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by littlecarmelite
Mon Apr 20, 2015 4:24 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Can someone help me understand this?
Replies: 8
Views: 953

Re: Can someone help me understand this?

This would be my first thought for a machine based on what you have told us so far. It will do everything that I think you might need unless by some remote chance you end up with pressure needs exceeding 20 cm and that calls for a totally different machine. ResMed AirSense 10 AutoSet for Her...and ...
by littlecarmelite
Sun Apr 19, 2015 7:38 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Can someone help me understand this?
Replies: 8
Views: 953

Re: Can someone help me understand this?

Another question. In looking over some other posts on here, I see that people say a data capable machine is best? I've literally never had one so I have no idea what to get. I mentioned I thought an auto machine would be best and they sent in for that, but I'll likely be getting my own online (insur...
by littlecarmelite
Sun Apr 19, 2015 7:29 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Can someone help me understand this?
Replies: 8
Views: 953

Re: Can someone help me understand this?

Your AHI of 13 means that there were 13 events per hour (Apneas or Hypopnias). At the sleep center, with all the wires attached, they would be able to tell if you were awake or sleeping. I think with as little as an hour or two they can get a pretty good idea of your diagnosis. When you see your do...
by littlecarmelite
Sun Apr 19, 2015 7:26 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Can someone help me understand this?
Replies: 8
Views: 953

Re: Can someone help me understand this?

It's very unlikely that awake time would be mistaken for asleep time even with a home study unless the only thing they checked was the oxygen levels. There are varying levels of comprehensiveness to home sleep studies...some are the most basic and only do the oxygen thing with a pulse oximeter and ...
by littlecarmelite
Sun Apr 19, 2015 4:19 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Can someone help me understand this?
Replies: 8
Views: 953

Can someone help me understand this?

Hello, I'm new here, and to all of this apnea stuff. So I knew I had apnea because I'll wake up feeling like something is catching in my throat and gasping. My brother also told me when I was a baby I had it as well and apparently I did as a child too. That being said, I started getting almost narco...