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- Tue May 23, 2023 9:07 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Smoker? Don't smoke around your CPAP!
- Replies: 30
- Views: 7022
Re: Smoker? Don't smoke around your CPAP!
I'd like to be able to forbid smoking entirely, but I am not so empowered! If you're not going to listen, at least don't smoke in the room where the CPAP is (even when it is powered off). Make sure the door to the room where the CPAP is remains closed at all times (except for entering and leaving). ...
- Sun Apr 02, 2023 9:24 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Off gassing
- Replies: 7
- Views: 918
Re: Off gassing
You can try soaking the tank, hoses, and mask in vinegar solution. That should neutralize the chemical smell.
- Wed Mar 22, 2023 10:30 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: When I die
- Replies: 30
- Views: 2233
Re: When I die
Assuming that you are tethered to the machine for eight hours each night and that your chance of dying is distributed evenly throughout the day, you stand a 33⅓% chance of (eventually) dying while tethered to the machine. That makes this a very important question! The machine will stop blowing if th...
- Fri Mar 17, 2023 9:33 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Wierd noise at the end of inhalation
- Replies: 10
- Views: 965
Re: Weird noise at the end of inhalation
It sounds like the rainout noises. Try any or all of the following:
• Make sure that the machine is lower than your head.
• Fill the tank a bit less than you've been doing.
• Turn up the heated hose temperature.
• Turn down humidifier temperature.
• Raise the temperature in the room.
• Make sure that the machine is lower than your head.
• Fill the tank a bit less than you've been doing.
• Turn up the heated hose temperature.
• Turn down humidifier temperature.
• Raise the temperature in the room.
- Sat Mar 11, 2023 12:18 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Suggestion for clock change this weekend
- Replies: 19
- Views: 4559
Re: Suggestion for clock change this weekend
- Thu Mar 09, 2023 4:28 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Suggestion for clock change this weekend
- Replies: 19
- Views: 4559
Suggestion for clock change this weekend
As you know, the clocks will change in most of the US, Canada, and lots of other places. I suggest that you set the Sunday morning wake-up time for one hour later than usual, thus waking up at your "normal" time. If you still need to adjust the clock manually, do so before going to bed Saturday nigh...
- Mon Feb 27, 2023 7:53 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Traveling
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1883
Re: Traveling
Since you didn't say where you're going, please be aware that plugs in other countries may have different a configuration. The voltage and frequency might be different too, but you don't need to worry about that. Remember to make a dedicated packing list for your CPAP. You would not want to forget a...
- Wed Feb 08, 2023 2:09 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Unknown Sleep Disorder
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3787
Re: Unknown Sleep Disorder
Don't overlook that she might be dehydrated and needs to drink more water. Consider also the possibilities of narcolepsy or epilepsy.
- Thu Feb 02, 2023 11:52 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: New CPAP
- Replies: 10
- Views: 876
Re: New CPAP
Is this smell similar to "new car smell?"
In any case, try washing with soap and water. Alternately, try cleaning with viengar.
In any case, try washing with soap and water. Alternately, try cleaning with viengar.
- Sat Jan 28, 2023 8:00 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Gas Stoves and Apnea
- Replies: 55
- Views: 3679
Re: Gas Stoves and Apnea
They won't remove your gas stove from existing housing.
Only new housing is potentially affected!
Only new housing is potentially affected!
- Fri Jan 27, 2023 9:07 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Odd comment from my Pulmonologist
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1754
Re: Odd comment from my Pulmonologist
I agree, 7.5 is enough for CPAP. They say that five is the cutoff, but I think that's too high. You've been using CPAP for a prolonged amount of time (long enough to need a replacement machine). Therefore, doctors and insurers should not second-guess the original prescribers and the patients. It's v...
- Thu Jan 26, 2023 3:20 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Travelling with the Airsense 11 machine ? Is it viable ?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1252
Re: Travelling with the Airsense 11 machine ? Is it viable ?
Ok, I see that you were already reminded that you might need an adapter if you're traveling outside of France (which is shown as your home country). If you're traveling to mast parts of the Americas, the electrcity will be 110 volts / 60 hz. THis will not be an issue for your CPAP, you cell phone, o...
- Tue Jan 24, 2023 10:31 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Windows 11
- Replies: 4
- Views: 593
Re: Windows 11
Works fine!
- Thu Jan 19, 2023 8:40 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Dreamstation 2 Updated Prescription?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1185
Re: Dreamstation 2 Updated Prescription?
This raises a couple of important points: 1. In Australia, remotely changing the prescription without informed consent would be illegal. Is that not the case in the US? . . . It might be "illegal," but I can't see it being prosecuted as a crime, or even sanctioned by the medical licensing board (in...
- Thu Jan 19, 2023 8:18 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Bursts of air coming out of mouth, CPAP no longer usable
- Replies: 34
- Views: 3219
Re: Bursts of air coming out of mouth, CPAP no longer usable
If the air pressure is so great that it passes through closed lips, then the pressure is probably too high. If you have a pressure range, lower the top number. If you have a fixed pressure, just lower it a bit.