Thanks to you both. I’ll give that a try. Usually my Quattro are quiet. Not sure why this one is different.

I'll give that a shot. It's a new mask and they've never been busy like this before.

Hi guys/gals. I use a resmed s9 with a Quattro fullFace silicone mouth gasket mask issued by VA. Is the mask supposed to have a silicone gasket on the inside, where the elbow attaches, too? I can remember ever noticing one way or the other. I ask because I got rid of my old mask after 6 months (va r...

I have 1 bagged L and 1 bagged S Resmed Swift pillows.

Ive had them since OCT '11, but I only use MED. VA has not told me how often to change my medium pillows, so Im looking for another set or 2 of medium so I don't have to go into VA again.

Thanks Roby! Wow. Ill have to digest this-it certainly is easier to read than the report they gave me. VA is great with treating, not so great always with explaining what they are doing.

Im sleeping pretty well, when I get those 6 hours or so (after grad school study, kids to bed, DVR with the wife, etc) im actually sleeping, not wake/sleep/wake/sleep. Now i need to figure out if any of my VA medication for my lower spine/nerve injury is contributing to my difficulty with weight los...

Diagnosis is severe OSA, prescribed a ResMed S9. My main curiosity was that there is an AHI/RDI, but no apneas listed, just the hypopneas.

Can anyone help me interpret some of this? I guess my biggest question in all of this is 'is this apnea' or something else? I know the doc say OSA, but I was reading somewhere about how if your RDI was way higher than your AHI that there was something else that it could be "UARS" or something. It lo...

Cool. Thanks for sharing. VA sleep tech explained the 'how' of using it, not so much the 'how' of it working.

CAS

How does a CPAP detect an obstructive apnea? Is it by pressure events where is has to increase the pressure, or some other mechanism?

you can buy a USB card reader that you plug the card into, and then into your computer for about 6.00 at pretty much any Walmart on the planet.

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Kodak-R120-Re ... s/15268377 etc.

I got the prelim results from VA today, but not the actual study. It says i was titrated at 7cmwp, but achieved no REM at this pressure. Apnea severe at points. avoid etoh/sedatives/narcotics. Well, that sucks-im on narcs for nerve/lumber discogenic pain. It's chronic and not going away. What does t...

Thanks. Ill give it some thought. It just seems so weird that I would have been 'every 30 seconds for about an hour' at my sleep study, but now after 4 days Im at 1 event for about 10 seconds.

I probably SHOULD be happy that it's doing it's job.

SO, since I have an autopap machine that self adjusts, is there anyway to get it to chart me as a 'control' without therapy, but still using the software onboard, or do I just have to compare to my sleep study and be confident in that its doing its job? Im a data geek at work, so knowing the machine...