Have other things been thoroughly checked out? Has your thyroid been checked out thoroughly (NOT just a TSH)? What was your HbA1C (measure of blood sugar averages over the past three months)? I don't think they have; I don't have any record of thyroid function ever being checked; my blood sugar is ...

Can you give us a good picture of what your sleep is like? How long does it take you to fall asleep? How many times do you remember waking at night? Are wakeups early in your sleep, later toward morning, or all night? Do you fall right back asleep when you wake? How many hours of sleep do you get? ...

Thank you for pointing out that I had selected machine. It is the 560. I've been looking at SleepyHead as well as the Respironics App, but for the life of me, other than the leak information I'm not sure what I'm supposed to do with it. According to the Respironics App my mask fit is 99 - 100%, only...

Went back to sleep doc for first time since I got my machine and expressed to him that I didn't feel like it was doing anything for me. His response was that the data said otherwise, that I've gone from "not breathing" 50 times a night down to 2. He said that the pressure is correct, I'm using it ab...

Thanks for the welcome, SPM. Nick, ArchAngle I apologize - I just now realized my response to you got lost some how.... REI - that's what's written on my lab report. Maybe the transcriptionist got it wrong? "Apnea Blindness" - I actually wondered about this from the moment I first saw the sleep doct...

I'm a newbie too, so I know my advice isn't worth much, but I'll add my two cents -- I'm using a full face mask, because the drool on my pillow every morning tells me I'm a mouth breather. I tried on a nasal pillow at the DME and decided that even with a chin strap that wouldn't be the route for me....

Feel silly replying to my own post... but my post from earlier this afternoon was soo off... So many numbers running through my head - and it doesn't help that I have to deal with numbers quite a bit at work (yes, someone has been checking my math lately, as embarrassing as that is to admit). The r...

Feel silly replying to my own post... but my post from earlier this afternoon was soo off... So many numbers running through my head - and it doesn't help that I have to deal with numbers quite a bit at work (yes, someone has been checking my math lately, as embarrassing as that is to admit). The re...

Thanks for the catch, Roby!

The 95% is the MASK FIT percentage from Sleep Mapper.

Haha, so, funny story. I had a response typed out at home. Checking the board over lunch and apparently I didn't hit submit! Oh well, just one of the many not-right things I've done on this Monday. My AHIs have been around 1.5. A couple of times they've been as high as 4 after a gradual increase. Ma...

I've been lurking for a couple of weeks now, but wanted to finally log in and compliment y'all on the amount of information on this site! I just started using my APAP about three weeks ago. Not feeling like it's doing anything for me, but I tend to be impatient. Hopefully it'll kick in soon - I'm ti...