Schnoozer - Therapy thread
Hi all -
I'm just over 2 weeks in and, generally speaking, the therapy is going well. I am slowly getting the hang of OSCAR and getting used to everything, but still trying to dial things in.
The good news:
I will post last nights chart. Right now, what's on my mind is (1) reducing leaks and (2) figuring out a mask that is quiet with the AirMini 'cause the p30i is definitely not gonna cut it.
I'm just over 2 weeks in and, generally speaking, the therapy is going well. I am slowly getting the hang of OSCAR and getting used to everything, but still trying to dial things in.
The good news:
- I am generally able to sleep through the night with the p30i mask, and AHI's have been low which is already giving me a huge benefit. I'm more rested than I have been in 20 years!!
- I found that the humidifier somehow made me more congested, so I've got it turned off for now and doing fine.
- Leaks! I still seem to have quite a bit of leaking, and although it's usually (but not always) below the threshhold of large leaks, I keep thinking it's interrupting my sleep. Last night was a good night but even last night I recall at least a couple of times hearing a hissing sound and fussing with the mask to seal it up.
- Still tweaking the pressure. I posted a couple of other threads before I saw that it's best to have a 'therapy thread' (sorry about that) and learned that my min. pressure could be too low. Upping it to 6.8 took way that sawtooth pattern, and I might raise it a bit more. But, more pressure seems to lead to more leaks.
- Travel: I have a ton of travel coming up so I ordered the AirMiini to test it out. It's quieter than I thought, but somehow it makes the mask very loud and the only one that was reasonable was the P10 - but it's so tight an uncomfortable I'm not sure I can do it!
- Still trying to figure out if zero-humidity is the right thing for me, and for the first time I was doing a Neti and saw a tiny amount of blood come out, like a 'pre nose-beed'. But, I think this might be due to the Astepro, which i'm trying out instead of the Flonase and appears to cause occasional nosebleeds. I'm going to go back to Flonase and that might solve this.
- Mild but annoying irritation to nostrils in the AM, not helped by lanolin. Nasal gel/Ayr seems to help but not much.
I will post last nights chart. Right now, what's on my mind is (1) reducing leaks and (2) figuring out a mask that is quiet with the AirMini 'cause the p30i is definitely not gonna cut it.