I plan on starting a 121 career later this year. I haven’t received an FAA medical for over 20 years (recently retired military), so I’ll be looking for an AME soon. I was diagnosed with severe OSA three years ago. I’ve been using a CPAP ever since, and it works like a charm. Otherwise, perfect health, not overweight, etc.

This first question is for an AME, once I find one, but I’ll throw it out here in case anyone was in a similar situation:
I stopped wearing my mask for several months last spring/summer due to bad seasonal allergies. Flying wasn’t on my radar so I didn’t think anything of it (I realize going forward I’ll have to address that with saline nasal spray or Flonase, etc). For compliance, my current 12-month report says 60%, but the last 6 months are almost 100%. Do I need to wait until I’m over 75% for 12 months to even attempt getting a medical, or can I use a 3-month or 6-month report to get the ball rolling?

Second question is equipment related. I have an AirSense 10, but would like to get something smaller once I start flying again. The AirMini was mentioned on this thread, so I checked out the website. In the FAQ under compliance reporting, it says to “contact your home medical equipment or healthcare provider to discuss options for compliance reporting”. The VA told me they’ll only support the AirSense 10. I don’t mind paying for the Mini if it works, but how do I get compliance reports out of it? Anyone use that model, or something similar that’s not too cumbersome for travel?

Thanks!