What is your personal ideal AHI?

[nanwilson]

Avi
You need to get some good sleep...you are ranting.
I find it kind of odd that all of the good folks (me included) that you have foe'd are all ladies...........hmmm. Is it that you cant stand being one upped by a female???????????
And I also apolgize to naptress for hijacking her thread.
Cheers
Nan

[avi123]

Avi
You need to get some good sleep...you are ranting.
I find it kind of odd that all of the good folks (me included) that you have foe'd are all ladies...........hmmm. Is it that you cant stand being one upped by a female???????????
And I also apolgize to naptress for hijacking her thread.
Cheers
Nan

Nan, notice that you wished my a happy Halloween without even thinking that there are other religions in America (and Canada!). This is as I would be wishing you a solemn Yom Kippur or a Kosher Passover. It's sad that several Christians still lack sensitivity and assume that they are the "only normal" religion in this country. The minister in TX who suggested to burn the Quran publicly, is probably also one of those. Welcome to my IGNORE list.

[nanwilson]

You know what Avi, your are one of the rudest people I know. I have many very good friends that are jewish, but I didn't know that you were until you said so...I am not a mind reader. Not only are you rude, in this country (canada) and your (U.S.A.) we are taught to respect and accept other peoples religion without question. I never ask what a a persons religion is that is extremely private and would be very rude on my part if I did.
I don't suppose you will get to read this as you have put me on your ignore list.......to bad....you might learn to respect other peoples opinion for a change. And don't ever lump me in the same category as someone that advocates to burn the Quran. And since you don't obviously know it..... christianity IS the most popular religion in both of our countries.
Cheers and happy hanukkah and merry christmas to you and yours.

Edited to apologize to my friends on the forum, Avi just got my dander up with that comment. I consider myself a person that is mindful of other folks feelings and well being. I will ignore Avi's rantings at me and continue to try and help other hoseheads with hints and advice as I have been helped by you all. Thank you
Nan

[ems]

Edited to apolgise to my friends on the forum, Avi just got my dander up with that comment. I consider myself a person that is mindul of other folks feelings and well being. I will ignore Avi's rantings at me and continue to try and help other hoseheads with hints and advice as I have been helped by you all. Thank youNan

No need to apologize! I feel the same way. And since we are both on his ignore list and he will never see this , the man seriously has a screw loose. Either that or he is really sleep deprived. I think I'll go with the screw loose...

By the way, I love Halloween... can't remember when I didn't "dress up" as a kid, and now my granddaughter (along with thousands of other kids) can't wait for Halloween every year.

PS... [whispering] you do know you have an ignore button as well.

[DoriC]

My beloved Mom who was a practicing Jew, although not Orthodox(she was born in the "old country" and came to America as a teenager) always wanted me and my sister to participate in Halloween along with all the other Jewish children in the neighborhhood,and when her grandchildren came along she enjoyed the festivities with them immensely! Those times are among my fondest memories. I realize Halloween is really a Christian holiday but most of us just consider it a Children's Holiday to be enjoyed by All!! Nan, I just brushed your dander off my shoulder!! I wonder how it got there??

[DoriC]

OMG Now I know my true calling in life.
From anyone else I would have my feelings hurt but this one just makes me laugh.
What a flippin .....

Physicians carry malpractice insurance for millions of dollars. What insurance do you, OMG, carry when you practice medicine illegally by "advicing" naive persons to adjust the pressure on their machines, illegally? Are that dumb to foolishly think that their families can't get you, and the owner of this website to pay those millions of dollars ? Are you, OMG, interested to see a list of recent courts approvals for chatrooms "advisers" and their websites to pay those millions to victims?

Dear Dr. Pugsy, OMG, does this mean you'll be charging me more for all the excellent advice you've been giving me? If so, I'll pay it!! The support and affection you have shown to me and Mike has been invaluable and is much more than just adjusting pressures. You are a treasure on this board and we need you here even though you're practicing without malpractice insurance!!

[apneawho]

Dear Dr. Pugsy, OMG, does this mean you'll be charging me more for all the excellent advice you've been giving me? If so, I'll pay it!! The support and affection you have shown to me and Mike has been invaluable and is much more than just adjusting pressures. You are a treasure on this board and we need you here even though you're practicing without malpractice insurance!!

I second that. Pugsy has been a true cpap friend and a great support to me. I must admit I will have to get my malpractice insurance today...I gave advice to the member who asked about snoring and whether data matters!

[LinkC]

Are you, OMG, interested to see a list of recent courts approvals for chatrooms "advisers" and their websites to pay those millions to victims?

I, for one, would LOVE to see that, if it exists. A link to it would be nice...

[Uncle_Bob]

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My AHI is normally around 0 to 0.3 unless i have a bad night due to poor sleep hygiene. Anything over a 2.0 and i know its going to be a bad day.
I've stopped checking my AHI every morning because i found that if i see a high score i start telling myself its going to be a crap day, and thats no way to start the day is it?

My thanks goes out to both my doctor and members of cpaptalk.com for giving me the knowledge to effectively manage my therapy

[Cuda]

Maybe instead of avi putting everyone on ignore everyone needs to put avi on ignore. Who cares about religion here? Sleep Apnea does not discriminate based on religious preference. I am an atheist and celebrate every single religious holiday I can. Any excuse to have fun with friends and toss a few beers back, I'm in.

I am glad this post came up. When I first joined I know I ticked off many people, I was not feeling the best but that's not really an excuse. When I saw "LinkC" I am pretty sure he was one of the people but with my memory I cannot be sure. So I apologize for being rude to anyone, this would have been about a year ago. Since CPAP started working I have been doing a lot of apologizing. One of my employees told me "Everyone has their moments, yours just lasted 20 years." I had it coming.

As far as the OP question. I was chasing the perfect 0.0 AHI, despite what avi claims the lower my AHI the better I feel in the morning. I wait until I have been up the better half of the day and write down how I feel, my throat, tiredness etc. No doubt lower AHI is related to feeling better, for me anyway. In my quest for 0.0 I realized it was a lot of extra work for little gain if I can keep AHI around 2 that's about as good as it gets. That's what I am averaging now except nights like last night but instead of high AHI my bad nights are usually the occasional heavy leak nights. My headgear needs replacing and I went for that last day of use, one too many I think.

[Pugsy]

does this mean you'll be charging me more for all the excellent advice you've been giving me?

Well my true calling was tongue in cheek response meaning that my sole purpose in life was to be a curse to avi in particular...a thorn in his side so to speak. Obviously it went right over his head.

It has never been my intent to simply "tell" someone what to do. My intent has always been (and will remain) to educate a person as to what the machine does and how it is designed to function and how any changes might impact a person's therapy. With education then a person can decide on the best course of action for themselves. Sometimes I use my own experiences as examples if I think it helps clarify whatever I am trying to explain. I mean well but sometimes it just muddies the waters.

Way back when I started therapy someone did the same for me. Explained the functions and the possible outcome but it was still my choice to alter any settings. If someone doesn't understand or is not comfortable with managing their own therapy, then I certainly don't advocate changing things willy nilly just because it is something I would do or did.

For plain jane, run of the mill, obstructive sleep apnea this is not rocket science. It is mostly common sense with a dose of education. If things start pointing to things past plain jane OSA..I am the first to say get your doctor involved and see if he is concerned about how things are going.

Avi chooses to see things in a tunnel vision sort of way. He makes assumptions about me that he has no basis in fact for. He has no idea what experience or education I might have. For some reason he wants to single me out for threats and such. Maybe it is because I am female, maybe he has a problem with women, maybe whatever...
If he is so unhappy here at this forum with what the forum does as a whole, then I have no idea why he even bothers to come here. If it were not me explaining something it would be someone else that he would be attacking. I don't offer anything that someone else wouldn't offer if they saw an opportunity.

So I know that I am not a curse to this forum but apparently I am a curse to him and that does make me chuckle a bit which I am sure irritates him even more. So I chuckle again.

And with these comments I think I am done talking about someone who is so one sided in his beliefs that he feels he has to resort to threats and name calling. I would be very happy on his ignore or Foe list. He might be too.

[Cuda]

I've stopped checking my AHI every morning because i found that if i see a high score i start telling myself its going to be a crap day, and thats no way to start the day is it?

I do the same thing. I wait for most of the day to pass and when I notice I feel terrible I check the data to see what happened. If I see terrible data when I get up my mood is shot along with the rest of me.

[LonghornGary]

Funny, I'm pretty sure Halloween is a pagan holiday not Christian. Now had they wished you Happy All Saints Day, then maybe I could understand. Still no excuse for rde comments.

[Starlette]

sticking to the original question at hand....

My personal ideal AHI limit is 2.5. More than that I start scratching my head.

[mars]

I am glad this post came up. When I first joined I know I ticked off many people, I was not feeling the best but that's not really an excuse. .................................... So I apologize for being rude to anyone, this would have been about a year ago. Since CPAP started working I have been doing a lot of apologizing. One of my employees told me "Everyone has their moments, yours just lasted 20 years." I had it coming.

Good post Cuda - I think my moment lasted about 45 years

I know I sometimes forget how little tolerance I had towards others when I first joined the Forum, and I was very quick to take offence, and give it

Nowadays I am much better, and only give offence to those who deserve it

But the examples of tolerance and helpfulness that I have seen on this Forum are something to be aspired to, and a reminder to me that I still have a lot to learn, and achieve.

I know one thing for sure, seeing the way that Forum women combine strength with compassion is a very special lesson for all of us men.

cheers

Mars

PS

Nowadays I am much better, and only give offence to those who deserve it

Not true - I still make mistakes