Dreamwear cushion airflow pauses

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BillfromMissouri2
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Dreamwear cushion airflow pauses

Post by BillfromMissouri2 » Sun Dec 10, 2023 1:59 pm

I've been a cushion user for years but recently I've been have events once or twice a week that are calling the system into question for me. I'll be lying on my back in a deeper state of sleep when I'm awakened by a pause in my airflow at the beginning of an inhalation. The cushion throbs and kind of buckles, feeling almost like it has collapsed, which doesn't really seem possible. I can only imagine it as a kind of freak pressure event that creates a sudden vacuum. It'll sometimes do it a second time when I'm more awake and there are time when it seems to almost do it, with the cushion wavering and fluttering a bit, but not failing.... I have no idea, but it is very bad and leaves me so far with the option of trying another face mask system, which I don't really want to do since I've had long established success with the Dreamwear cushion. I've tried a pillow to no success. I've changed out all my gear twice so it's not because the cushion is old. This is using a Resmed Airsense 10 auto. Flow at 6-20 and EPR at 1.

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Re: Dreamwear cushion airflow pauses

Post by ChicagoGranny » Sun Dec 10, 2023 4:50 pm

Without data, we can only guess. Instructions for OSCAR are in my signature.
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Re: Dreamwear cushion airflow pauses

Post by BillfromMissouri2 » Sun Dec 10, 2023 7:54 pm

OK. Thanks for the Oscar information. I'm looking at the data but do not know what to make of it. Should I somehow share it with you?

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Re: Dreamwear cushion airflow pauses

Post by zonker » Sun Dec 10, 2023 8:17 pm

BillfromMissouri2 wrote:
Sun Dec 10, 2023 7:54 pm
OK. Thanks for the Oscar information. I'm looking at the data but do not know what to make of it. Should I somehow share it with you?
hey, bill! please read the following two posts to get you started. yes, you're going to share the information, right here in this thread. here-

viewtopic/t172378/Sticky--Newbies-PLEAS ... STING.html

viewtopic/t183806/Attachment-storage-is ... MENTS.html

please let us know if you need any help.

good luck!
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Re: Dreamwear cushion airflow pauses

Post by ChicagoGranny » Mon Dec 11, 2023 7:02 am

BillfromMissouri2 wrote:
Sun Dec 10, 2023 7:54 pm
Should I somehow share it with you?
Yes. Follow the instructions in the links in my signature. You can post the link to your imgur screenshot in this thread.
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