My first appt and followup was with an NP. She knew her stuff. The sleep study (ambulatory, in-home) was read by the DR though.

Average leak rate= 2.49 Are you reading this off the LCD screen? no, off the SD card using Sleepyhead software on my Mac. Oh, this page? https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-2SgjoT7N47c/U7QgnxpyVEI/AAAAAAAAR_A/FG2tFL9FYeo/w1024-h595-no/2.jpg Leak rate is an indication of how well your mask is sealing...

sc0ttt wrote:

Average leak rate= 2.49

Are you reading this off the LCD screen?

no, off the SD card using Sleepyhead software on my Mac.

I've averaged 7 hours 11 minutes with the mask on.. longer than I ever thought I could tolerate it.

Greetings all... 5 nights in and here are my SH numbers. I'm still at the bottom of the learning curve on what they really mean, so any insight is appreciated from this very helpful group. Untreated AHI = 16.9 Average of 5 nights with CPAP= 6.8 (AHI was a low of 4.37 and a high of 9.24) Average pres...

You can use the SleepyHead software and your DME or doctor won't have anyway to tell that you did unless you tell them. The software does nothing to the contents of the SD card. Even if you accidentally did something to the SD card your PR S1 machine stores everything a DME or doc would need on its...

nasal congestion and headache can be due to the humidity level being too high or low...mine was because I had it set too high, originally...so I do great at 2. Last few nights were so humid I turned humidifier heater off, this morning I have a headache. May or may not be related. I have the same un...

Welcome to the forum. Your chosen machine in your equipment profile doesn't match up with your chosen humidifier. To avoid later confusion and to help you better in the future let's figure out exactly which model machine you have. The machine you have chosen is model 550. That model isn't normally ...

Thought I'd introduce myself quickly and get out of the way so I can learn. Just discovered this forum and already can tell there are a lot of helpful folks here. Here's just a little background: 62 year old male retired first of the year from high stress job quit smoking almost a year ago walk 3 mi...