Thanks to the both of you. I might joke around here, but actually I am very concerned about this and trying hard to understand what is going on. I've been having some pretty scary neuro symptoms while awake, and the presence of 'prolonged' desats on my home sleep test was naturally worrying. I'd lik...

Den, you are well on your way to speaking Japanese better than I do--or becoming a professor of philology! Thanks for the kind welcome. England, sorry for the frivolity. I'm glad you got your numbers back where you want them. I'm thinking of changing my EPR settings too so this was helpful. Good luc...

Thanks, PR! I decided to stick with my current settings for 4-5 days to get a better baseline for the oximeter. Had a rough night, woken up by the desat alarm a few times (set it at 87). In my grogginess I must have reset the oximeter because there is no data this morning. I finally took the mask of...

I wish there was a 'like' button on this forum!

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Well, yay! Your post reassured me that I'm starting (slowly) to figure things out. Maybe I will try changing the EPR this week and see how that goes, then experiment with changes to the pressure range if I need to, and only after I understand what I am doing. All those names on your A-list are on mi...

PR, I like it here so far. I've been trying to keep a low profile till I figure out who not to piss off! I pushed the buttons to get into clinician mode and all of a sudden the machine went black! I had a moment of guilty panic thinking that Big Brother was watching me and I might get a zap if I tri...

Thanks to everyone for the advice on working with images and especially for the comments on the SpO2 figures. I'll read up on EPAP and play around with it to see if it helps. I thought that if the apneas were mostly taken care of then the desats would naturally go away, but I guess that would be too...

Sorry, there is probably some rule about replying to your own post but I don't know how to revise my original post. Here's another attempt to upload the graph.

Thanks!
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Sorry, it looked fine on the preview so I'm not sure why the right side is cut off like that. I hope there is enough of the graph to make sense.

Thanks!

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Hi! I was diagnosed last month with OSA and have been using an APAP for about a week. I had a home sleep test that showed AHI 19, RDI 22 and prolonged desats with a low of 78. The RT set the APAP to 6-14 and I have a follow-up with the sleep doc in January. I'm new to all this, but as far as I can t...

Sorry not to have been back on to post before now. I got my machine a few days ago and have been getting used to it, downloading SH, etc. I need to update my signature file but they gave me an AirSense 10 and AirFit P10 nasal pillows. I'll have to figure out how to read the SleepyHead data better bu...

I really appreciate everyone's comments. Pugsy, thank you for the explanation of the centrals and the thumbs up on the machine. I feel a little more confident that I'm in good hands with the doctor and DME after all, though of course I will continue to educate myself on here. I have to tell you, I'v...

I'm sorry, I didn't see the additional replies. Thanks so much! I will call the doctor again to try for more legible results. I hoped it might just be my own blurry vision! If you can believe it, these results are more legible than the first ones they gave me, and it took me two emails, two phone ca...

Mossytreesprite, thank you for your reply. I'm sorry to hear you've been struggling with health issues but your final comments are very encouraging! My doctor did say that home studies can underestimate the severity of apnea, but he didn't mention central apnea at all. It wasn't until I got the repo...

Hi! I've been on this forum a few days and already have learned so much. I was just diagnosed with OSA and am trying to understand the results of my home sleep study. The doctor called after the test to tell me I have moderate OSA (AHI 19) and that my oxygen saturation is not good and dipped down to...