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by wm_hess
Thu Jan 13, 2022 5:54 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Bipap called for?
Replies: 6
Views: 11145

Re: Bipap called for?

Hi I wanted to thank everybody for their input. My Mom had a sleep study and her doctor prescribed CPAP. They prescribed an apap with the pressures at the standard crappy 4-20 pressure range. She was sold a Resmed Airsense 10 apap. When I went up the first time, I checked her usage and stats to get ...
by wm_hess
Mon Jan 10, 2022 4:31 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Bipap called for?
Replies: 6
Views: 11145

Bipap called for?

Hi My Mom is an 86 year old who recently started using a CPAP. She lives around 200 miles away from me, and doesn't have internet service in her neck of the woods. When I go up, I download her data to Oscar I gave her an old CPAP of mine to use when she started. I ran her for a week and made adjustm...
by wm_hess
Fri Sep 24, 2021 2:56 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: OT??? CPAP Helmet ???
Replies: 4
Views: 822

Re: OT??? CPAP Helmet ???

In Italy, overwhelmed hospitals appear to have used the bubble helmets extensively. https://www.businessinsider.com/video-tour-coronavirus-icu-ward-bergamo-italy-worst-apocalyptic-2020-3?r=US&IR=T . The article is from March of 2020. The ICU's are overwhelmed and the video is from an emergency ward....
by wm_hess
Sun Jul 25, 2021 3:23 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: OT: no user avatars
Replies: 24
Views: 1305

Re: OT: no user avatars

The avatar's not showing up apear to be externally hosted on rackspacecloud . com, perhaps other sites. I can't see any of the the following avatars and they are all on rackspacecloud. Pugsy's Avatar: http://c1501942.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/40932_1551362194.jpg LSAT's Avatar: http://c1501...
by wm_hess
Thu Jul 01, 2021 1:02 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: sleep apnea driver's license rules and laws
Replies: 26
Views: 6316

Re: sleep apnea driver's license rules and laws

In the state of Maine, the Bureau of Motor Vehicles requires everyone diagnosed with sleep apnea to disclose this diagnosis on all applications and renewal applications for all non-commercial driver's licenses. The state then monitors everyone that has a current Maine driver's license with a diagno...
by wm_hess
Tue Jun 22, 2021 2:07 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Emergency Battery Back Up
Replies: 15
Views: 1226

Re: Emergency Battery Back Up

I've read through captian loki's thread and it sounds like the deep cycle scooter batteries are the way to go. My question is with the price of the portable power stations having come down so much is it still the recommended way to go or would buying one of these 24 volt power stations w the solar ...
by wm_hess
Sun Apr 18, 2021 10:27 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Choosing a Battery
Replies: 323
Views: 1414662

Re: Choosing a Battery

My mom has just been diagnosed with sleep apnea and I have an electrical/battery question. I have a cart that I have the tender and a 100ah deep cycle battery. I can easily roll it from the bedroom to the command module known as the recliner. Once positioned and in command, I can just plug the dc pl...
by wm_hess
Sun Apr 04, 2021 1:16 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Choosing a Battery
Replies: 323
Views: 1414662

Re: Choosing a Battery

Cables: The Battery Tender comes with almost everything including fuses (get spares), but you'll need a "cigarette lighter socket" (or maybe two) http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0041CDPQO $9 If you want to charge while using (UPS mode) and/or add on a cell phone charger or second socket, you want...
by wm_hess
Thu Aug 27, 2020 1:29 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Alternative to Ruby Red Chin Strap by CareFusion
Replies: 12
Views: 798

Re: Alternative to Ruby Red Chin Strap by CareFusion

My husband has been using the Large (not adjustable) Ruby Red chin strap for years but it is no longer made. I see other red chin straps but most are adjustable and I am not familiar with the brands. Is there an alternative brand that is as tight fitting as this one? He does not want an adjustable ...
by wm_hess
Sat Aug 22, 2020 4:13 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Lincare DME offered to sell me So Clean or other CPAP cleaning device
Replies: 37
Views: 3784

Re: Lincare DME offered to sell me So Clean or other CPAP cleaning device

Thank you for sharing this interesting potential solution to my humidification problems. I wonder how well it would work with a ResMed Airsense 10 Autoset machine. Would the hose just be added to the A10 hose that hooks into the back of the A10? Thank you for this "out of the box" idea. When winter...
by wm_hess
Fri Aug 21, 2020 2:23 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Lincare DME offered to sell me So Clean or other CPAP cleaning device
Replies: 37
Views: 3784

Re: Lincare DME offered to sell me So Clean or other CPAP cleaning device

The need for a refill every night before a full night of sleep is something I posted about when I first got this A10 machine five years ago. I posted my charts then, as I recall, and none of you came up with any reason for the need for a refill, based on my data. I recall that the advice was to com...
by wm_hess
Wed Jul 15, 2020 11:29 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Backup battery for unexpected power outages Resmed Airsense 10
Replies: 20
Views: 20664

Re: Backup battery for unexpected power outages Resmed Airsense 10

Thank you for the reply. I am afraid that suggestion is a bit beyond my level of technical ability. Maybe my husband can do what you recommend. Hi gardengirl77 Being extremely charitable, I'm not comfortable or experienced with this type of stuff either. If you or your husband reads this thread, ht...
by wm_hess
Wed Jul 01, 2020 4:27 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Suffocation with machine off??!!
Replies: 26
Views: 2040

Re: Suffocation with machine off??!!

Heyyyyyyyyyyy....Great idea, Pugsy. I didn't even know anything like that existed. I know where I'll be going tomorrow....to some electrical place and finding one of those things. Thanks a lot. OMG, I can't tell you how happy I am now. This is going to save me so much anxiety. Thank you again! :mrg...
by wm_hess
Wed Jul 01, 2020 4:09 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Sound of breathing going through machine. Is it common?
Replies: 15
Views: 1210

Re: Sound of breathing going through machine. Is it common?

Hi Everyone. ... it just sounds like my breath is somehow moving in and out of the machine, or something like that....but I do get the feeling that it shouldn't be happening. Your machine is maintaining a column of air at a specific pressure, from the machine to your throat. That column of air is w...
by wm_hess
Sat Jun 20, 2020 8:13 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: SoClean and Coronavirus question
Replies: 33
Views: 7217

Re: SoClean and Coronavirus question

But I neally NEED to condemn and insult . . . I'm not allowed to burn their business, or shoot the CEO, or push Bill off a tall building. Froggy needs to vent. (Pun intended) You know I've been on the lookout for aggressive and angry amphibians every time I leave my apartment. The building's not th...