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pastorj
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Post by pastorj » Fri Mar 13, 2009 7:11 am

I am a new member to cpap talk. I really appreciate the information I have received from this forum and look forward to learning much more about sleep apnea and its treatment.
Thanks to all the members for sharing your knowledge.
I was diagnosed with severe sleep apnea January 26. I am using an Intellipap Auto with Quattro Full Face Mask and am sleeping better than in many years.

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OutaSync
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Re: New Member

Post by OutaSync » Fri Mar 13, 2009 7:50 am

Welcome to the forum, Pastorj!! I'm glad you found us and are doing so well with your treatment. In my opinion, you won't find better information anywhere.

Bev
Diagnosed 9/4/07
Sleep Study Titrated to 19 cm H2O
Rotating between Activa and Softgel
11/2/07 RemStar M Series Auto with AFlex 14-17
10/17/08 BiPAP Auto SV 13/13-23, BPM Auto, AHI avg <1

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Re: New Member

Post by SharkBait » Fri Mar 13, 2009 7:58 am

pastorj wrote:I am a new member to cpap talk. I really appreciate the information I have received from this forum and look forward to learning much more about sleep apnea and its treatment.
Thanks to all the members for sharing your knowledge.
I was diagnosed with severe sleep apnea January 26. I am using an Intellipap Auto with Quattro Full Face Mask and am sleeping better than in many years.
Welcome pastor.

Just curious as to what your severe sleep apnea AHI was and what your AHI is now with treatment.
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Re: New Member

Post by pastorj » Fri Mar 13, 2009 9:07 am

My ahi before treatment was 59...now 6.2

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Re: New Member

Post by OutaSync » Fri Mar 13, 2009 9:12 am

Well, no wonder you are sleeping better now! Stick around, you may learn how to tweak that number to a little lower. Six times an hour is still a lot of disturbances.

Bev
Diagnosed 9/4/07
Sleep Study Titrated to 19 cm H2O
Rotating between Activa and Softgel
11/2/07 RemStar M Series Auto with AFlex 14-17
10/17/08 BiPAP Auto SV 13/13-23, BPM Auto, AHI avg <1

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Re: New Member

Post by RipVW » Fri Mar 13, 2009 6:33 pm

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Hello & Welcome, Pastorj! Glad you found this forum—SO much useful info and everyone here is so willing to help!

Great to hear you're already sleeping better--not always the case when one first begins CPAP.

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