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by eyeball
Thu Oct 16, 2014 12:17 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: sleep study found apnea, but only when on my back
Replies: 25
Views: 2724

Re: sleep study found apnea, but only when on my back

RicaLynn wrote: Grasping at straws.
I take it that as "false positives are impossible"?
by eyeball
Thu Oct 16, 2014 11:04 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: sleep study found apnea, but only when on my back
Replies: 25
Views: 2724

Re: sleep study found apnea, but only when on my back

One. Ore question, how much of the obstructive events (if sny) could be caused by nasal congestion? My sinuses are always very dry and swollen feeling. Often when in bed I can breath through one nostril clearly when on my side but the other is closed solid where I get no air through it without a lot...
by eyeball
Wed Oct 15, 2014 6:15 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: sleep study found apnea, but only when on my back
Replies: 25
Views: 2724

Re: sleep study found apnea, but only when on my back

Thanks all. I think I'm going to go forward and try a machine. Ok, somebody help me out here, but isn't that a disproportionate number of centrals? It appears to be disproportionate but I can't tell when they were flagged...we know it wasn't in REM but beyond that I can't tell if maybe they were sle...
by eyeball
Tue Oct 14, 2014 1:09 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: sleep study found apnea, but only when on my back
Replies: 25
Views: 2724

Re: sleep study found apnea, but only when on my back

How long were you at with oxygen levels below 90%? I'm not sure. Here's the study printouts: http://i.imgur.com/5AvAFvE.jpg As you can see, not a good night of sleep. It was especially bad because there was a "special" patient a room over who talked to the TV loudly much of the night. I guess it wa...
by eyeball
Tue Oct 14, 2014 11:58 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: sleep study found apnea, but only when on my back
Replies: 25
Views: 2724

sleep study found apnea, but only when on my back

Hi all, I had a sleep study a few weeks ago and a follow up today. I never sleep on my back when at home, but the doc and tech insisted I do so during the sleep study. So the result was that I had a super hard time falling asleep and between 10 and 5 AM got about 1.5 hours on my back before rolling ...