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How to properly end a CPAP session?
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RE: How to properly end a CPAP session?
(03-01-2018, 04:31 PM)Sleep2Snore Wrote:
(03-01-2018, 04:28 PM)Walla Walla Wrote: Delete MyAir problem solved.

Dielaughing Lolabove Too-funny

That beats my answer. I'll be in the corner with my coffee.

lots-o-coffee
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RE: How to properly end a CPAP session?
Absolutely.
I was commenting on some of my wife's sessions only being a couple of hours when I know she sleeps during the day too.

She was not using her machine when she naps because she didn't want to get dinged for removing her mask :facepalm:
I reminded her that she gets a LOT more points for time than she does for mask on/off.
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RE: How to properly end a CPAP session?
My air does have it's uses.

You only loose a maxium of 5 pts for disconnects and that only kicks in after 3. You can get up once in the middle and it doesn't count against you.

So even if you take a nap no biggie.
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RE: How to properly end a CPAP session?
(03-01-2018, 03:51 PM)Hydrangea Wrote: I use the manual on/off button, too.  It reminds me of the days I used to push a snooze button on my alarm clock!

I take the mask entirely off of me when I get up to go use the restroom (or whatever).

Same here. I autostart but I hit the latter-day snooze button to turn it off manually.

Don't know why, but I sort of hold my breath for the second or two between powering off the machine and removing the mask in the morning. Dont-know

For the occasional nocturia Dancing , which has all but been eliminated since starting CPAP, if the mask has a quick release mechanism, I'll use that; otherwise, for example with the P10, I'll disconnect the small hose from the main hose's rubber end using the "breaking bread" move and then dance the Snuffleupagus Shuffle over to the loo with my dangling hose. Big Grin
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RE: How to properly end a CPAP session?
(03-02-2018, 12:08 AM)dracus Wrote: My air does have it's uses.

You only loose a maxium of 5 pts for disconnects and that only kicks in after 3. You can get up once in the middle and it doesn't count against you.

So even if you take a nap no biggie.

They used to ding you a point each time.  The permitted 2 or 3 started only a couple of months ago.
At the same time, they screwed up something in how they read the data, if you sleep past noon it will record 2 mask on/off even if you didn't remove it.

But still... even being dinged all 5 points for naps is better than being dinged 40 points because you took four 1-hour naps but only slept 3 hours continuously on the machine so your score was only 30...  not to mention what happens to your compliance data.
-- Rich
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RE: How to properly end a CPAP session?
(03-02-2018, 08:25 AM)CB91710 Wrote: At the same time, they screwed up something in how they read the data, if you sleep past noon it will record 2 mask on/off even if you didn't remove it.  
As far as I can remember, ResMed has always considered 12:00 p.m. to be the start of a new day. Anecdotally, I heard the practice coincided with Hospital discharge protocols and equipment billing. 
Anyone on shift-work or who is a night-owl is well aware of the practice. You think that they would have learned to automatically handle this in ResSScan like they do in #Sleepyhead.  You can always adjust your clock to compensate if you wish.
"The object in life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane." -- Marcus Aurelius
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RE: How to properly end a CPAP session?
Most people find out later on on forums or when they phone in.  They don't believe in telling you when you pick up the machine, but then how many ask what you d for a living?
I am NOT a doctor.  I try to help, but do not take what I say as medical advice.


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RE: How to properly end a CPAP session?
I shifted my clock back 3 hours because I goto bed between 6-8am.

I lost several days of compliance because of the noon shutoff. Not to mention having every single night split in two.
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RE: How to properly end a CPAP session?
(03-02-2018, 04:23 PM)dracus Wrote: I shifted my clock back 3 hours because I goto bed between 6-8am.

I lost several days of compliance because of the noon shutoff. Not to mention having every single night split in two.

Might I suggest that you "CYA" by sending a letter to your DME with a copy to your doctor that memorializes the loss of compliance days and the fact that you shifted your clock? This provides you with a fallback position if anyone questions your compliance or sleep patterns. If you want to sneak your letter into the records -- fax it with a cover letter saying "Please add it to my records." Most clerks simply file the letter and it is buried in the sands of time until you need it.
"The object in life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane." -- Marcus Aurelius
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RE: How to properly end a CPAP session?
(03-01-2018, 04:28 PM)Walla Walla Wrote: I wouldn't worry about it. Use the Auto stop if you want. Delete MyAir problem solved. Use sleepyhead and pay attention to the 95% leak rate and not the maximum leak rate. As long as you know the big leak at the end of the chart is you taking off the mask that's all that matters.

Thanks Walla.  I am using SH but it still has mysteries for me.  For example my Leak Rate chart shows a verticle axis of 0-40.  Is that percent?
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