djam's therapy thread

[djams]

So, If you remove the "sucky thing" (can you?) could the remainder be held in place by a Scunci and act similar to the device described by BretH ?

I gave the pacifier another brief try, definitely the nipple is too short. With a long hard pull, the nipple popped right out with no damage to the plastic stopper.

Turns out that the center of the stopper is a mutli-part construction. When I held it up to my mouth and breathed it leaked. And when I turned on the machine and breathed through my mouth it made a whistling sound. I think the mimi is a dead end. I tossed it back into the drawer, thinking that I may try to seal it up when I've got more time. This may or may not happen.

[zonker]

Turns out that the center of the stopper is a mutli-part construction. When I held it up to my mouth and breathed it leaked. And when I turned on the machine and breathed through my mouth it made a whistling sound. I think the mimi is a dead end. I tossed it back into the drawer, thinking that I may try to seal it up when I've got more time. This may or may not happen.

plastic cling wrap??

[palerider]

The apnea-free streak has been ended at 20 days by this hypopnea last night.

I'm feeling great. Pugsy, thanks (again) for getting me going on the pillow mask.
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A hypopnea isn't an apnea... so your apnea free streak continues

[Dog Slobber]

The apnea-free streak has been ended at 20 days by this hypopnea last night.

I'm feeling great. Pugsy, thanks (again) for getting me going on the pillow mask.
20190117_hypo.PNG

A hypopnea isn't an apnea... so your apnea free streak continues

A pitcher can still throw a no-hitter after walking a batter. He just can't throw a perfect game.

[djams]

The apnea-free streak has been ended at 20 days by this hypopnea last night.

I'm feeling great. Pugsy, thanks (again) for getting me going on the pillow mask.
20190117_hypo.PNG

A hypopnea isn't an apnea... so your apnea free streak continues

Well, that's a pretty big gaffe! It is A*H*I after all. I have had CA's on occasion. But my CA's are so obviously SWJ that I don't include them in my "apnea tracking". More of an arousal indicator than anything else.

[djams]

Turns out that the center of the stopper is a mutli-part construction. When I held it up to my mouth and breathed it leaked. And when I turned on the machine and breathed through my mouth it made a whistling sound. I think the mimi is a dead end. I tossed it back into the drawer, thinking that I may try to seal it up when I've got more time. This may or may not happen.

plastic cling wrap??

I'm hoping to find a way with no possibility of inhaling the sealing agent in my sleep.

This would certainly do for a daytime test though. Thanks for the suggestion.

[djams]

The apnea-free streak has been ended at 20 days by this hypopnea last night.

I'm feeling great. Pugsy, thanks (again) for getting me going on the pillow mask.
20190117_hypo.PNG

A hypopnea isn't an apnea... so your apnea free streak continues

A pitcher can still throw a no-hitter after walking a batter. He just can't throw a perfect game.

This is really funny, because it's exactly how I think of it! Before switching to pillow mask, I had maybe 10-12 0 AHI nights, and since switching, many more. But I've never seen Mr. Smiley in SH. Always had some RERA's with the FFM, and always *some* amount of large leak or RERA with the pillow mask. Both of which keep the smiley face away apparently. Not that this matters...

But the baseball anology is what I think when looking at SH - "still no perfect game".

[Pugsy]

Mr Smiley in SH shouldn't have anything to do with leak or RERA stuff...he's all about the AHI and your lack of seeing Mr Smiley when you had AHI of 0.0 is maybe just a bug in SH.

Mr Smiley in SleepyHead is tied to AHI only and you should see him with the AHI of 0.0.
Why you don't....I have no idea.

[djams]

Mr Smiley in SH shouldn't have anything to do with leak or RERA stuff...he's all about the AHI and your lack of seeing Mr Smiley when you had AHI of 0.0 is maybe just a bug in SH.

Mr Smiley in SleepyHead is tied to AHI only and you should see him with the AHI of 0.0.
Why you don't....I have no idea.

We don't have to delve into this because on the list of things that matter this is *below* the bottom of the list.

I have seen the big smiley face once, 0 AHI on a night of REALLY crummy sleep where I was only in bed for 4.5 hours. And not sleeping for some of that. I drew my conclusions about RERA's and LL's from that night.

If it's a bug in SH, that's OK. Is the most minor bug ever, IMO. I'm still getting badges from myAir, so I'm good on the reward front

[Pugsy]

Mr Smiley is rare for me...I always seem to have at least one SWJ flag to screw it up.
I long ago quit needing the pats on the back stuff and we didn't even have websites sending badges back in the dark ages.
To be honest...at this point I could care less about any of the data and rarely look unless I am experimenting with something.
Took me about a year of daily looking at the data way back then before I decided it was boring, not going to change much and I couldn't really do much about it after the fact anyway and since it was boring...no real need to do anything anyway.
Just more work for me to do even if mainly mental work and everyone knows what a lazy sot I am.

Unless I am experimenting...I maybe download once a month and do it more for storage than anything else...just in case I ever want or need to review something and of course I never do. My hoarding instincts transfer over to data...just in case it is needed.

You are new to therapy and still experimenting with essentially everything...don't blame you for putting everything under the microscope at this stage of things.

And when you do need a pat on the back you have MyAir to send you a badge..

[djams]

Took me about a year of daily looking at the data way back then before I decided it was boring, not going to change much and I couldn't really do much about it after the fact anyway and since it was boring...no real need to do anything anyway.
Just more work for me to do even if mainly mental work and everyone knows what a lazy sot I am.

I downloaded my first SH chart last June. I'm going to tell my wife that my daily checking of SH will stop in 5 months. Pugsy said so.

She has commented on the amount of time I spend on sleep - outside of sleep.

Unless I am experimenting...I maybe download once a month and do it more for storage than anything else...just in case I ever want or need to review something and of course I never do. My hoarding instincts transfer over to data...just in case it is needed.

You are new to therapy and still experimenting with essentially everything...don't blame you for putting everything under the microscope at this stage of things.

I have been in a nearly constant experimental state Since June or so. The longest I've gone is around 6 weeks without tinkering somehow.

And when you do need a pat on the back you have MyAir to send you a badge..

If I ever post one of these, please ban me. It'd be a sure sign that I've gone off the rails.

[palerider]

Turns out that the center of the stopper is a mutli-part construction. When I held it up to my mouth and breathed it leaked. And when I turned on the machine and breathed through my mouth it made a whistling sound. I think the mimi is a dead end. I tossed it back into the drawer, thinking that I may try to seal it up when I've got more time. This may or may not happen.

plastic cling wrap??

I'm hoping to find a way with no possibility of inhaling the sealing agent in my sleep.

This would certainly do for a daytime test though. Thanks for the suggestion.

How about a squirt of food grade silicone? I'm pretty sure you can buy the stuff in a tube, ready to go.

[babydinosnoreless]

Uh oh. I posted my 100 this morning. I must have lost it. I've never seen Mr Smily.

[palerider]

Uh oh. I posted my 100 this morning. I must have lost it. I've never seen Mr Smily.

Quick, go delete it before anybody sees.

[djams]

Turns out that the center of the stopper is a mutli-part construction. When I held it up to my mouth and breathed it leaked. And when I turned on the machine and breathed through my mouth it made a whistling sound. I think the mimi is a dead end. I tossed it back into the drawer, thinking that I may try to seal it up when I've got more time. This may or may not happen.

plastic cling wrap??

I'm hoping to find a way with no possibility of inhaling the sealing agent in my sleep.

This would certainly do for a daytime test though. Thanks for the suggestion.

How about a squirt of food grade silicone? I'm pretty sure you can buy the stuff in a tube, ready to go.

Was thinking about silicone caulk - food grade sounds great. Where might I find this?