General Discussion on any topic relating to CPAP and/or Sleep Apnea.
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ozij
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by ozij » Sat Feb 14, 2009 4:02 am
OCNorsk wrote:AHA!! I thought that I was sleeping better, so I wondered why the AHI's were going up.
I'm starting to get the hang of this thing. Sort of.
Now about the hanging by the knees sleep position....
I got the hose hanging from the window.
So now I need:
a hose cover
a heated hose
a card reader and software....does that go onto your computer and does it work with Mac?
Maybe you should ask about the Mac on a separate thread - some people have tried it, I'm not sure how successful they were and what was needed - there's no monitoring software made for the Mac specifically.
and probably a full face mask...which means I can dump the chin strap, right?
...Yes.
I have a hook in the wall about a foot or so above my head; the hose goes through a hair elastic band, and a shoe lace is tied to the hair elastic on one side, and to the hook on the other - so the hose has lots of right to left play.
O.
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SharkBait
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by SharkBait » Sat Feb 14, 2009 9:21 am
Debjax wrote:I may have a PCMCIA card reader and the software for sale early next week for the Respironics, after my DME swaps my M Series Pro for the ResMed Elite II..she's supposed to be bringing it to my office on Monday.
Any reason for the swap?
Encore Pro 1.8.49; Encore Pro Analyzer 0.8.9 by James Skinner
SnuggleHose - Got the 8 foot and cut it down to 6, used the rest for mask hoses.
Memory Foam Pillow - Cut my own out of my Tempur-pedic pillow. (works great!)
Hose Mgmt - Velcro Tie Strap
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OCNorsk
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by OCNorsk » Sat Feb 14, 2009 9:49 am
Thank you to everyone who has given me advice.
I think I did pretty well last night, I upped my pressure to 6.5.
It's funny you get one thing fixed and something new pops up. I have the hose suspended and that's been a big help. But I got my first rain-in-the-face. Just a little, but I guess because the hose was up instead of down; the water descended. It used to be when the hose started filling up, it rattled so much it woke me up and I just dumped the water out and went back to sleep.
I am going to have to implement these things one at a time.
I am so grateful for all the help. I really was just about through with the machine until I got here.
