Can someone be kind enough to quickly scan through my last nights oscar data to see if there are any issues with my breathing. I suspect palatal prolapse and wondered if it showing up in my data. I am not sure what i should be looking out for as i have only just started looking at the graphs. if you help me understand it. I would appreciate it. Thanks
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Oscar Data - Palatal Prolapse?
Re: Oscar Data - Palatal Prolapse?
OSCAR is not SleepHQ - you've uploaded your machine's data to SleepHQ, which is fine.
You've been starting threads about your palatal prolapse for a whole year now. I'm not sure why you want to find indications for it in your data. Do you not trust the ENT you've seen? Find another one to consult. Are you really going to make up your mind about surgery yes or no based on what a group of anonymous people on the internet say about your data?
For what's its worth, based on a single night, here's what I see:
You're using single pressure machine (ResMed Elite) at very high pressure (18).
Your breathing is far from smooth - meaning you're not sleeping too well either.
There are some points in time in the breath flow where your exhale is clearly interrupted - use the zoom and look at your breath flow. Anything beneath the middle line is exhalation, above it is inhalation. Sometimes your exhalation is blocked /jagged. See this, for example:
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However, that kind of disturbance doesn't appear much in this night's data, as far as I can see.
That said, you're at a pressure which makes exhaling difficult. I wonder if you wouldn't get better therapy and better sleep if you were using a Bi-level machine, that is, a machine that lets you set a far lower pressure for exhale. Is that a good solution for palatal prolapse? I have no idea.
Who set you up with that machine and that pressure?
You've been starting threads about your palatal prolapse for a whole year now. I'm not sure why you want to find indications for it in your data. Do you not trust the ENT you've seen? Find another one to consult. Are you really going to make up your mind about surgery yes or no based on what a group of anonymous people on the internet say about your data?
For what's its worth, based on a single night, here's what I see:
You're using single pressure machine (ResMed Elite) at very high pressure (18).
Your breathing is far from smooth - meaning you're not sleeping too well either.
There are some points in time in the breath flow where your exhale is clearly interrupted - use the zoom and look at your breath flow. Anything beneath the middle line is exhalation, above it is inhalation. Sometimes your exhalation is blocked /jagged. See this, for example:
.However, that kind of disturbance doesn't appear much in this night's data, as far as I can see.
That said, you're at a pressure which makes exhaling difficult. I wonder if you wouldn't get better therapy and better sleep if you were using a Bi-level machine, that is, a machine that lets you set a far lower pressure for exhale. Is that a good solution for palatal prolapse? I have no idea.
Who set you up with that machine and that pressure?
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Re: Oscar Data - Palatal Prolapse?
Another example of interrupted exhalations - and interrupted inhalations as well


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| Mask: AirFit™ P10 Nasal Pillow CPAP Mask with Headgear |
| Additional Comments: Machine: Resmed AirSense10 for Her with Climateline heated hose ; alternating masks. |
And now here is my secret, a very simple secret; it is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the eye.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Good advice is compromised by missing data
Forum member Dog Slobber Nov. 2023
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Good advice is compromised by missing data
Forum member Dog Slobber Nov. 2023