Leak advice

[Franky]

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Are these leak numbers exceptable or too high? Switched to nasal mask and chin strap but don't know if I'm loosing too much air or what. Seem like I get kinda dry mouth alittle.....but nothing crazy. Just want to make sure I do whats best. I need some good sleep badly. Total newbie looking for advice. I really thank everyone for there help.

[Pugsy]

Those leak numbers and that leak line are VERY acceptable. Well within acceptable range.
For your machine at your pressure and your mask...large leak territory is going to be up somewhere between 80 and 90 L/min and you never came close to it.
That red line....that's for a ResMed S9 machine and not for your machine. You can change the red line placement ifyou wish...to better show your large leak area...I would maybe put it at 80 L/min mark.
There isn't a hard fast single number for large leak territory with the Respironics machines because it varies with pressure and mask used...but past experience tells us that it is somewhere around 80 or 90 with pressures near what you are using.

Besides...if are using SleepyHead 0.9.8-1...if you had any large leak territory times it would show up on the events graph up above where PB is shown...since you didn't have any...it (LL) isn't showing on the graph.

So you aren't having enough leak to negatively impact therapy.
Now if you are waking often from leaks...they need to be fixed from the sleep quality aspect as anything that wakes us up needs to be fixed but from a therapy standpoint...your leaks are well controlled and if you are doing any mouth breathing with a nasal mask...it sure isn't very much and certainly not enough to negatively impact therapy.
I haven't even looked at my data for the last few nights and I can tell you right now that my leak line will look worse than yours. I would be doing a happy dance for sure if my leak line looked as good as yours.

[Franky]

Those leak numbers and that leak line are VERY acceptable. Well within acceptable range.
For your machine at your pressure and your mask...large leak territory is going to be up somewhere between 80 and 90 L/min and you never came close to it.
That red line....that's for a ResMed S9 machine and not for your machine. You can change the red line placement ifyou wish...to better show your large leak area...I would maybe put it at 80 L/min mark.
There isn't a hard fast single number for large leak territory with the Respironics machines because it varies with pressure and mask used...but past experience tells us that it is somewhere around 80 or 90 with pressures near what you are using.

Besides...if are using SleepyHead 0.9.8-1...if you had any large leak territory times it would show up on the events graph up above where PB is shown...since you didn't have any...it (LL) isn't showing on the graph.

So you aren't having enough leak to negatively impact therapy.
Now if you are waking often from leaks...they need to be fixed from the sleep quality aspect as anything that wakes us up needs to be fixed but from a therapy standpoint...your leaks are well controlled and if you are doing any mouth breathing with a nasal mask...it sure isn't very much and certainly not enough to negatively impact therapy.
I haven't even looked at my data for the last few nights and I can tell you right now that my leak line will look worse than yours. I would be doing a happy dance for sure if my leak line looked as good as yours.

GOOD DEAL! Many thanks for the advice Mam.