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11-29-2022, 09:13 PM (This post was last modified: 11-29-2022, 09:17 PM by clearairways.)
RE: The Journey Begins - clearairways Therapy Thread
Thanks so much to both of you - I'm only 1 month in but I have high hopes at this point.
I'm making daily notes now and have been for the past few weeks which has been helpful for sure.
Monitoring any changes I make like chin straps / pillow size adjustments etc
I'm a total data nerd - I can get quite obsessive with it for sure and am really enjoying it .
I'll be mindful to monitor real world feelings as opposed to the data.
I had a similar challenge with the smartwatch - it's great, but there were times when I found myself questioning whether I was feeling rough only because the watch was telling me I should feel rough that day !
Comfort is indeed my top priority at this point as I'm determined to make the pillows work rather than the full mask and get to consistent 8 hour sleeps.
Will bring the lower pressure up to 7.4 and monitor.
@SleepRider:
I'm currently at 7/12.8 PS 4
You mean Bring to 7.4 / 12.8 and change PS to 3.6 ?
Or only change EPAP to 7.4 and leave all else the same ?
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11-03-2023, 04:02 AM (This post was last modified: 11-03-2023, 04:02 AM by clearairways.)
RE: The Journey Begins - clearairways Therapy Thread
Hi All !
I just passed my 1 year CPAP anniversary and thought I'd share some data.
It's been an interesting year.
I've been using the machine pretty consistently every night.
I got used to the P10's after about 2 months and find them quite comfortable
Had been using Med pillows, but switched to large about a month ag
I don't believe mouth breathing has been an issue for me
I haven't used mouth tape/strips in over 6 months
I have one of those arm things that swings across over the head of the bed with the hose mounted and hanging from it and it's made things more comfortable as I switch from side to side quite a bit during the night - it's seamless.
I even have used the machine on a few long haul overnight flights with relative success
I've had around 5 or 6 [ 0.00 AHI ] nights during the year
Attached are some OSCAR shots from the past 3 nights.
Nothing specific about these nights, it's a random sample of the last 3 nights.
I believe that I'm not setup as well as I could be on the machine - just a hunch.
RE: The Journey Begins - clearairways Therapy Thread
Oh, and maybe of interest - here's some overview shots of the 12 month and the last few months with some high level stats.
This shows the machine settings changes over the year aswell.
RE: The Journey Begins - clearairways Therapy Thread
Congratulations on your anniversary and on a lot of successful problem-solving! With numbers as good as yours are, the key question is how rested you feel during the day. How would you answer that question?