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by kikala
Fri Feb 09, 2018 9:28 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Newbie -- advice re: O2 levels
Replies: 28
Views: 4498

Re: Newbie -- advice re: O2 levels

Thanks Mogy, I'm glad to hear I'm not the only one! I do have a bit of GERD, but nothing serious, so I don't think that's a contributor. I have a feeling my pulmonary function test will be normal and no one will really know why my oxygen levels are so low at night....
by kikala
Fri Feb 09, 2018 2:44 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Newbie -- advice re: O2 levels
Replies: 28
Views: 4498

Re: Newbie -- advice re: O2 levels

Thanks. Just to clarify -- I actually have done a lot of research on ME/CFS and have a pretty good doctor -- I just haven't been able to find a doctor who knows about ME/CFS and O2 desaturations. Likely because there just hasn't been enough research. For now, I'll stick to the O2, ask my doctor abou...
by kikala
Thu Feb 08, 2018 9:04 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Newbie -- advice re: O2 levels
Replies: 28
Views: 4498

Re: Newbie -- advice re: O2 levels

Are you able to import your oximeter data into SleepyHead? It would be helpful to see if the desaturations you are experiencing occur around the same time that scored events are occurring. I tried using the oximeter (from the respiratory therapist), but I have a really hard time falling asleep and ...
by kikala
Thu Feb 08, 2018 9:01 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Newbie -- advice re: O2 levels
Replies: 28
Views: 4498

Re: Newbie -- advice re: O2 levels

Do you care to say what this is? For all we know, it might be an important factor in CPAP therapy and supplemental O2 needs. I have ME/CFS -- have been sick with it since 1990. Wretched illness. But I had a sleep test in 1992 and didn't have sleep apnea, so I'm guessing that the resulting weight ga...
by kikala
Wed Feb 07, 2018 10:46 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Newbie -- advice re: O2 levels
Replies: 28
Views: 4498

Re: Newbie -- advice re: O2 levels

Yes, my daytime O2 level seems OK, though not ideal -- usually 93 or so, but it fluctuates from 92 - 96. I have a chronic illness that keeps me quite sedentary, which I'm sure doesn't help.
by kikala
Wed Feb 07, 2018 10:17 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Newbie -- advice re: O2 levels
Replies: 28
Views: 4498

Re: Newbie -- advice re: O2 levels

Sorry if I wasn't clear, greatunclebill, I *did* start the O2, two nights ago.

Just trying to better understand what's happening. Thanks.
by kikala
Wed Feb 07, 2018 10:15 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Newbie -- advice re: O2 levels
Replies: 28
Views: 4498

Re: Newbie -- advice re: O2 levels

Thanks Julie. My pressure settings (on auto) are 6 -20. I'm trying to upload some of my charts. Here's from a night without supplemental oxygen: https://imgur.com/a/vAGuj Here's from a night with oxygen: https://imgur.com/a/cOZlb I'm really not sure what exactly to look for to judge how I'm doing --...
by kikala
Wed Feb 07, 2018 10:00 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Newbie -- advice re: O2 levels
Replies: 28
Views: 4498

Newbie -- advice re: O2 levels

hi folks, I'm brand new to this board, after being diagnosed with sleep apnea last summer. I have a question I'm hoping some people can respond to, as I've been searching the internet for a few hours now and not finding a whole lot about this. After complaining of insomnia and chronic exhaustion to ...