jnk & DoriC ... I totally agree with both of you, thanks for sharing your thoughts. There are so many games in life that we have to play already and it would be good if we didn't have to do the same with our lives/doctors. You really hit the nail on the head with your posts - namely that a patient s...

Sorry, but I am just coming off a week where a friend's husband died unexpectedly during the night. He was slim and athletic but he snored heavily. Friend kept telling him she could hear him stop breathing in his sleep but he refused to do anything about it. Now my friend will live maybe 30 more ye...

I am fairly certain that what we think we might want...has already occurred to the powers that build this machines and someone somewhere is working on it because they know that people will buy it. If there is a way to make more money...companies will build it. The way things work now is that the bi...

Your average sleep doc, as a general rule, couldn't care less about treatment-machine data. Seems like such a waste, there must be some use for some of the data. He gives a diagnosis, he prescribes a pressure, then he's pretty much done. This assumes that the gold standard PSG is a perfect (or at l...

The number of people that follow their data must be WAY in the minority. I thought that when I told these 10 people about being able to monitor and possibly improve their therapy, they would be interested in learning how but that hasn't been the case at all. Amazing!! Yes, this is interesting but n...

I still can't believe a diagnosis of a chronic disorder is based on what seems like iffy data at best, but I guess it is the best option we have. Hopefully better diagnostic tools are on the horizon. Perhaps the iffy data is sufficient in diagnosing patients who obviously have OSA (as ChicagoGranny...

padster May I suggest that in your future thinking and posting you clearly delineate between diagnosis and treatment as they are jumbled up in what you just posted? For instance, Home machines are another source of data which the more technically savvy xPAP users rely on to refine the diagnosis of ...

Most apnea is bleeding obvious from just an airflow measurement. No subtleties of O2, EEG, etc. I know several people I knew had apnea just from listening to them breathe in their sleep. Any kind of sleep test will flag these people as 100% sure-fire apneacs. Some people do require a more refined t...

Here's an example page that outlines "impact of diaphragmatic breathing on health": http://www.normalbreathing.com/diaphragm-function.php#.UDRCzt2mDng Just search for that phrase and you'll find a LOT more examples. Just had a quick first read. I'm going to need a second and third slow read through...

... If one trains to improve diaphragmatic breathing, i presume it will directly be relevant to our breathing when we're awake, but i wonder if it will it also spill over to our breathing habits while we're asleep. ... It will not impact respiratory drive and/or obstructions. So, if you normally ob...

... If one trains to improve diaphragmatic breathing, i presume it will directly be relevant to our breathing when we're awake, but i wonder if it will it also spill over to our breathing habits while we're asleep. ... It will not impact respiratory drive and/or obstructions. So, if you normally ob...

Hi Padster -- As for your first question, I don't know quite how to describe the difference, but it just felt like an easier breathing rhythm for me. I was using my own mask so I know the difference wasn't the mask. When I woke up a couple of times I felt like I didn't even have a mask on and was b...

Is it fair to say that there's a lot more research and conclusive info on OSAs in comparison to CSAs and the potential causes of Clear Airway events recorded by home xPAP machines? If so, do you think it's because the latter is more difficult to 'identify/treat', less profitable or has a smaller nu...

This post started out as a reply to one of Pugsy's comments (below) but it ended up exploring a topic that may result in a useful discussion, so i thought it may be worthwhile to start a new thread rather than have it buried within another one. Please feel free to contribute your experiences and op...

Pugsy, my 50H has an perfusion index on the screen, but it doesn't record any data. I think the 50i might but I haven't checked. Thanks for sharing Liz, I would have probably jumped in to buy it, only to realize later that there's no recorded data to work with. It seems like the 50i has been around...