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by katestyles
Sun May 19, 2019 2:10 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Kate's Therapy
Replies: 407
Views: 110948

Re: Kate's Therapy

Sure - I had OSCAR set to my old needs - pressure wasn't v. interesting. It's not very interesting still... (which is good). I LIKE seeing boring pressure graphs. I wonder how you'd do with a minepap of 16? ... Since pressure is so boring, it might not hurt to drop it a little, and see if it stays ...
by katestyles
Sun May 19, 2019 1:24 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Kate's Therapy
Replies: 407
Views: 110948

Re: Kate's Therapy

Well, here we go- some leak issues last night - but I didn't go right up to 25cms!!! Says you went to 25.2... edit: OH, you meant your pressure didn't... I thought you were talking about leak... just ignore my babbling. For the next chart, can you make the FL about as big as the pressure is now, an...
by katestyles
Sun May 19, 2019 12:28 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Kate's Therapy
Replies: 407
Views: 110948

Re: Kate's Therapy

Well, here we go- some leak issues last night - but I didn't go right up to 25cms!!! sleep quality? Well - i was awake quite a lot during the leaks - fighting with the leaks - but on the whole, it was good. I need to figure out how to get the bleep to behave at 22cms. i have every confidence that y...
by katestyles
Sun May 19, 2019 12:06 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Kate's Therapy
Replies: 407
Views: 110948

Re: Kate's Therapy

zonker wrote:
Sun May 19, 2019 12:04 pm
katestyles wrote:
Sun May 19, 2019 12:01 pm
Well, here we go- some leak issues last night - but I didn't go right up to 25cms!!!
sleep quality?
Well - i was awake quite a lot during the leaks - fighting with the leaks - but on the whole, it was good. I need to figure out how to get the bleep to behave at 22cms.
by katestyles
Sun May 19, 2019 12:01 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Kate's Therapy
Replies: 407
Views: 110948

Re: Kate's Therapy

Well, here we go- some leak issues last night - but I didn't go right up to 25cms!!!
by katestyles
Sat May 18, 2019 3:51 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Kate's Therapy
Replies: 407
Views: 110948

Re: Kate's Therapy

It is so beautiful!
by katestyles
Fri May 17, 2019 8:12 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Kate's Therapy
Replies: 407
Views: 110948

Re: Kate's Therapy

So - trying hard not to be overexcited, but thanks to LSAT, I have a tracking number that says I will be the proud owner of a Resmed Vauto tommorrow by 8pm!! I am planning to start at comparable settings to my current APAP which is running at min 20, max 20, EPR 3. Can someone check my math please?...
by katestyles
Fri May 17, 2019 8:11 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Kate's Therapy
Replies: 407
Views: 110948

Re: Kate's Therapy

PS of 4 is what the labs commonly start out with and most people come out of a bilevel titration with PS of 4 or 5. On a rare occasion a little more for some reason or other. My suggestion is start with PS of 4 use auto mode... Minimum EPAP 17 PS of 4 Maximum IPAP 25 See how much a little more IPAP...
by katestyles
Fri May 17, 2019 6:50 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Kate's Therapy
Replies: 407
Views: 110948

Re: Kate's Therapy

I predict you will like the machine. I see no sense in using PS of 3...that's what your EPR is doing. Make use of the machine's special abilities. First time I ever used a bilevel machine...was a fixed bilevel machine and I used 4 PS...and it took me about 5 minutes to say to myself..."you gotta ge...
by katestyles
Fri May 17, 2019 6:43 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Kate's Therapy
Replies: 407
Views: 110948

Re: Kate's Therapy

Oh...it also will have some other comfort settings.....use the factory defaults first and see how you do with them. Most people won't need to change those but if you have trouble getting in sync with the machine rate...then we can change them. When I was using the VAuto S9 I did just fine with thos...
by katestyles
Fri May 17, 2019 6:39 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Kate's Therapy
Replies: 407
Views: 110948

Re: Kate's Therapy

PS of 4 is what the labs commonly start out with and most people come out of a bilevel titration with PS of 4 or 5. On a rare occasion a little more for some reason or other. My suggestion is start with PS of 4 use auto mode... Minimum EPAP 17 PS of 4 Maximum IPAP 25 See how much a little more IPAP...
by katestyles
Fri May 17, 2019 6:36 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: OT: thanks carolyn and i'll be out for awhile
Replies: 54
Views: 3556

Re: OT: thanks carolyn and i'll be out for awhile

gosh, guys, what you say would be enough to make a crow blush! Zonker!!!! howcha do, do do!!! How was your break? most restorative, m'lady. myself, the other half of the sky, my daughters and niece went up to victoria british columbia to see stars on ice. plus, we managed to walk around vancouver a...
by katestyles
Fri May 17, 2019 6:17 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Kate's Therapy
Replies: 407
Views: 110948

Re: Kate's Therapy

So - trying hard not to be overexcited, but thanks to LSAT, I have a tracking number that says I will be the proud owner of a Resmed Vauto tommorrow by 8pm!! I am planning to start at comparable settings to my current APAP which is running at min 20, max 20, EPR 3. Can someone check my math please? ...
by katestyles
Fri May 17, 2019 6:12 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: OT: thanks carolyn and i'll be out for awhile
Replies: 54
Views: 3556

Re: OT: thanks carolyn and i'll be out for awhile

zonker wrote:
Fri May 17, 2019 6:07 pm
katestyles wrote:
Fri May 17, 2019 6:00 pm
zonker wrote:
Fri May 17, 2019 3:07 pm
gosh, guys, what you say would be enough to make a crow blush!
Zonker!!!!

howcha do, do do!!!
How was your break?
by katestyles
Fri May 17, 2019 6:00 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: OT: thanks carolyn and i'll be out for awhile
Replies: 54
Views: 3556

Re: OT: thanks carolyn and i'll be out for awhile

zonker wrote:
Fri May 17, 2019 3:07 pm
gosh, guys, what you say would be enough to make a crow blush!
Zonker!!!!