OK. It seems that this is a good place to get help, if you're willing to subject yourself to rudeness, arrogance, and a disdainful disregard for any criticism, however instructive it is intended to be.

Thanks to all who have helped, but this isn't for me.

Lars out.

@pugsy: I suppose the confusion I have is where you (or somebody) says: "Even if you just have a lot of different questions specific to you ..." (my emphasis) The question I raised in this thread does not seem to me to be specific to me. It's a general question about how CPAP machines work. At no po...

AmSleepnBetta wrote: ↑

Mon Dec 27, 2021 8:56 pm

lars-the-bear will read this response to his post if he is truly interested in flow limitation.

Thank you -- I did.

Julie wrote: ↑

Mon Dec 27, 2021 5:57 am

It's fine to turn it off for little breaks - better than waking your wife!

Thank you.

BW, Lars.

I think that you have to realise that most people on this forum are sleep deprived to some extent. They wouldn't be here otherwise. That makes us all a bit grumpy to put it mildly! Fair enough; and I'm probably not at my best at present, either. But still... I have other questions, and I now have a...

If I may take up a little of your time ... My goodness. I don't think I've seen my failings so comprehensively and studiously documented since my first wife divorced me. You only omitted to point out that I repeatedly leave the toilet seat up. I have to say that I'm baffled. What started out as som...

About sleeping with the FFM -- some people find it useful to use specialty pillows with cutouts on the side to accommodate the mask. Take a look on Amazon to see whether anything looks likely to help you. Thank you for this suggestion; I will follow this up. Dealing with the mask fitment is the har...

We need to be patient and let our bodies adjust to things before trying to fix something that may not be broken at all. Thank you, and I am trying to be patient. The complication is that I don't have any classic sleep anpoea symptoms, and the graphs, and the AHI figures, don't affect how I feel in ...

Jlfinkels wrote: ↑

Mon Dec 27, 2021 11:13 am

New ideas belong in new threads.

That sounds correct to me, for what it's worth, and it's what I've been trying to do. I really didn't expect rudeness for it.

BW, Lars.

I don't think palerider is being an asshole. His is a perfectly reasonable request – one which is primarily for your benefit. If the users of this forum really prefer to have long threads with a jumble of different topics, then of course I will comply. It's not something I've seen on other forums -...

palerider wrote: ↑

Sun Dec 26, 2021 5:13 pm

I do wish you'd quit posting a new topic for every random thought that wanders through your head.

And I do wish you'd stop being an a*shole, and get off my back.

But, thanks to the features of the forum software, I'll be getting my wish

BW, Lars.

If I sneeze into my full face mask, I usually just wipe if off with a kleenex and watch it later. Is it normal practice to switch the CPAP machine off, to wipe the inside of a mask? Or just leave it running with air hissing out? If I leave it running, the machine turns up to maximum flow, but it do...

You commented that the whole period was about 40 minutes long. Is it possible you were tucking your chin toward your chest during that period? This posture (whether you're on your back, stomach, or sides) can make it easier for all kinds of restrictions to develop in the airway. Thanks. I think tha...

dataq1 wrote: ↑

Sun Dec 26, 2021 11:37 am

Lars, It was not my intent to alarm you,...

No need to apologise -- I was only kidding

BW, Lars.

I don't think that last point is correct. It's not to do with the duration but the percentage of reduction in the inhalation breath as far as I know when it comes to FL's. My Oscar print-outs show FL's of as short as 2 seconds. That's what I'm wondering about -- if these machines look at data in fo...