Nightlase Treatment for OSA

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marquisvns
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Nightlase Treatment for OSA

Post by marquisvns » Tue Mar 14, 2023 10:43 am

Fellow OSA sufferers, I received by first nightlase treatment exactly one week ago and I'm getting some good results. During this treatment at the dentist's office, I was laying on the Orthodontic chair with my chin tilted slightly upwards. This is the worst possible position for us with OSA, basically my airway was completely blocked off from the weight of my tongue and the collapsing of the roof of my throat. The dentist commented, "Nope, I don't see an airway". Within the first 5 to 10 minutes of treatment, it already begin to open to the point that I was able to breath during the treatment. I asked the doctor, can you see it opening and he confirmed, tears just pour down toward my ears...

Before this Nightlase, I had gone through two treatments of tongue radio frequency treatments paid out of pocket that didn't touch one bit. I also had a titration sleep study done and I was able to sleep on my back at 13.5 AHI, but normally at that pressure, lots of leakage results with my P10 and from my lips, so I normally do better at 12.4 and sleep on my sides. After the treatment, I find that I was getting too much air and had to dial down to 11.6 the first night, which lasted couple of nights, and still too much air, so dialed down to 10 for a night and then 9, and last night, still too much air so I dialed down to 8. Bottom line is, so far this is working out for me and I look forward to my next couple more treatments in weeks to come.

I know how much suffering I had gone through, there were times with dark thoughts that I won't mention here and finally able to seeing some light and just like to share with this crowd.

Thanks,
Barry

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Re: Nightlase Treatment for OSA

Post by Julie » Tue Mar 14, 2023 11:14 am

Just for the heck of it, put Nightlase in the search bar above (under cpaptalk.com) and have fun reading previous notes.

But if it really does cure your OSA, never mind snoring, let us know!

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Re: Nightlase Treatment for OSA

Post by LSAT » Tue Mar 14, 2023 11:30 am

Don't get rid of your CPAP! :roll:

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Re: Nightlase Treatment for OSA

Post by marquisvns » Tue Mar 14, 2023 12:02 pm

Julie wrote:
Tue Mar 14, 2023 11:14 am
Just for the heck of it, put Nightlase in the search bar above (under cpaptalk.com) and have fun reading previous notes.

But if it really does cure your OSA, never mind snoring, let us know!
I think that'll be a long shot, but I'm definitely getting some level of benefit. Come to think of it, I may also be receiving some benefit from the Flonase that I started using this past couple of weeks.

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Re: Nightlase Treatment for OSA

Post by loggerhead12 » Tue Mar 14, 2023 1:14 pm

marquisvns wrote:
Tue Mar 14, 2023 10:43 am
. . . I find that I was getting too much air . . .
How did you determine that?

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Re: Nightlase Treatment for OSA

Post by marquisvns » Tue Mar 14, 2023 4:29 pm

loggerhead12 wrote:
Tue Mar 14, 2023 1:14 pm
marquisvns wrote:
Tue Mar 14, 2023 10:43 am
. . . I find that I was getting too much air . . .
How did you determine that?
Residual air in the lung before inhaling, too much resistance in exhaling. Yes EPR would help, but at the same time, since my airway is more opened than before (comparatively speaking), I wouldn't need as much pressure for inhaling either. You sure raised a good question, and I hope my answer helps.

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Re: Nightlase Treatment for OSA

Post by marquisvns » Tue Mar 14, 2023 4:31 pm

LSAT wrote:
Tue Mar 14, 2023 11:30 am
Don't get rid of your CPAP! :roll:
Thank you, I won't! Trust me, it's been a life saver for sure. For me it's definitely a love/hate thing, lol

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Re: Nightlase Treatment for OSA

Post by loggerhead12 » Tue Mar 14, 2023 11:08 pm

marquisvns wrote:
Tue Mar 14, 2023 4:29 pm
Residual air in the lung before inhaling, too much resistance in exhaling. Yes EPR would help, but at the same time, since my airway is more opened than before (comparatively speaking), I wouldn't need as much pressure for inhaling either. You sure raised a good question, and I hope my answer helps.
You need to go through another titration see how it affected your numbers.

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Re: Nightlase Treatment for OSA

Post by ChicagoGranny » Wed Mar 15, 2023 12:26 pm

loggerhead12 wrote:
Tue Mar 14, 2023 11:08 pm
You need to go through another titration see how it affected your numbers.
It might be cheaper and certainly more effective to buy an Auto machine supported by OSCAR and self-titrate. And it's always a good idea to have a backup machine.