Sister in Laws Therapy
Posted: Sat Aug 10, 2019 9:52 am
In the Spring, Mrs. Dog Slobber and her sister went on camping trip in their popup tent trailer.
When she got back, she shared with me how much her sister snored and stopped breathing for noticeable periods of time. Symptoms she saw with me prior to being diagnosed with OSA and being put on CPAP. She talked to her about OSA and asked me to talk more with her.
We got together, discussed OSA, CPAP, and how APAP (A.S. 10 AutoSet for Her) works. We decided to let her try my spare AutoSet for Her for few days and see what the graphs say.
She is in the medical industry, an x-ray/ultasound technologist, is supportive of patients being active in the care and was very accommodating to trying it out. I explained that APAPs were't the best tool for diagnosing Sleep Apnea and that lack of events does not mean that one doesn't have Sleep Apnea, but with treatment and if Events show we might be able to determine that she might have Sleep Apnea. Of course, a Sleep Study is the definitive way of diagnosing Sleep Apnea.
I set her up with my spare device, she used it for a few nights, we looked at her graphs and sure enough, with treatment, her AHI ranged from 1.0 to 1.7.
She was a little anxious about too much pressure and still is, so we limited her max 9cm.
Here are a couple nights from her first week back in April.
She set up an appointment for a Sleep Study, scheduled for the end of August.
Over the next few months, I've increased her minimum and maximum, but she is still anxious about too much pressure and wanted to keep it at 7.4 - 10.2. I still believe we should increase it, but her numbers are good and she's sleeping well.
She will be using the same Sleep Clinic and DME I used. I also suggested that for 2-3 days prior to the Sleep Study, she not use CPAP, as I can recall Pugsy stating that for some, they might experience a lasting effect for a couple days after therapy with lower AHI. I don't want her AHI to be artificially low during her sleep study.
Here are her graphs for the last couple days:
Summary:
I'm interested in hearing others thoughts, suggestions and questions. I'll update on the results of her Sleep Study as well.
When she got back, she shared with me how much her sister snored and stopped breathing for noticeable periods of time. Symptoms she saw with me prior to being diagnosed with OSA and being put on CPAP. She talked to her about OSA and asked me to talk more with her.
We got together, discussed OSA, CPAP, and how APAP (A.S. 10 AutoSet for Her) works. We decided to let her try my spare AutoSet for Her for few days and see what the graphs say.
She is in the medical industry, an x-ray/ultasound technologist, is supportive of patients being active in the care and was very accommodating to trying it out. I explained that APAPs were't the best tool for diagnosing Sleep Apnea and that lack of events does not mean that one doesn't have Sleep Apnea, but with treatment and if Events show we might be able to determine that she might have Sleep Apnea. Of course, a Sleep Study is the definitive way of diagnosing Sleep Apnea.
I set her up with my spare device, she used it for a few nights, we looked at her graphs and sure enough, with treatment, her AHI ranged from 1.0 to 1.7.
She was a little anxious about too much pressure and still is, so we limited her max 9cm.
Here are a couple nights from her first week back in April.
She set up an appointment for a Sleep Study, scheduled for the end of August.
Over the next few months, I've increased her minimum and maximum, but she is still anxious about too much pressure and wanted to keep it at 7.4 - 10.2. I still believe we should increase it, but her numbers are good and she's sleeping well.
She will be using the same Sleep Clinic and DME I used. I also suggested that for 2-3 days prior to the Sleep Study, she not use CPAP, as I can recall Pugsy stating that for some, they might experience a lasting effect for a couple days after therapy with lower AHI. I don't want her AHI to be artificially low during her sleep study.
Here are her graphs for the last couple days:
Summary:
- Female
- Slightly overweight
- 55 Years old
- AHI: 0.88 (over last month)
- Pressure: 7.4 - 10.2
- ResMed A.S. 10 AutoSet for Her
- ResMed AirFit n30i
- Adjusting well to therapy, sleeping through the night
I'm interested in hearing others thoughts, suggestions and questions. I'll update on the results of her Sleep Study as well.
