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While it is very improbable. You might look up the info on how to diagnose Parathryoid Tumors. One of the symptoms is high Calcium. Most docs just blow the high calcium off. The diagnosis of Parathyroid is a few questions.

From one of the websites: Parathyroid glands control the amount of calcium in our blood and bones. About 1 in 100 people (1 in 50 women over 50) develop a parathyroid gland tumor during their lifetime causing parathyroid disease, called: "hyperparathyroidism". Hyperparathyroidism is a destructive disease that causes high blood calcium--which leads to serious health problems--even early death."

BTW: Parathyroid Tumors are almost never Cancer.

Your having one of these Parathryoid tumors is really unlikely at 22.

I guess you have been screened for Diabetes.

Hi - sorry, but I had to ask - you seemed so involved thinking about the drugs and sometimes that means something (obviously not in your case). But I also wondered about diabetes, however will say it again - if you want help see your doctor (for referrals to others, esp. as he doesn't seem to know what to do with you now). We can't begin to speculate, let alone diagnose here... we're just a bunch of Cpap patients in various stages of figuring it out ourselves, much as we'd like to help.

Please clarify....you did get an in lab sleep study with a cpap machine and you say you felt somewhat improved after that study with cpap but you can't get a machine because the diagnostic AHI wasn't high enough to satisfy insurance requirements?
Is that what happened?

Well I paid for a machine out of pocket hopefully it helps. Wish me luck!!! I got the resmed s10

Pugsy wrote:Please clarify....you did get an in lab sleep study with a cpap machine and you say you felt somewhat improved after that study with cpap but you can't get a machine because the diagnostic AHI wasn't high enough to satisfy insurance requirements?
Is that what happened?

Yes that seems to be the case so I paid out of pocket.

I dont have diabetes I got blood work done that rules that out.

parathyroid I also got checked by checking my pdh level or something they ran that on me twice and they both came back normal.

easleycorey wrote:

Pugsy wrote:Please clarify....you did get an in lab sleep study with a cpap machine and you say you felt somewhat improved after that study with cpap but you can't get a machine because the diagnostic AHI wasn't high enough to satisfy insurance requirements?
Is that what happened?

Yes that seems to be the case so I paid out of pocket.

I dont have diabetes I got blood work done that rules that out.

parathyroid I also got checked by checking my pdh level or something they ran that on me twice and they both came back normal.

That's what I was wondering if they followed up the calcium test with a PTH level -- good that hyperparathyroidism has been ruled out.

Your machine: S9 series or A10 series? And which model within the series (e.g. Elite, Autoset, Autoset for Her, VPAP, other? On the S9 machines the name is by the Start/Stop button on top of the machine, on the A10 series I think the name is on the lower right front of the machine.

A10 sorry the guy called it a s10 the newer version. PTH that's it! It's the auto 5 to 11 is set.

http://imgur.com/VnGgBTE

Results from last night

easleycorey wrote:

http://imgur.com/VnGgBTE

Results from last night

it would be better if you took a screenshot of the details tab, arranged as shown here:
https://sleep.tnet.com/resources/sleepyhead/shorganize

That sleep study you posted was a titration study and indicates that you do have a diagnosis of OSA. The recommendations say to start cpap at 9cm. Did they do the titration halfway through the night, or had you had a previous sleep study?

http://i.imgur.com/0oHEYwT.png
http://i.imgur.com/CqaAnLf.png
http://i.imgur.com/Sz1ehGY.png
http://i.imgur.com/ecywXRn.png

AMK wrote:That sleep study you posted was a titration study and indicates that you do have a diagnosis of OSA. The recommendations say to start cpap at 9cm. Did they do the titration halfway through the night, or had you had a previous sleep study?

I did a at home study before but I don't have that study. At z sleep the one I uploaded I had the machine on from the start along with a lot of other stuff as well.

palerider wrote:

easleycorey wrote:

http://imgur.com/VnGgBTE

Results from last night

it would be better if you took a screenshot of the details tab, arranged as shown here:
https://sleep.tnet.com/resources/sleepyhead/shorganize

Like that or did I forget something?
Do I need to turn events on or anything?

Thank you Corey

easleycorey wrote:

palerider wrote:

easleycorey wrote:
http://imgur.com/VnGgBTE
Results from last night

it would be better if you took a screenshot of the details tab, arranged as shown here:
https://sleep.tnet.com/resources/sleepyhead/shorganize

Like that or did I forget something?
Do I need to turn events on or anything?

the one I replied to was the summary page, which doesn't show much about last night

Well night 2 and my ahi is up but I feel way better!!! Still not where I want to be but I have more energy.