Posted on 02/27/2024 9:24:59 AM PST by ConservativeMind
Me too, my start was a stint in hospital and a prescription for a ventilator. My sleep study put my obstruction above the range for CPAP so I use a SW algorithm that assures volume. This means pressure is raised as required to ventilate my lungs. This means pressure is sometimes above the levels in this study but it drops the pressure when ventilation is easier.
The machine is called a Trilogy 100
I believe it has improved my sleep and prolonged my life
So it goes
KC
Cart before the horse. Many Cpap users, including myself, are overweight.
So tremendous—you and your wife really did yourselves a great favor by figuring out what to take and when. Such a great example you set for those with the wisdom to follow. Suffice it to say, This Guy knows from his own and another family example that pristine D levels are hugely important, so kudos for you on the Vitamin D question. Just so impressed.
First, looking at the graph, is it not possible to hypothesize that higher pressures could come because of more severe apnea, with greater inflammation to follow accordingly?
Second, many apnea patients do not optimize their machine settings. An AHI of 5, considered the boundary between treatable and acceptable events per hour, is something which I find to be ridiculously high, and is most certainly an arbitrarily determined figure.
My AHI bounces between 0.2 and 0.1, typically. Inspiratory Muscle Training made a big difference. So did moving the lower pressure on the apap range to just above my titrated pressure, and the higher pressure 4 cm above that. I download my data each morning on a data card, plug it into my computer, and analyze with an amazing open source program called OSCAR. I avoid heated humidity (it can swell airways) and can turn the setup into a petri dish. Unheated humidity is my best friend. I'll stop short of making the above universal recommendations as I'm not a physician (do your own DD).
My cardio system does just fine, as I have no problem running, hiking, skiing, biking etc. My APAP influences my cardio health in a positive way.
The pressure change would seem an easy thing to try with your doctor’s help.
Every machine I’ve had from the VA (since 2006) has automatic adjustable pressure setting.
If I’m congested or laying weird, it ups the pressure.
If I’m not congested or laying with a constricted chest, it lowers the pressure.
I got my first CPAP when my son was playing baseball 15 years ago. We went to Kansas City and I left my machine at home. Almost fell asleep a half dozen times on the way home. I’ll never sleep without one again just for that reason.
He returned in a hearse.
I had not had a pap-free evening before the time, and the horrible result reenforced my good habit. Never travel without your sweet dream machine (xpap).
Agree 100%. I threw away a mask strap thinking I had a spare one & I drove over to Omaha the next day to get a new one. It goes where I go today.
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