New member to the club. i am very happy i have found this forum with very good advice. It helped me a lot, After home test , I had 41.6 AHI ,
SD required a titration, DME lent me a resmed autosense for one month and when the prescription got in I bought a new machine ,they set it up
(12cm /18 cm h2o , EPR 3 ) and I was on my merry way.
The hardest part is really getting the right mask. i am on my third one ,a mirage liberty and trying to get use to the pillows. I will get there .
I am getting rid of my bad habits , back sleeper ( fanny pack /tennis balls -not that bad ) it works ,mouth breather (tongue technique ) and I also wear a cervical collar for my position (ca).
The first 2 nights were not easy .12cm pressure was to much for me, even with the ramp at 6. I called the DME to set the machine at 9cm/h2o,
they could not do it without a new order from the sd. so I adjusted it myself . Since then I have been raising it 0.2 once a week. Now it is at 11 cm.
i have dropped EPR at 2. My numbers are good (last 30 days AHI 1.26, last night 0.76 ) But like Dave says ,the numbers are just one part of the therapy. Some mornings I get up really tired.
I would appreciate it if someone could look at my SleepyHead charts and let me know if there is room for improvement.
Thank you
Snorybob.