11-28-2017, 06:11 AM
First night with new machine; results
Well, it was an interesting night, but a success, all things considered https://imgur.com/a/Axr4h Obviously, the machine needs tweaking, because when I tried to sleep with it, it was trying to force me to breathe before I was ready, which was a very unpleasant choking sensation. I lowered the rate from 12 to 9, and that seemed to help somewhat, but not enough. I even turned on the two ramp functions, but that didn't seem to help much either. I ended up trying the ivaps setting, and that definitely helped. The only setting i changed was one that I think was target respiratory rate. I took that down from 15 to 12 (my prescribed setting?). Anyway, it was a stopgap measure, and I ended up sleeping for 3 hours straight for the first time in years! When I get back, I'll post the ST settings.