Search found 59 matches

by john5396
Wed May 02, 2012 12:44 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Smart Start or similar on your machine....Do you use it?
Replies: 27
Views: 4477

Re: Smart Start or similar on your machine....Do you use it?

I use smart start. I don't use the auto shutoff because my wife gets up later in the AM, and I don't want to disturb her sleep with 5 seconds of high leak wind noise.
by john5396
Tue May 01, 2012 11:41 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Aloha Mask - Price Increase
Replies: 21
Views: 3103

Re: Aloha Mask - Price Increase

price increase isn't that bad if you consider that with the addition of a spare filter, the order would qualify for free shipping.
by john5396
Fri Apr 13, 2012 6:55 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: DeVilbiss Wants Your Input
Replies: 92
Views: 19275

Re: DeVilbiss Wants Your Input

I would like to see Bluetooth connectivity to my smartphone, with an app on my android phone that allows me to view my recent data. leak graph and statistics for last night, etc.
by john5396
Thu Apr 05, 2012 2:19 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Using ozone to clean & deodorize CPAP equipment
Replies: 19
Views: 18552

Re: Using ozone to clean & deodorize CPAP equipment

Looks like to me, looking at their website, that the injector fitting wont work with a heated hose.
by john5396
Thu Apr 05, 2012 2:09 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Hose Positioning - How to stick hose to quilt?
Replies: 9
Views: 1425

Re: Hose Positioning - How to stick hose to quilt?

I use this hose hanger

https://www.cpap.com/productpage/flexib ... -lift.html

It has eliminated leaks from my hose falling off the bed.
by john5396
Thu Apr 05, 2012 11:35 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: How do you power off the resmed S9?
Replies: 15
Views: 9163

Re: How do you power off the resmed S9?

For the S9, The Smart Start feature is located on the clinicians menu.

Why do they put things that are purely convienience/comfort features in the clinicians menu?
by john5396
Mon Apr 02, 2012 9:05 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Direct TV vs Fox61
Replies: 23
Views: 4755

Re: Direct TV vs Fox61

Oviouslt not OT...

our local FOX carries NASCAR.

Nothing puts me to sleep like NASCAR. I had a really nice 1 hour nap on CPAP yesterday watching NASCAR.
by john5396
Thu Mar 29, 2012 12:54 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: pillows
Replies: 2
Views: 900

Re: pillows

I am enjoying the pur-sleep buckwheat pillow.

http://www.pur-sleep.com/products/prodD ... category=0
by john5396
Mon Mar 26, 2012 2:23 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Greater leakage rate with nasal pillows?
Replies: 10
Views: 2102

Re: Greater leakage rate with nasal pillows?

Roger,

Did you update the mask type to nasal pillows on your S9? The S9 uses this setting to account for the intentional leak from different masks.
by john5396
Wed Mar 21, 2012 8:31 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Travelling with CPAP. Do you use distilled water?
Replies: 25
Views: 9020

Re: Travelling with CPAP. Do you use distilled water?

My DME suggested that I use bottled water that has some additional filtering (ie drinking water) when distilled is not available.

That said, the one business trip (2 nights) I have been on since I got my hose, I used tap water and had no issues.
by john5396
Thu Mar 15, 2012 8:30 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: A Night in Hospital with CPAP
Replies: 48
Views: 10232

Re: A Night in Hospital with CPAP

reading this thread reminded me to update my In Case of Emergency entry on my cell phone. I understand that emergency personell now look at the cell phone before looking at the wallet because they are more likely to find needed information there. I now have on my cellphone and entry that identifies ...
by john5396
Wed Feb 29, 2012 8:15 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: CPAP and SCUBA
Replies: 20
Views: 9967

Re: CPAP and SCUBA

As a diver who recently started CPAP thearapy, here is my assessment. My CPAP prescription is 9cm/h20. So when I am on CPAP, my pressure is the equivalent of 3.5 inches of water. Since the dive tables are built around 10ft steps, and my dive computer assumes surface interval begins when I surface pa...
by john5396
Fri Feb 17, 2012 10:12 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Seeking Temporary Solution for Bruxism/Jaw clenching
Replies: 10
Views: 4361

Re: Seeking Temporary Solution for Bruxism/Jaw clenching

My wife has a mouthpiece from the Dentist for Bruxism. The dentist told her, while she was waiting to get the dental one, not to use a sports one. The dental mouthguard is hard, not giving any purchase to your teeth, so that the teeth slide in the guard. The sports mothguards are soft, intended to p...
by john5396
Thu Feb 16, 2012 8:54 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: New Member - Need Advice... Where do I Go?
Replies: 6
Views: 1139

Re: New Member - Need Advice... Where do I Go?

Based on the way you ask the question, you have been using CPAP and you machine died or it was a rental and without your insurance you cannot afford to continue the rental. Your doctor should be able to write a prescription for you, hopefully without an office visit. They just need to check your rec...