![]() ![]() I suspect that if I push the doc will prescribe nasal CPAP and I'll pay 25% of the cost which is cheap if more daytime energy results. Now I'm prepared to sew a tennis ball or whatever to a tee shirt and see if that can keep me on my side but frankly if my wife hasn't managed in 40+ years to do this I'm not sure a tennis ball will. Arousal Analysis shows a TST index of 27.1% (147) for respiratory arousal and 8.5% (45)for spontaneous OK also some periodic leg movement with TST index of 5.2 (30) which I knew about (my wife certainly complains). Time on back (supine) also related to bit of hypoxemia (2% of sleep time at 89% all experienced when on back). Like 0% N3 sleep period and only 10.4% REM during sleep period of 6.9 hours and actual sleep time of 5.8 hours. Now for what he doesn't comment on but I suspect might be significant. Also qualifies this by indicating the presence of snoring while on side could indicate UARS. My meeting with sleep doc to discuss this report isn't for another month but it's obvious his first recommendation is 'don't sleep on your back'. Mind you my wife has over 40 years of training me to sleep on side and I've the bruises to show it. Primarily the study pointed out sleeping on back caused most of my problem with AHI of 4.4 for side sleeping and 66.6 for back sleep (67% of sleep done on side and 33% on back). Thanks to all the information on this website I did know enough to interpret the study although a few items cause me to scratch my head and wonder. This is unusual and main reason for getting sleep study. For past few months have been tired during the day and had to take nap on getting home from work. Finally received the full report on my recent sleep study. ![]()
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