Where did it all go wrong?????

[Barely Awake]

My oximeter has an alarm but as warned by a kindly fellow hosehead on here I don't set the alarm as it will only wake me for sure and may delay a return to sleep.
I wouldn't say using an oximeter is the best way to find out how good my sleep has been either, but it does help build up a picture of what is going on so I understand it to a greater degree. An example being I have used mine to compare two masks to see if I am getting as much juice out of sleep with one as I am with the other. It has also given me an impression of what certain foods and alcohol consumed in the evening does to me.
Having said all that I am very new to oximeter use and others might be more clued up.

[Tigers Fan]

APAP stats are better!

Hi again silvercarper

If you can get at the clinicians' stats recorded by your APAP, they may well tell you more than an oximeter. I say 'may well' because I don't which machine you have nor what it records.

My older 'M' Series APAP tells me most things but I like the time line of events my oximeter records and it doesn't. New APAPs record that time line and much more, from what I gather from posts here.

Oximeters have a different definition of an event and so do not tell us our AHI - but a low event index is a low event index, even if they are apples and oranges, if you see what I mean.

TF

[Sparticus]

A question?

Do I have a right to know?

I completely understand the doc's and nurses concerns and yes TF a little knowlege is so very dangerous, more so with computers a few years ago when everyone thought they understood...Do I have a right to know? Of course I do... Would it be advantagious for me to know what it says, thats debatable

[James @ Intus]

I wonder though, did you raise any concerns during your check-up?

If not, was it because there were no concerns and therefore it was fairly safe to assume you were doing very well? In that case, considering the Edinburgh clinic have over 5000 CPAP users on their books, was your check-up not minimally sufficient? After all, they had supplied you a CPAP, checked it worked still and gave you a chance to raise concerns.

If you didn't raise any alarms, but you did have issues, why didn't you tell the nurse?

If you did raise concerns, what were they and how were they dealt with?

We'd all prefer a cup of tea, a fancy presentation of our progress, a hug from the nurse and 3 new masks to try and play with, but in this era of cuts in the NHS, is that utopia?

Not saying you got good service Sparticus, just playing devils' advocate for a moment to fuel the debate.

Oh, and at least your clinic is in a very nice building

[Sparticus]

Wise words!

For nearly a year I had the personal touch and it was really nice, tea yes if you wanted it, it was a real joy to go the the clinic. Then I became an out-patient and yes I should have realised what was about to happen it was just such a shock to the system lol. I might as well have gone in and said "BAAAAAAA" to the receptionist and "BBAAAAAAA" to the doctor and headed back out with the rest of the sheep. problem is I didnt have any worries or problems, I use my mask when I want to or I dont bother.....

Really glad to hear from you again partner