Making pretty fast progress

JeffH · Post by **JeffH** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 6:58 am

As I said earlier, my GF Patty is now on the hose. She's been at it three nights now and her AHI was 15 on the first night, 6.8 the second, and 4.7 last night. First two weren't good nights, but she says she feels better today. Of course with all the education I've picked up here, I think her learning curve will be shorter than most.

I figured out an hour and a half into it that she was mouth breathing, so she got the polident treatment starting on her second night.

FWIW...

JeffH

Wulfman · Post by **Wulfman** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 7:40 am

Sounds good, Jeff.

Keep reminding her how lucky she is to have you.

Den

JeffH · Post by **JeffH** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 8:39 am

Wulfman wrote:Sounds good, Jeff.

Keep reminding her how lucky she is to have you. ;)

Den

Excellent idea! LOL

alnhwrd · Post by **alnhwrd** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 8:48 am

Good post. It is nice to hear success stories. Thanks for sharing.

DreamStalker · Post by **DreamStalker** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 9:39 am

That's great Jeff ... do you have her on the APAP?

Babette · Post by **Babette** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 10:30 am

How'd you get her machine so fast? I had to wait for MONTHS! I didn't get my machine until the end of April, and my first sleep study was in January!!!

Good work! BTW, you are getting very close on the NAII trial list.

Cheers,
Babs

JeffH · Post by **JeffH** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 11:24 am

[quote="DreamStalker"]That's great Jeff ... do you have her on the APAP?

JeffH · Post by **JeffH** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 11:27 am

Babette wrote:How'd you get her machine so fast? I had to wait for MONTHS! I didn't get my machine until the end of April, and my first sleep study was in January!!!

Good work! BTW, you are getting very close on the NAII trial list. :lol:

Cheers,
Babs

It's called ordering from CPAP.com and doing it the American way....putting it on your credit card.

Don't tell them, but I used my Rx to buy it...LOL.

I've been trying the Swift LT for the last three nights. So far, I hate it. Went back to my Adams last nite and slept great. I'm gonna have to catch up on my sleep before I try the NAII!

Babette · Post by **Babette** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 12:35 pm

If that Swift LT is available for test driving, I'd be interested.

I'd go 9-11. I'm really into short ranges right now. I've been titrated at 10, and experimenting lately. I got great results at 12, but in trying straight 12 for the past few days, it hasn't been positive.

Last night I went 10-12 and had the best night I've had in a week. I gotta check the stats to confirm that, but I FEEL GOOD!

Skip the ramp. Might be easier on her NOT to ramp. I turned that off FIRST THING. I felt like I was having to suck air to breathe. Horrible.

Cheers,
Babs

Snoredog · Post by **Snoredog** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 2:33 pm

[quote="Babette"]If that Swift LT is available for test driving, I'd be interested.

I'd go 9-11. I'm really into short ranges right now. I've been titrated at 10, and experimenting lately. I got great results at 12, but in trying straight 12 for the past few days, it hasn't been positive.

Last night I went 10-12 and had the best night I've had in a week. I gotta check the stats to confirm that, but I FEEL GOOD!

Skip the ramp. Might be easier on her NOT to ramp. I turned that off FIRST THING. I felt like I was having to suck air to breathe. Horrible.

Cheers,
Babs

Babette · Post by **Babette** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 3:09 pm

Well, I'm sorry, but my experience counteracts this, and apparently so does JeffH's GF.

Starting out at a lower cm than prescribed SUFFOCATED ME. I couldn't get enough air. I was sucking as hard as I could on the mask to get enough air. I tried setting the Ramp, masking up, and sitting up in bed to read until I could get comfortable enough to sleep. It was claustrophobic.

I tried it laying down. Even worse. 30 minutes of that was impossible.

Sorry, but if ramp isn't working for someone, I'm going to tell them to quit bothering with it. Jeff said it's not working for the GF.

Cheers,
B.

JeffH · Post by **JeffH** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 3:34 pm

She tried ramp and didn't like it. Said she was starved for air.

kharyssa · Post by **kharyssa** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 4:24 pm

Kudos to you Jeff for taking such good care of your GF!

I don't like the long ramping either... I too feel 'airless'. So I just do a 5 minute ramp or go on full blast right off. Interestingly, this morning I woke up round 8 and rook the mask off (intending to get up -- right before I fell back to sleep (darn it) I felt like I couldn't suck in enough air.

No need to ramp if it makes one uncomfortable enough to want to take off the mask!!

-kharyssa

Mask

Additional Comments: Equipment isn't correct, S9 ASV w/H5i

Making pretty fast progress

Making pretty fast progress

ramping and kudos