ASV TITRATION

[bibj12]

I started wearing a full face mask on May 21. I had problems off and on and saw my doctor on June 25. He suggested I try a nose pillow mask so I picked one up and started using it on June 26. I used this for awhile and then got a chin strap on July 30 to use with it. I never felt any better but was determined to continue using one or the other of the masks. When I saw my doctor again on July 24 he downloaded the information from my card and said there had been almost no improvement. I was still having 15 episodes of apnea an hour. On August 13 I tripped and fell and fell right on my face. I hit my nose hard on the floor and got a bloody nose, I skinned my face in several places plus I had other injuries. Because of the injuries to my face I haven't been able to wear either mask and have actually felt better than I have for a long time, although I'm still sleepy in the mornings. My doctor has scheduled me to have another sleep study but I couldn't get an appointment until September 5 so I'm going tomorrow night for the study with possible ASV titration. Has anyone else ever had an ASV titration and if so what results did you get?

[JohnBFisher]

You can search for ASV and discover that are a lot of posts that deal with ASV units.

They are designed to tackle central sleep apnea in all its different forms, such as complex sleep apnea, cheyne-stokes respiration, and just plain central sleep apnea.

If that is what you have, you will find that an ASV unit will help improve your sleep.

[Tom W]

After 12 years of CPAP, APAP and Bi-PAP without decent results I finally had an ASV titration last month.

My results were pretty amazing (0 events).

You can follow along here viewtopic.php?f=1&t=80742&p=741762#p741762. My ASV titration results are shown in the last post.

I'm still waiting on insurance approval at the moment.