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by emery
Tue Feb 02, 2021 10:44 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Anyone have any info on the availability of a quiet air diffuser for n20 masks?
Replies: 2
Views: 229

Anyone have any info on the availability of a quiet air diffuser for n20 masks?

The quiet air diffuser was announced in may of 2018 but I cannot find any reference to this as a part. Anything available.?
by emery
Fri Nov 13, 2020 11:19 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Mixed apneas and aerophagia - needing new machine
Replies: 11
Views: 2011

Re: Mixed apneas and aerophagia - needing new machine

As the saga unfolds; The dr did not circle the order that would have mandated an ASV titration but instead, circled the one that had a criteria for ASV titration so the Sleep tech did what the order specified. Now, trying to get the Dr to fix his mistake (you know, they never make mistakes, right?)....
by emery
Fri Oct 16, 2020 5:32 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Mixed apneas and aerophagia - needing new machine
Replies: 11
Views: 2011

Re: Mixed apneas and aerophagia - needing new machine

Just as a follow-up: My sleep study finally happened but the first night of it, going in, I had not slept much for the 3 previous nights (full moon) so I was pretty much not sleeping during the study period. Came back the next night and they did the titration and though I did show some central apnea...
by emery
Mon Sep 21, 2020 6:00 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Mixed apneas and aerophagia - needing new machine
Replies: 11
Views: 2011

Re: Mixed apneas and aerophagia - needing new machine

So I am getting down to the wire and actually going to get to see my Sleep dr. this week. As a followup question, would the Dreamwear AutoSV be a better choice or better equipment?
by emery
Mon Aug 17, 2020 5:20 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Mixed apneas and aerophagia - needing new machine
Replies: 11
Views: 2011

Re: Mixed apneas and aerophagia - needing new machine

Thank you, Pugsy, for your confirming summary. I just could not find the comparative detailed information for these machines. They seem to give apples to lugnuts type details. The variability of my nightly needs just keeps it all so interesting. I just cannot trust a one-time meeting with a dr that ...
by emery
Sun Aug 16, 2020 3:24 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Mixed apneas and aerophagia - needing new machine
Replies: 11
Views: 2011

Mixed apneas and aerophagia - needing new machine

Hi, Its been a while but we have ended our full-time RV lifestyle so I now have a place in our house to put any machine I may need. Sleep study said I was having some mixed apneas but my biggest problem was/is aerophagia so I have been using a DeVilbiss D57HH Autointellipap BIPAP pretty successfully...
by emery
Sun May 27, 2018 10:00 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: It's Not Always Acid Reflux!
Replies: 19
Views: 6292

Re: It's Not Always Acid Reflux!

Aerophagia can give similar problems as acid reflux without the normal wholesale evidence. A PAP machine that forces air into the stomach during exhalation also holds that esophageal passage open long enough for some of the acidic vapors and small particles to be carried up into the throat as the pr...
by emery
Sat Feb 16, 2013 7:18 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Replacing 420E - What is as good?
Replies: 12
Views: 2239

Re: Replacing 420E - What is as good?

Update time: 2/2013 I was never able to find a solution to my quest. Back in 2011 finding a replacement was elective for me. I had a few problems with the 420E but I was able to work around most of them and no other machines at the time seemed to be a complete solution. The whole shtick of the red t...
by emery
Mon Sep 05, 2011 10:05 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Replacing 420E - What is as good?
Replies: 12
Views: 2239

Re: Replacing 420E - What is as good?

This is all good information. I have considered getting a gently used 420E so thanks for the suggestion. I have also found a few DME that still have them in stock. I was hoping that the technology had moved forward, though, not backwards but I am an optimist. I have yet to find anything particularly...
by emery
Sun Sep 04, 2011 8:27 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Replacing 420E - What is as good?
Replies: 12
Views: 2239

Replacing 420E - What is as good?

I am coming up on my 10 year anniversary on a machine. My first night was 9/11 (yep, that one) and it was a Goodnight 418P (I first did my homework in the forums). It died due to lightning, about 4 years later and was replaced by a 420E (again, thanks to the forums). Although the replacement was hav...