She breathes through her mouth so a full face mask is what she's using. She initially tried one that was supposed to be the most comfortable but had a lot of leak issues. Then she went back and has a quattro now. And she's still pretty miserable and doesn't really feel rested at all.
Last night was the first time we got detailed information from her AirSense 10 Autoset (not a "for her" model, because they keep telling us it's "just more girly" *sigh*) because I put an SD card in it. From sleepyhead, this is what it tells us:
1 "clear airway" event (what is this??)
7 hypopnea events scattered throughout the course of the night
5 large leak events in about a 3 minute period. I have a feeling this was when she woke up and was fiddling with it.
4 obstructive events
5 RERA events throughout the night - this seems troubling to me...
I know EPR is off for her - is it possible it would help with any of that? For that matter, does anyone know if we put our foot down and got the autoset for her rolling for her, would that potentially help?
As far as the leaks, I think they're subtle - maybe a little air squeezing out of the sides here and there. Seems like I get that all the time but it doesn't show up on the reports. And her machine gives her all smileys. Should she expect it to be a perfect seal 100% of the time or is she just unnecessarily sensitive to these leaks? Sleepyhead (and her machine) say she had zero leaks - to which she said bs.
If she should expect a better seal or can't get over it mentally (I have gotten to where I just subconsciously adjust my mask), what other options might she have? It kinda seems a FFM is an FFM to me. I saw the cpa seal stuff out at [commercial link removed; instead search Google for "CPAP seal"]. It's pricey but would be worth it if it worked for her - anyone know anything about that?
I'm fascinated with the graphs in sleepyhead, but not sure what to make of them. I'll gladly post if anyone thinks they will help. It does seem to me that, if I read them right, after she had her first obstructive event, her pressure jumped up from 8 to 14 and then quickly ramped up to 18 and stayed up there for a while. For that hour, she had 2 each of obstructive, hypopnea, and rera. Then it ramped back down and then, after her next obstructive event, it ramped way up to 18 again and she finally gave it up and took off the mask. I don't know what any of that means, it was just an observation I made based on the graphs...
Thanks for any advice any of you can give!!
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