First time I've met him.
He was pretty into sleep apnea and CPAPs
I told him my story
[to recap anyone reading:]
1) Diagnosed with AHI 21 in-home test
2) Got APAP that only created higher AHI's 20-40
3) Had in-clinic overnight titration that showed CPAP 9 would work (wrong!)
4) Exchanged CPAP for another (same model - different firmware)
5) AHI's in low teens
6) Added c-collar, now AHI 8-9
7) After a couple few more weeks AHI median is 6.8
ENT examined me and said all looked good and that I 6.8 is just fine as long as I feel better. "Don't get too hung up on the numbers, if you feel better"
I DO feel *MUCH* better, but I told him I wanted below 5 and that I have lowered the max pressure form 20 to 15 which he totally agreed with.
I also told him I was slowly increasing the min of 4 by .4 every couple of weeks, he also thought THAT was a good idea.
Bottom line is to keep doing what I am doing and that my airways look ok.
He stressed that the numbers are important but that I should consider how I actually feel more than the numbers.
So a few days ago I went from 4 min to 4.4 and I am going to creep that up every few days towards 8 and see what happens.
Thanks ..