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Permalink Reply by MZH on June 27, 2011 at 2:11pm

Noah, I'm intrigued about how you know what your oxygen levels are while you're sleeping. Does your machine actually measure that or do you have a recording pulse oximeter ? If you do, what kind? I'd like to have one. :)

 

I'm getting a BiPAP machine this Thursday and am wondering if it keeps track of oxygen levels so I can't give you my experiences yet.

 

Thanks, Marcia

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Permalink Reply by Ginny Edmundson on June 27, 2011 at 2:16pm

If I tried to sleep every night with a pox I would never sleep.  Last time I had one as ordered by the MD I sleep little and when I did and woke up it was somehow wrapped around my neck.  How does one sleep comfortably with one?

Marcia Herman said:

Noah, I'm intrigued about how you know what your oxygen levels are while you're sleeping. Does your machine actually measure that or do you have a recording pulse oximeter ? If you do, what kind? I'd like to have one. :)

 

I'm getting a BiPAP machine this Thursday and am wondering if it keeps track of oxygen levels so I can't give you my experiences yet.

 

Thanks, Marcia

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Permalink Reply by MZH on June 27, 2011 at 3:10pm

Ginny, doesn't it (the pox) just stay on the fingertip? The one during the sleep study was a non-issue for me. Of course, I don't feel like I slept much but they said I did. Thanks for the abbreviation lesson; I never saw that one before. :)

Ginny Edmundson said:

If I tried to sleep every night with a pox I would never sleep.  Last time I had one as ordered by the MD I sleep little and when I did and woke up it was somehow wrapped around my neck.  How does one sleep comfortably with one?

Marcia Herman said:

Noah, I'm intrigued about how you know what your oxygen levels are while you're sleeping. Does your machine actually measure that or do you have a recording pulse oximeter ? If you do, what kind? I'd like to have one. :)

 

I'm getting a BiPAP machine this Thursday and am wondering if it keeps track of oxygen levels so I can't give you my experiences yet.

 

Thanks, Marcia

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Permalink Reply by Mary Z on June 27, 2011 at 3:41pm

Noah, the BiPAP, or CPAP does not actually increase the depth of your inspiration, but by preventing apneas keeps you breathing, thus perhaps increasing your (in some cases- I never had desaturations) your O2 sats.  Now I would never argue with a person's subjective experience, we are all different.  I have been on CPAP, then BiPAP and back to CPAP.  At first the pressure differences in IPAP and EPAP did not bother me on BiPAP.  Then I found myself more sensitive to the pressure variations and found they made it hard to relax to go to sleep so I switched back to CPAP.   I think most people take the pressure variations in stride as it's  not much different than using EPR or C/A Flex.  I am not on a very high pressure- 10, but still titrating.

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Permalink Reply by Ginny Edmundson on June 27, 2011 at 4:12pm

Yes the pox (it's the abbreviation we use @ work, I'm a nurse) does stay on your finger and even taped at night but the little cord attached to the "box" or guts of it gets in the way.  I keep on waking up to make sure it's OK  (and to peak at the read out too) During my 2 sleep studies there was the cord but it was not attached to a box that had to be next to my pillow like the one done at home.  SO, I sleep poorly that night.

Marcia Herman said:

Ginny, doesn't it (the pox) just stay on the fingertip? The one during the sleep study was a non-issue for me. Of course, I don't feel like I slept much but they said I did. Thanks for the abbreviation lesson; I never saw that one before. :)

Ginny Edmundson said:

If I tried to sleep every night with a pox I would never sleep.  Last time I had one as ordered by the MD I sleep little and when I did and woke up it was somehow wrapped around my neck.  How does one sleep comfortably with one?

Marcia Herman said:

Noah, I'm intrigued about how you know what your oxygen levels are while you're sleeping. Does your machine actually measure that or do you have a recording pulse oximeter ? If you do, what kind? I'd like to have one. :)

 

I'm getting a BiPAP machine this Thursday and am wondering if it keeps track of oxygen levels so I can't give you my experiences yet.

 

Thanks, Marcia

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Permalink Reply by Noah Calderon on June 27, 2011 at 6:43pm

Yes. I wear a pulse oximeter at times all night long.  It runs on a battery and then I download the info into my computer that next day.  I'm at work, but will look at it soon and tell you what brand it is.  I found it on the internet. 

Marcia Herman said:

Noah, I'm intrigued about how you know what your oxygen levels are while you're sleeping. Does your machine actually measure that or do you have a recording pulse oximeter ? If you do, what kind? I'd like to have one. :)

 

I'm getting a BiPAP machine this Thursday and am wondering if it keeps track of oxygen levels so I can't give you my experiences yet.

 

Thanks, Marcia

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Permalink Reply by MZH on June 27, 2011 at 10:09pm

That's exactly what I want, Noah. I'm looking forward to hearing more about it and from where you ordered it. To me, that's the only real way to know what kind of night one really had.   

Noah Calderon said:

Yes. I wear a pulse oximeter at times all night long.  It runs on a battery and then I download the info into my computer that next day.  I'm at work, but will look at it soon and tell you what brand it is.  I found it on the internet. 

Marcia Herman said:

Noah, I'm intrigued about how you know what your oxygen levels are while you're sleeping. Does your machine actually measure that or do you have a recording pulse oximeter ? If you do, what kind? I'd like to have one. :)

 

I'm getting a BiPAP machine this Thursday and am wondering if it keeps track of oxygen levels so I can't give you my experiences yet.

 

Thanks, Marcia

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Permalink Reply by Noah Calderon on June 28, 2011 at 12:53pm

My Pulse Oximeter is a Contec Full-Color OLED USB Finger Pulse Oixmeter  and heart monitor I  bought for $95 on Amazon.com.  If you go to Amazon and type in finger pulse oximeter, over 250 different brands and pricings will show. you can order and then have it sent to your house.  I like mine in that it has no extension cord, runs by battery, and I download the info. into my computer in the morning.  
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Marcia Herman said:

Noah, I'm intrigued about how you know what your oxygen levels are while you're sleeping. Does your machine actually measure that or do you have a recording pulse oximeter ? If you do, what kind? I'd like to have one. :)

 

I'm getting a BiPAP machine this Thursday and am wondering if it keeps track of oxygen levels so I can't give you my experiences yet.

 

Thanks, Marcia

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Permalink Reply by MZH on June 28, 2011 at 1:59pm

It looks great, Noah. How do you get it stay on your finger all night? Tape? Elastic?

Noah Calderon said:

My Pulse Oximeter is a Contec Full-Color OLED USB Finger Pulse Oixmeter  and heart monitor I  bought for $95 on Amazon.com.  If you go to Amazon and type in finger pulse oximeter, over 250 different brands and pricings will show. you can order and then have it sent to your house.  I like mine in that it has no extension cord, runs by battery, and I download the info. into my computer in the morning.  
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Marcia Herman said:

Noah, I'm intrigued about how you know what your oxygen levels are while you're sleeping. Does your machine actually measure that or do you have a recording pulse oximeter ? If you do, what kind? I'd like to have one. :)

 

I'm getting a BiPAP machine this Thursday and am wondering if it keeps track of oxygen levels so I can't give you my experiences yet.

 

Thanks, Marcia

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Permalink Reply by Noah Calderon on June 30, 2011 at 1:42am

It just squeezes on your finger.  It is the same kind of pulse oximeter you will find when you visit a hospital and they take your vitals. It's nothing too major.  Sometimes I feel tightness on my finger during sleep, so I just take it off.     

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Permalink Reply by RockRpsgt on June 30, 2011 at 6:49am

What do you mean you never had desats? Your events were RERAs?

Mary Z said:

Noah, the BiPAP, or CPAP does not actually increase the depth of your inspiration, but by preventing apneas keeps you breathing, thus perhaps increasing your (in some cases- I never had desaturations) your O2 sats.  Now I would never argue with a person's subjective experience, we are all different.  I have been on CPAP, then BiPAP and back to CPAP.  At first the pressure differences in IPAP and EPAP did not bother me on BiPAP.  Then I found myself more sensitive to the pressure variations and found they made it hard to relax to go to sleep so I switched back to CPAP.   I think most people take the pressure variations in stride as it's  not much different than using EPR or C/A Flex.  I am not on a very high pressure- 10, but still titrating.

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Permalink Reply by MZH on June 30, 2011 at 7:06am

Thanks, Noah. I was thinking it might just fall off when moving around while asleep. I'll have to give my current one a try to see it stays on. I never tried keeping it on b/c it keeps shutting off in a minute or two.

Noah Calderon said:

It just squeezes on your finger.  It is the same kind of pulse oximeter you will find when you visit a hospital and they take your vitals. It's nothing too major.  Sometimes I feel tightness on my finger during sleep, so I just take it off.     

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