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Do you know what your O2 saturation levels are while you're asleep? Have you ever had a sleep study? I'm wondering if they are lower during sleep and if you need oxygen connected to your cpap.

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Hello, Jake. I do ck occasionally during the night, when I roll over to lie on the other side or whatever. It is usually fine, mid 90's. That's seems good to me. I just emailed a message on the portal to my sleep study doctor at Mayo, Had sleep study couple years ago. Results were startling, with more than 48 events a minute??? several during the night were over 60 seconds not breathing. I have some autonomic issues and forget to breath during the day at times, so the bi-pap helps a whole lot. It will be interesting to see what she says about increasing the pressure to make me breath more at night. I wonder if that will help daytime and heart?

we'll see, sir. I don't have a pulmonologist and asked her if she thinks I need one. PCP oversees lungs now.

Don't want to add oxygen yet if can help it. Once I do, I'm dependent on it and that's not good either.

Balancing act, eh? Always a balancing act never knowing what's next. Makes life interesting! Haven't looked out the window yet, as it's been raining and I've been on phone all morning w/PCP office re UTI, Mayo re heart issues, doing better btw, and my son as he's not well. Called in med for him and on the way now to p/u and get to him. Then, down to crucial care for UTI treatment. Pooh on the PCP....It's Friday of course.
Blessings, Jake. I hope you are doing better and getting in some healthy living....elizabeth