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Permalink Reply by Mark Douglas on February 1, 2011 at 10:42am

This opinion is worth what you pay for it.   I'm not  trained  and not smart, so.....

 

The AHI's show she has an issue.   But the REAL number you need is her overnight oxygen.  And its a shame, because you needed it ten or twenty years ago, and then once a month or so since then.

 

For all the hoop and hollering, for all the double talk and expensive tests --  the overnight oxygen, as far as I am concerned, is the real McCoy. All the other information is great, but they are important BECAUSE they impact the overnight oxygen.

 

Of course the AHIs would indicate she probably has desaturations -- periods of low oxygen.  How low did her 02 get ? How long?  Only a pulseox can tell.

 

To me, it's medical malpractice NOT to regularly learn someone's overnight oxygen if they are on CPAP.   In fact, knowing your overnight oxygen should be as big of a concern as your blood pressure /

 

 We  should know our overnight oxgen level long before we develop problems -- it should be a routine number our doctor wants to find out.   But certainly after we have issues, the overnight oxygen should be checked every week.   Why not check it nightly if you can get a pulseox that can handle it.

 

 Why wait for a "sleep study"?  Do you wait for an angiogram of your heart to take your blood pressure?   Waiting for sleep studies to learn your overnight oxygen like that.

 

Seems to me, a very basic piece of equipment is the overnight pulseox.  I bought two of the cheaper models, both went bad in a week, sadly.  Im looking for another. If you know a model  under 400 dollars that is durable, please let me know, seriously. 

 

  Low oxygen effects every cell in your body.   It's very basic.  It affects your heart, your kidneys, your immune system, your energy level, your mental clarity, your mood, your everything.   It's  just stupid not to know what the overnight numbers are, long before you have  health issues.

 

I will be right back -- I have to go buy my third cheap recording pulseox....... 

 

 

 

 

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Permalink Reply by gordon on February 1, 2011 at 3:46pm

I got an oximetry test, it's simple, you can have your wife get one. I have to bug them about my results now, thanks for reminding me.

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Mark Douglas said:

This opinion is worth what you pay for it.   I'm not  trained  and not smart, so.....

 

The AHI's show she has an issue.   But the REAL number you need is her overnight oxygen.  And its a shame, because you needed it ten or twenty years ago, and then once a month or so since then.

 

For all the hoop and hollering, for all the double talk and expensive tests --  the overnight oxygen, as far as I am concerned, is the real McCoy. All the other information is great, but they are important BECAUSE they impact the overnight oxygen.

 

Of course the AHIs would indicate she probably has desaturations -- periods of low oxygen.  How low did her 02 get ? How long?  Only a pulseox can tell.

 

To me, it's medical malpractice NOT to regularly learn someone's overnight oxygen if they are on CPAP.   In fact, knowing your overnight oxygen should be as big of a concern as your blood pressure /

 

 We  should know our overnight oxgen level long before we develop problems -- it should be a routine number our doctor wants to find out.   But certainly after we have issues, the overnight oxygen should be checked every week.   Why not check it nightly if you can get a pulseox that can handle it.

 

 Why wait for a "sleep study"?  Do you wait for an angiogram of your heart to take your blood pressure?   Waiting for sleep studies to learn your overnight oxygen like that.

 

Seems to me, a very basic piece of equipment is the overnight pulseox.  I bought two of the cheaper models, both went bad in a week, sadly.  Im looking for another. If you know a model  under 400 dollars that is durable, please let me know, seriously. 

 

  Low oxygen effects every cell in your body.   It's very basic.  It affects your heart, your kidneys, your immune system, your energy level, your mental clarity, your mood, your everything.   It's  just stupid not to know what the overnight numbers are, long before you have  health issues.

 

I will be right back -- I have to go buy my third cheap recording pulseox....... 

 

 

 

 

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