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- Thu Jun 04, 2020 8:59 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Does your body heal from damage done from lack of O2?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1578
Re: Does your body heal from damage done from lack of O2?
- Sun Apr 26, 2020 7:53 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Settled into CPAP routine, but backsliding on effectiveness
- Replies: 6
- Views: 16094
Re: Settled into CPAP routine, but backsliding on effectiveness
Clusters of events are fairly common. Use the resources that Pugsy has provided and check whether yours are "sleep-wake junk." Of course, if you are not really sleeping, or are having repeated arousals, that's a sleep problem in itself. See attachment for an example of the kind of SWJ that I see ev...
- Sun Apr 26, 2020 7:45 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Settled into CPAP routine, but backsliding on effectiveness
- Replies: 6
- Views: 16094
Re: Settled into CPAP routine, but backsliding on effectiveness
Go here and watch all the videos. http://freecpapadvice.com/sleepyhead-free-software Pay special attention to the last one. While it is mainly talking about central/clear airway apneas you can substitute any event category...we can have false positives in OA and hyponea categories as well. I suspec...
- Sun Apr 26, 2020 4:22 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Settled into CPAP routine, but backsliding on effectiveness
- Replies: 6
- Views: 16094
Re: Settled into CPAP routine, but backsliding on effectiveness
Okay, I'm obviously not embedding screenshots properly so I'll have to investigate that. In the meantime, here are direct links to the imgur screenshots. Here's an overview of my OSCAR results. Some recent days are very good (AHI < 3), others are poor (AHI > 5): https://imgur.com/a/IoMGM7M Here's a ...
- Sun Apr 26, 2020 4:13 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Settled into CPAP routine, but backsliding on effectiveness
- Replies: 6
- Views: 16094
Settled into CPAP routine, but backsliding on effectiveness
First: Thanks to all who have contributed so much amazing information on this forum. What a great resource. I've had so many questions answered just reading the forum I never felt the need to post before today. Second: Wow, OSCAR is great software. Now, onto the main show... I've was diagnosed with ...
- Sun Apr 26, 2020 10:53 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Newbie would like to hear success stories, please.
- Replies: 766
- Views: 2118673
Re: Newbie would like to hear success stories, please.
Count me as an APAP success (although there have been bumps along the way). Here's my story. I've been constantly exhausted for years but avoided repeated recommendations/referrals from friends and medical providers to get tested for sleep apnea. I had absolutely no interest in wearing a contraption...
- Sun Apr 26, 2020 9:24 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: can't find distilled water? What can I do?
- Replies: 93
- Views: 126800
Re: Can't find distilled water
The worst thing that will happen is you get a bit of mineral build up in the water chamber but it is easily removed with a bit of vinegar or lemon juice. This may be a silly question, but what is the best method to remove the buildup with vinegar? Splash it on, or soak the chamber? If soaked, how l...