Thanks for your replies. It sounds like my brother may well have sleep apnea. He's a conservative guy and will wait until he talks with his family doctor before taking action. In my case, five nights of low blood oxygen revealed by my oximeter prompted me to buy an apap. I'm sleeping better and my b...

Hi, My 65 year old brother was diagnosed with sleep apnea about 10 years ago (he had a sleep study). He tried CPAP for a few months and didn't like it, so instead he lost 40 pounds (neck size went from 17.5 to 16.5) and trained himself to sleep on his side. His snoring went away and he therefore ass...

Thanks for these thoughts. I will ask my daughter to try this for a few more nights to get more data. I've wondered about the accuracy of my oximeter (cms50f). I sometimes put my hands behind my head when I'm sleeping and that gives me a desat. I've turned the alarm on at 88% which is training me no...

Here's another oximeter chart I'm trying to interpret. It's for my 13 year old daughter. The recording only covers about 4 hours before the sensor fell off her finger, but there is a clear desaturation event. Should I be worried about this? Should I get her to record a few more nights? She doesn't s...

We skip the lip balm, and purse the lips. Much better when taping! Thanks for the tips! I think I'm one of the lucky ones. My stats look good. From my oximeter, the number of minutes below 88% ranged from 18 to 92 (!) minutes before the apap. First three nights on apap, the oximeter reported 14.2 th...

My kids really like taping their mouths (me to, of course). But if they put lip balm on, the tape doesn't stick properly. Should we switch to wider tape. Currently use 1"'.

Oh yea. I've been looking forward to this. I'm all geared up. I've got the apap by my bed, the oximeter on my wrist, snorelab on my phone, sleepyhead on my computer. I've taken 5 mg of melatonin to make sure I'm sleepy and I'm watching TV while wearing my yellow blue-light blocking glasses. My teena...

It looks like I did get a brand new machine given that run hours are zero. And it's reassuring to hear that a bit of use is not a problem (although in my case, it looks like no usage at all). The online ordering went really well. I ordered on Tuesday. They said they would ship on Wednesday and recom...

I checked run hours. It says 0 (zero). Every file and every directory on the SD card has the same time stamp. I'm quite relieved that the run hours is zero. It really sounds like I can get started tonight. So, for my first night with the P10..... I was thinking minimum 6, maximum 15. I've read the 4...

Hi, I got my new resmed airsense 10 today and am keen to try it. I purchased it from an online vendor with a good reputation on this board who claims their machines are brand new, unopened and sealed by the manufacturer. However the unit wasn't in a sealed box. It looks unused but when I examine the...

Thanks for the responses. I feel good about my plan, just hope my family doctor is OK with writing the script. I had read about the extra functionality of the airsense 10 autoset for her and very surprised to see it in the CPAP category in the government list provided by Dog S. If my sleep doctor wo...

Hi, I'm in Toronto and will be seeing my family doctor on Wednesday to arrange for a sleep study. I already have an oximeter with readings that suggest I have sleep apnea. http://www.cpaptalk.com/viewtopic/t174019/Interpret-newbies-oximeter-results.html The two sleep clinics I contacted said they ar...

Thanks for your advice. I will get a referral for a sleep study this week.

In the meantime, I'm going to set the alarm on my oximeter to beep when my O2 drops really low. I figure it's better to wake up than to continue like that.

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Hi, I'm a 63 year old male living in Toronto. I'm 5'11, weight 188, bodyfat 31%, neck size 17". I don't have high blood pressure or diabetes. I don't work out enough, but eat a reasonably healthy diet. I normally sleep from 10:30 pm through to 6 am, waking once to pee if I've had any liquids before ...