Seems like a good idea to me.
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- Wed Nov 20, 2013 4:18 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: U.S. to screen pilots, controllers for sleep apnea
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2431
- Wed Jun 19, 2013 6:36 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: This Website is short of memory capacity
- Replies: 58
- Views: 6189
Re: This Website is short of memory capacity
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- Tue Jun 18, 2013 5:39 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Thinking of trying a new mask for summer - nasal pillows
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1123
Re: Thinking of trying a new mask for summer - nasal pillows
I'm also an Opus 360 user and my pressures run 22 inhale and 18 exhale - hurricane. Leaks are reasonable in most positions and my AHI went from 113 on my split study night to an average of under 0.5 since I started 2 months ago (6 nights at 0.0 so far). It can'r hurt to try some pillows, they really...
- Mon Jun 17, 2013 11:24 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Swift FX v Swift LT: your thoughts
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2998
Re: Swift FX v Swift LT: your thoughts
If you like the LT, you might want to look at the F&P Opus 360. Same general design, but a lot cheaper. It's the pillow system I've used since I began CPAP therapy 3 months ago and it works great. I also like to route the hose over my head (and around the corner post on the headboard), and the Opus ...
- Fri May 24, 2013 7:32 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Sleep Study Tonight
- Replies: 17
- Views: 2512
Re: Sleep Study Tonight
I wore a fisher&Paykel nasal mask with no forehead support. I really like this mask but can't seem to find it on cpap.com. I thought it could be the mask that I use, the Opus 360: https://www.cpap.com/productpage/fisher-paykel-opus-360-HC482A-CPAP-Mask.html , but you said it was a nasal mask, not p...
- Mon May 20, 2013 11:34 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: New User - Positive Results
- Replies: 4
- Views: 575
Re: New User - Positive Results
Thanks Sheriff. I really don't worry much about leaks. They are mostly small (I've never gotten a night with a "Large Leak" indicator warning) and variable. Some nights the line is really flat, other nights it's a little spiky. I figure that as long as I don't get the large leak warning I'll be OK. ...
- Mon May 20, 2013 11:10 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: New User - Positive Results
- Replies: 4
- Views: 575
New User - Positive Results
Thanks to all who post here. Not to sound like a broken record, but this forum has been a fantastic resource for me since my diagnosis in early April. I had been experiencing daytime sleepiness - not debilitating, but annoying - and EXTREME snoring for several years. My poor wife took to wearing ear...
- Tue May 14, 2013 6:05 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: how long is usual to get sleep study results
- Replies: 18
- Views: 3901
Re: how long is usual to get sleep study results
I was bringing home the machine from the DME 6 days after my split study. This from a sleep center that does 4-6 people per night, 5 days per week. Not bad, IMHO.
- Thu May 09, 2013 3:12 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Sleeping pillows (not nasal pillows)
- Replies: 20
- Views: 3266
- Wed May 08, 2013 7:53 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: My Personal Rainbow
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1249
Re: My Personal Rainbow
Do you know why your graph shows two different colors on your leak graph? My leak graph shows 1 color. I think the PR series 60 machines show "total leak", which is the total leak from the mask including the expected vent volume at your pressure, as well as "leak", which is the leak from your mask ...
- Thu Apr 25, 2013 10:29 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Any advice on using nasal pillow mask?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 3122
Re: Any advice on using nasal pillow mask?
In the morning it feels like I've got 'pig nose' from having those pillows jammed up Strap is too tight. Try a different size nasal pillow to see if you can maintain a seal better.... Piggy nose syndrome is simply from the straps being too tight. Padacheek makes a barrel cozy..originally for rain o...
- Thu Apr 25, 2013 10:24 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Need Help getting SleepyHead to work
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1236
Re: Need Help getting SleepyHead to work
Outside of Sleepyhead, can you access the card reader and see the smart card data? If not, you need to see if the card reader is actually being recognized by the computer. If so, then you just need to go into the Sleepyhead preferences (File/Preferences on the main menu) and tell the software where ...
- Thu Apr 25, 2013 10:17 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Any advice on using nasal pillow mask?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 3122
Re: Any advice on using nasal pillow mask?
@snowhite999 I have gale force pressure too - IPAP 20 / EPAP 17. I'm using Swift FX / Aloha nasal pillows. Trying to figure out which one I love the most. But my leaks are very very low...with my leaks being cause by ME - face into pillow or my arm. One thing you might try is a different SIZE pillo...
- Thu Apr 25, 2013 10:02 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Any advice on using nasal pillow mask?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 3122
Re: Any advice on using nasal pillow mask?
Sorry to semi-hijack your thread, but I have a similar need for advice. I'm about a week in after getting my machine and my nose is beginning to suffer. In order to keep the leaks down, I have my straps on my F&P Opus 360 pulled a little tight. My pressure is high (IPAP 22, EPAP 18), and when the pi...
- Fri Apr 19, 2013 1:24 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Where to get Encore Basic?
- Replies: 26
- Views: 6735
Re: Where to get Encore Basic?
I have to say that I am new to this as well. Pugsy got me the Encore Basic SW yesterday and I loaded it last night but was VERY underwhelmed with its capabilities and reporting. I then downloaded the Sleepyhead SW (w/ the patch) and got immediate satisfaction from all the fancy charts and graphs ava...