cheapest "bare bones" ResMed constant-pressure CPAP that the DME pawned off on him. But, fortunately he does well on it. But he said he wanted...
by JoyD.
Wed Feb 22, 2023 5:00 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: HELP needed for 13-yr CPAP user!
Replies: 166
Views: 10881

Re: HELP needed for 13-yr CPAP user!

The usual suspect for this kind of flow rate data is "expiratory mouth breathing"---meaning opening your mouth on exhalation, but closing it on inhalation. The reason this is the usual suspect is a figure showing several different kinds of typical flow rate patterns that may (or may not) indicate f...
by JoyD.
Mon Feb 13, 2023 10:37 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: HELP needed for 13-yr CPAP user!
Replies: 166
Views: 10881

Re: HELP needed for 13-yr CPAP user!

. I'm still trying to get better interpreting my Flow Rate breaths. Below are two zoomed-in shots of breaths that I'd like feedback on please . . . 1. The first are "smaller breaths with tails at the exhale" (first half of my zoomed shot). I OFTEN see these "sleep breaths", even for an extended peri...
by JoyD.
Thu Feb 02, 2023 10:13 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: HELP needed for 13-yr CPAP user!
Replies: 166
Views: 10881

Re: HELP needed for 13-yr CPAP user!

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Thanks Pugsy and Ozij. Your feedback is always appreciated!

Joy
by JoyD.
Thu Feb 02, 2023 9:24 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: HELP needed for 13-yr CPAP user!
Replies: 166
Views: 10881

Re: HELP needed for 13-yr CPAP user!

. This morning I just want to say THANKS to Pugsy, Ozij, RobySue1, and others for your help in getting me in a better place with my CPAP therapy. I am posting my last nights OSCAR report showing what I have been seeing for the past two weeks: * A smoother Flow Rate graph (fewer arousals) * Flow Limi...
by JoyD.
Mon Jan 09, 2023 2:55 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: HELP needed for 13-yr CPAP user!
Replies: 166
Views: 10881

Re: HELP needed for 13-yr CPAP user!

. Found an excellent recent publication from Circulation , July 20, 2021 issue called "Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Cardiovascular Disease: A Scientific Statement from the American Heart Association. One of the contributors is Virend K. Somers, MD, PhD, a recognized expert on the topic from Mayo Clin...
by JoyD.
Sun Dec 25, 2022 11:21 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Happy Christmas!
Replies: 8
Views: 670

Re: Happy Christmas!

A quick thank you to everyone on the forum for your continued support of us newbies, oldbies, middlebies, and everyone in-between. I hope that Santa/Hanukkah Claus leaves you a brand spanking new Bleep Eclipse or other mask of choice in your stockings this year. You make using a CPAP bearable and y...
by JoyD.
Sat Dec 24, 2022 11:13 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Is ViHealth working? Any other methods to get O2 Ring data? & other questions about O2 Ring.
Replies: 10
Views: 2307

Re: Is ViHealth working? Any other methods to get O2 Ring data? & other questions about O2 Ring.

I'm using O2 ring for almost 2 years now. Ring itself works flawlessly. Unfortunately recently I did updated the ViHealth app and it was a total disaster!!! From that point on I have no access to the data on my ring. I wish I knew how to find and download older version! Wellue help team is clueless...
by JoyD.
Wed Dec 14, 2022 10:57 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: HELP needed for 13-yr CPAP user!
Replies: 166
Views: 10881

Re: HELP needed for 13-yr CPAP user!

. Okay gals, hope the "hijacking message" got back to Papnapper . . . BACK TO MY THREAD NOW :lol: :lol: I'm posting last night's OSCAR report https://imgur.com/zBgij5L for two reasons: 1. Last night I was Supine MOST OF THE NIGHT . . . yet my Pressure never surged past 14 (when MAX P was set at 18.6...
by JoyD.
Wed Dec 14, 2022 7:29 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: HELP needed for 13-yr CPAP user!
Replies: 166
Views: 10881

Re: HELP needed for 13-yr CPAP user!

On the day I received my Wellvue O2-ring, 3 months ago, I was concerned about the possibility of personal identification data being sent via the internet when plugged into my PC to ????? I sent 3 emails to the makers, the support and the software people asking what was in the unusually large connec...