My DME Says She's Trying to "Help Me"

rested gal · Post by **rested gal** » Wed May 07, 2008 3:07 pm

rooster wrote:By the way, I have tried cpap, apap, A-Flex and C-Flex and I still have the gas at night.

Think about Nissen fundoplication ... maybe.

OldLincoln · Post by **OldLincoln** » Wed May 07, 2008 5:02 pm

rooster wrote:
OldLincoln wrote:....

Others have reported improvement to elimination of the problem going to APAP. .........
This makes no sense to me. If you have your cpap pressure set correctly it is probably set at level of 90% or higher. So if you get an apap and set it correctly, it will run at a level lower than your cpap setting 10% or less of the night. How will this help?

By the way, I have tried cpap, apap, A-Flex and C-Flex and I still have the gas at night.

I could be mistaken, but I thought I read several posts stating their pressure was lower quite a bit of the night. Currently my CPAP is 10. The APAP will be 6-12 to start, which is the range they did on my last study. I anticipate much of the night at 8. 8 is my original CPAP setting and my bloat was quite a bit less.

As for your experience, looks like you have tried a lot without results. Since my research on bloating I've experimented and confirmed my problem is air injection into the stomach. I'll touch it up a bit when I get time and pdf it. If allowed I'll make it available to the forum.

Rested... My son has had a pair of them with the last in December. We think this one will hold and it helps GERD for sure. I will ask him about swallowing air as he does that too. He was recently diagnosed and approved for a machine but no insurance. The doc told him to get an auto because of all his other stuff.