As someone with apnea due to my anatomy (and AHI of 79 at that), I'm jealous. When I first got diagnosed more than 10 years ago the doctor thought I was obese seeing that. Nope, just bad luck. I'm fit, would hate to see how bad it would be otherwise.
Hey someone finally beat my high score of 58. I am obese, but I’ve been down as much as 50 pounds and up as much as 40 over my current, and it’s never really made a bit of difference. I have a very “tight” neck and throat and probably a deviated septum as well (on top of chronic nasal allergies/congestion), so yeah, I mouth breath a lot.
I’m due for a new machine soonish and I’m probably going to push for a bipap. I’m on an autos range of 17-20, and I will max that out sometimes. My scores are usually real good (like, sub 1.0), but the lack of headroom is concerning. 20 is as high as my machine (Resmed, luckily) goes, but my understanding is most bipaps go to 25, and the actual bilevel feature will likely be useful as well.
The resmed auto I have now is my favorite so far. Unfortunately did look up my old machine and it was one of the philips recalled ones, so that's not great to hear. I think I used it for roughly 6 years.
I did the deviated septum surgery which did help a lot but not for the reason most here say (since mine is anatomy related). It helped because I can now use a nose only mask which I find way more comfortable. I'd recommend it if you end up with headaches or pain due to the mask fit.
Just don't ever do the surgeries around the mouth (where they cut the Palate or stuff like that). Blows my mind they allow those given the terrible long term outcomes with scar tissue. It ends up making your apnea worse.
