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pvale · 10-31-2009, 10:19 AM

I had a sleep study at Barnes Jewish hospital Thursday night. The result of that was that I had over 200 15-30 second periods of not breathing when laying flat on my back over 4 hours, and 30 more when laying on my side. The result of that is they are ordering me a CPAP machine to be here sometime next week. I tried to explain to the Dr about ALS but he said I wouldn't need a BIPAP right now. My question is, knowing I already have other bulbar issues, like swallowing and speech problems, is weakening diaphragm muscles a natural progression of this? Do I need to put my foot down and insist on a BIPAP, so we don't have to buy 2 machines? Would using a BIPAP right now hurt me any if I only need CPAP?

Perry Vale
pvale at pvale dot com

10-31-2009, 10:19 AM	#1 (permalink)
pvale New Member (Say Hi) Registered Member Join Date: 2009 City: washington State: MO Country: US Diagnosed: 08/2009 Posts: 91	Cpap? Bipap? I had a sleep study at Barnes Jewish hospital Thursday night. The result of that was that I had over 200 15-30 second periods of not breathing when laying flat on my back over 4 hours, and 30 more when laying on my side. The result of that is they are ordering me a CPAP machine to be here sometime next week. I tried to explain to the Dr about ALS but he said I wouldn't need a BIPAP right now. My question is, knowing I already have other bulbar issues, like swallowing and speech problems, is weakening diaphragm muscles a natural progression of this? Do I need to put my foot down and insist on a BIPAP, so we don't have to buy 2 machines? Would using a BIPAP right now hurt me any if I only need CPAP? Perry Vale pvale at pvale dot com