getting scheduled for septoplasty/turbinate reduction-outfracture and nasal valve repair. had detailed inspection by my ent yesterday- my nostrils completely collapse inward with each inhalation. what i have assumed to have been constant congestion has been the valve collapse limiting/restricting ai...

No, I don't mind........but what you should do now is get hold of a recording pulse-oximeter to check your blood oxygen during your sleep. What you described is the reason I've always used cool, "passover" humidification with my CPAP. The cool air helps to keep my nasal passages open to be able to b...

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billyc17, why did you mention: to recap, 47, male, narrow nasal/airway cause of osa? By any chance do you suffer from UARS (Upper Airway Resistance Syndrome)? . because the doctor board certified in internal medicine, sleep medicine, and pulmonology told me so after looking in my throat and nose wi...

[quote="49er"]Hi Billyc, Since you mentioned you had narrow nasal passages, have you been evaluated by an ENT to see if that is an issue regarding pap therapy tolerance? I have experience similar type problems to you for longer unfortunately and am finally going to have a septoplasty and turbinate r...

For all intents and purposes, "Flow Limitations" don't really matter much with regard to the therapy......they and Snores are what the APAPs use to trigger pressure changes. I have to respectfully disagree. When trying to figure out why a person is waking up (and we can't see any logical reason) I ...

In my opinion, from what I'm reading is that the pressure changes in APAP mode is wrecking your sleep. "Good numbers" don't necessarily translate to "good sleep". If your breathing changes as you enter a sleep stage and the machine thinks it needs to increase pressure, you can be bumped out of the s...

hello, i 1st posted/joined here mid december in regards to my 4 months of struggling with cpap adjustment. This site has been a blessing with some very kind/insightful people. to recap, 47, male, narrow nasal/airway cause of osa, ahi 14, may not be accurate as my sleep study was done in my house as ...

I am sorry--- the last post by "guest" was by me, billyc17. sorry about that.

Hello, some brief background info; 47, been waking up 4-8 times a night since March 2012- doctor after doctor after doctor- (1 urologist wanted to remove my prostate even though my psa is 0.5, dear god!!) chronically exhausted, piercing headache each day, in a fog, etc. sleep study was finally sugge...