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I was going to send a PM to Laurie on this one but I wanted to put it out there for everyone to read and comment.
The RT came today with my new ResMed VPAP ST-A with H5i heated humidifier. It is under a Medicare rental and I do have the option to switching to a Trilogy or the ResMed equivalent within 90 days.
The RT had NEVER set up this model and knew nothing about ALS or my particular sleep study. Aside from severe pain I've been sleeping OK and not waking up much during the night.
Anyway, she had me try it for 20 minutes, the last five being used by the machine to "calibrate to my breathing." I was relaxed and went the 20 minutes. She got an error message that it didn't work. We tried again and it worked. After it was "set" it felt very awkward. During the testing part, I was pretty comfortable but after the machine took over it felt like I was not able to breathe out well.
Here is what is written on the order:
IVAPS Mode
PSMN 0
PSMAX 15
EPAP MIN 4
It's a mask that covers my nose and mouth. It was a medium and she thinks a small might work better. She is coming back but wants me to try it this weekend.
If I'm understanding her correctly, I'm breathing out against pressure. I guess I don't understand that part.
The RT came today with my new ResMed VPAP ST-A with H5i heated humidifier. It is under a Medicare rental and I do have the option to switching to a Trilogy or the ResMed equivalent within 90 days.
The RT had NEVER set up this model and knew nothing about ALS or my particular sleep study. Aside from severe pain I've been sleeping OK and not waking up much during the night.
Anyway, she had me try it for 20 minutes, the last five being used by the machine to "calibrate to my breathing." I was relaxed and went the 20 minutes. She got an error message that it didn't work. We tried again and it worked. After it was "set" it felt very awkward. During the testing part, I was pretty comfortable but after the machine took over it felt like I was not able to breathe out well.
Here is what is written on the order:
IVAPS Mode
PSMN 0
PSMAX 15
EPAP MIN 4
It's a mask that covers my nose and mouth. It was a medium and she thinks a small might work better. She is coming back but wants me to try it this weekend.
If I'm understanding her correctly, I'm breathing out against pressure. I guess I don't understand that part.