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I came down with a cold over the weekend and discovered a cold and a CPAP don’t go well together for me.  Having just a nasal mask didn’t work out at all and I ended up taking the mask off pretty quickly in the night.

I also received a call that my data had been reviewed and the Dr. was bumping the pressure from 7cmH2O to 8cmH2O.  I suspected this would be the case, so wasn’t surprised.

I went into the local accessories store and had them increase the pressure on the machine.  I also checked out a demo full face mask to try that before my 30 day period is up on my nasal mask.  I will see how that works in general and specifically with a cold.

It would help if the cold will just go away, since having one has skewed my stats in general much less testing out a different mask.

Well Meritcare Healthcare Accessories here in Jamestown was actually very helpful and great to work with.  A number of forum posts seemed to indicate that it was going to be hit or miss, but they managed to go a very good job here.

I did my homework reading up on the major CPAP brands and scoured the boards reading folks opinions.  They varied widely, but the 2 main US brands both had new models out that were full data capable (meaning a SD card can be pulled and review how treatment is going) though it was possible that a local place might not yet have those in.  Reporting is my job, plus being a geek, being able to pull information from this very expensive gadget was quite important to me.

I was pleasantly surprised when the gal came in with a Respironics PR System One REMstar Pro C-Flex+ with humidifier, which was one of the 2 top recommendations I gathered over the weekend.  While there I was finally able to get a copy of my sleep results.  Finally was able to put a number with the prescription.  Apparently I have an AHI of 23.9, putting me smack in the moderate obstructive sleep apnea category.

So it should be interesting to see how the first night of CPAP therapy goes.