I have a follow up appt with my pulmonologist on Wednesday. Please let me know if there are any specific questions that I should get answered. It appears that my AHI is averaging around 8 over the past 3 or 4 nights (read via Sleepyhead, which seems to be reading the data provided by my machine - I ...

Hi everyone - Well, after a few weeks of 20/14 bi-level therapy that offered no therapeutic value whatsoever, I was called back in for another sleep study...this one to titrate for an ASV unit. That night went well, providing me with hours of Stage 3 sleep and about 45 minutes of REM, which I haven'...

Best of luck with the conference, Karen. As a customer of yours, I wish you the very best in getting the word out about your products. I work in medical education myself, and just returned from ASCO in Chicago (world's largest annual cancer meeting for professionals). Based on my experience in atten...

So I have 3 nights in the books now...and none went very well from my perspective - or my wife's Still trying to get adjusted. In fact, I seem to spend more time adjusting my mask then I do sleeping...and the leaks are many and often. This morning I pulled my data and wanted to get a crash course in...

Hi all - wanted to report on my 2nd night of therapy... Night 2 was much better than the first night. I think I actually got in some good sleep time this time around. Probably a total of 7 hours when all was said and done. Disjointed of course, considering the mask leaks woke me every now and again....

Hi everyone - Just wanted to provide an update... Received my bi-level unit yesterday and put in about 6 hours of mask time last night...figure I slept about 4 hours total (based solely on my staring at the clock). Interestingly, despite the reduced "sleeping hours" versus my usual 6 or 7 hours, I f...

Thanks for the detailed response John...I do appreciate it. Just got off the phone with the DME...they are sending out a Respironics "750", which appears to be the PR System One REMstar BiPAP Auto with Bi-Flex...I'm to expect a call from the local rep tomorrow or Friday with the unit for set up. Any...

Thanks for the information. Please note that I have central apnea, not obstructive, so I'm being prescribed a bilevel machine for that reason. However, I think the doctor is planning to try the simple version over the auto SV. Is there some specific information from my sleep study that I can provide...

Perhaps my timeline or description wasn't clear...sorry, I'm new to this... Initial sleep study diagnosed primary central sleep apnea - second study was with cpap/bi-pap. During that study, it was confirmed that I responded well to bi-pap with a setting of 20/14 (that setting prevented the central e...

I've been reading thru the forums since I was called back in for my 2nd sleep study - great site BTW. I've been diagnosed with primary central apnea via Deborah here in NJ. MD says I did best on bipap 20/14. Expecting a call from Pacific Pulmonary shortly and wanted to make sure I was getting the be...