RMorgan

Yes, thankyou. That does help. I feel more comfortable discussing this with my doctor, since I am such a newbie. I have to go see him anyway for the medicare compliance visit. By that time I will have more data to average out, as I have only been on this machine for 3 nights. I agree that the range needs to be narrowed similar to what you describe. You are very knowledgeable, and I sure appreciate your input. It gives me the info I need for the doctor visit.

Okay, last night was a much better night than the one I described above. I discovered someone ( not me) had turned off my EPR, so I went in and restored it. Here is my data from last night. It seems I am utilizing some pretty high pressures? Average pressure is much higher than prescribed initially (5). Would appreciate any input.

I tried it out on a different computer....works!!! I have alot of studying to do and reading the tutorial. I hit maximum pressure setting of 20 several times. WOW! Don't know how that happened. My pressures were all over the place, with an ave of 12 . Nowhere near the sleep lab order of a 5 pressure.

Well I got my Resmed Airsense 10 autoset, with the supplied SD card. No detailed data on Sleepyhead!! What!! The provider had to search around the office for a blue resmed branded SD card, so it was not the one that came with the machine. There is data under the data folder, unlike with the previous machine. All I am getting is summary data, ie no graphs.

Yes, last night AHI was down to 5. I still want the APAP so I can look at data. i think they are going to put it on auto. Are you saying they should set max on 5? If they put on a higher than 5 max, then coulld cause more CA events?

I did have a few OA on the initial sleep study, but none on the titration. My overall AHI is mild, so hopefully will be able to lower it into normal range. We will see.

Good news...doctor prescribed an APAP, so will getting the AirSense 10 AutoSet. Thankyou, Sierra. You sure helped me find the info I needed. This basic machine sure had me puzzled. What is sad is that the provider in the office argues with me stating my current machine does send detailed data "that I was not supposed to access, only for the doctor" I told her she needs to read up on it. She claims to be a Resp. therapist. But when I spoke to the Resp Therapist on my case, finally, he understood it's limitations. He said that they do not carry the Elite model because they only get a fixed amount for a CPAP from Medicare, and don't carry the elite because then they would lose money. He said 99 percent of doctors do not even care about detailed data anyway. Since my problem appears to be central apnea on the titration, I just hope this machine will help me. Maybe not.

Thankyou so much. I did scroll down, and the only data I get is average AHI for the 4 nights of use and total sleep hours. I need an upgraded machine. My spouse doesn't think Medicare will cover more than a basic CPAP machine. I'll call my provider in the AM.

Thankyou for the info so much, Sierra. Yes, I did have the titration study later in the month, which resulted in a setting of 5 and an EPR of 2. The tech didn't try any other pressures on me, but my ending AHI that night of titration study was 3.5. On titration I had No OA at all, I had 7 centrals, and 9 hyponea I do plan call and try to exchange for the elite model which would have the detailed data. But not sure if medicare will pay the higher rental fee .My reading on the web concurred with yours, that the Airsense 10 that I have ,does not have detailed data, but the elite does. Yea! I was able to complete the essentials to the plus setting. We Will see tonight what I get. Thankyou again