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by Midnight Strangler
Tue Jan 17, 2023 1:40 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: What's going on here - OSCAR attached
Replies: 9
Views: 829

Re: What's going on here - OSCAR attached

What I am concerned about is the length of the obstructions, some that are 30-40 seconds long and yet did not arouse me, which I would have thought would have happened. It's almost as if I were unconscious. Before I was treated with CPAP, I was having obstructive events longer than that all night l...
by Midnight Strangler
Wed Oct 12, 2022 12:04 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Tired apap user
Replies: 20
Views: 1218

Re: Tired apap user

kobster123 wrote:
Tue Oct 11, 2022 5:33 pm
My machine was set by the RT at the provider of the machine.
The RT didn't set the pressure. He left it on the wide-open factory setting. He has to follow the doctor's prescription.
by Midnight Strangler
Thu Aug 25, 2022 4:48 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Sleep Doc Followups - Yes or No?
Replies: 45
Views: 2432

Re: Sleep Doc Followups - Yes or No?

the pulmanologist required that I come to see her and we went over my compliance, my Respironics download and or Sleepyhead and or OSCAR data. We would discuss the need to alter the min and max settings as well as the comfort level with EPR and ramps. She would examine my nose, my throat, my ears, ...
by Midnight Strangler
Fri Jun 04, 2021 11:48 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: New CPAP - New Test - First time on medicare
Replies: 9
Views: 903

Re: New CPAP - New Test - First time on medicare

Medicare require a new test for a new machine. This is wrong. My first sleep study was when I was 56. Medicare paid for a new machine when I turned 65. Medicare paid for another new machine when I was 70. They did not require another test either time. Quit wasting taxpayers' money with worthless te...
by Midnight Strangler
Mon Apr 05, 2021 12:05 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Choosing a Battery
Replies: 323
Views: 1381599

Re: Choosing a Battery

SAG wrote:
Sun Apr 04, 2021 9:42 pm
this is pretty much the same thing
No, that is not the same thing. You are recommending a jump-start battery. Jordon bought a deep-cycle, mobility battery. She will get years of good service out of it.
by Midnight Strangler
Tue Mar 30, 2021 12:35 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Respironics Dreamstation runs out of water...
Replies: 23
Views: 22133

Re: Respironics Dreamstation runs out of water...

Nope, she uses a nasal interface and is probably breathing through the mouth. I use a full face mask and it does the same for me and runs out. Before answering try one out and you will see it runs out of water. My mask leaks detection is at 98% which is not bad. Never ever had this with my resperon...
by Midnight Strangler
Tue Mar 30, 2021 12:30 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Choosing a Battery
Replies: 323
Views: 1381599

Re: Choosing a Battery

I would stay away from lead acid batteries. Scroll down on this link and look at the discharge plot of LiFePO4 vs SLA. Long story short: Don't buy a $60 battery for a $600 CPAP... You get about half the time with a lead battery than LiFePO4. Take a look at the Bioenno 24 Volt LiFePO4 . You'll have ...
by Midnight Strangler
Thu Mar 18, 2021 12:23 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: using an extension cord with your cpap machine
Replies: 22
Views: 4975

Re: using an extension cord with your cpap machine

squid13 wrote:
Thu Mar 18, 2021 9:34 am
Go to Lowes and buy some cable and a plug and receptacle and make your own cord.
If they are incapable of using a 45-degree plug, do you really think they are capable of making their own cord?
by Midnight Strangler
Sun Mar 08, 2020 6:53 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Aerophagia No More!
Replies: 79
Views: 47674

Re: Aerophagia No More!

I would like to mention that turmeric has an anti-inflammatory effect. Therefore over the course of taking this product, you may have healed whatever was causing the aerophagia to begin with (most likely inflammation from GERD making the sphincters and whatnot less sturdy for lack of a better way t...
by Midnight Strangler
Thu Jul 18, 2019 11:45 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: OT -- perhaps
Replies: 16
Views: 1908

Re: OT -- perhaps

allopathic MDs FYI, "allopaths" is a term that MDs themselves do not use, and that many regard as pejorative. "Allopath" was coined by Samuel Hahnemann, the inventor of homeopathy, as an intentionally critical term. This term seems to be in common use at osteopathic colleges. Osteopathic training p...
by Midnight Strangler
Sat Jul 06, 2019 7:03 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Kim Jong-un
Replies: 61
Views: 8938

Re: Kim Jong-un

Grannie is right. Plus, the people in the Bible had slaves.. not the Bible. It was a part of their culture then. Also, notice that our salvation as God has revealed to us is on-going. An example of this was the difference in the covenants with man. It started with a covenant with one man (Abraham) ...
by Midnight Strangler
Thu Apr 04, 2019 4:47 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Newbie: drying hose away from home
Replies: 23
Views: 7262

Re: Newbie: drying hose away from home

LSAT wrote:
Thu Apr 04, 2019 4:33 pm
She's(?) talking about not taking the hurricane dryer when traveling

You read more than the first paragraph in posts?? That's worse than cleaning your hose every day!
by Midnight Strangler
Thu Apr 04, 2019 4:07 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Newbie: drying hose away from home
Replies: 23
Views: 7262

Re: Newbie: drying hose away from home

If you’re worried that the inside of the hose wont dry, why not hook it up to the machine and run air thru it? She stated she already invested in a Hurricane Dryer. I'm one of the users who never washes the hose. They last quite a few years, then I replace them. I rarely get any kind of respiratory...
by Midnight Strangler
Fri Nov 02, 2018 12:29 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Ketogenic Diet (Keto) - Ineffective and Dangerous
Replies: 63
Views: 8170

Re: Ketogenic Diet (Keto) - Ineffective and Dangerous

Calorie restriction works, and I think it can be done in a more healthy and fun way than a keto diet. Looking at some of the studies of "successful" keto diets, you see things like this: outpatient protocol providing intensive nutrition and behavioral counseling, digital coaching and education plat...
by Midnight Strangler
Thu Nov 01, 2018 6:18 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Ketogenic Diet (Keto) - Ineffective and Dangerous
Replies: 63
Views: 8170

Re: Ketogenic Diet (Keto) - Ineffective and Dangerous

Thanks for posting this article. A friend and I went on a ketogenic diet in 1996. We both lost a good bit of weight. After a year, heavy business travel got me off of it, and I gained much of the weight back. In 2014, I retired with a goal of losing weight. I had a strong suspicion that a keto diet ...