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- Sat Sep 02, 2023 4:31 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Feeling worse on CPAP
- Replies: 3
- Views: 753
Re: Feeling worse on CPAP
According to the attached report, you slept for over eleven hours. This indicates that either you're chronically sleep deprived (from years of untreated sleep apnea), or that there's another issue present (or both). If it's the former, you should get caught up in a while. If it's the latter, you'll ...
- Sun Aug 27, 2023 2:55 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: CPAP during COVID infection
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3282
Re: CPAP during COVID infection
The only time I would consider not using it is if I were so congested that it didn't work, or if my face or nose was so sore that I couldn't stand the mask. Neither has happened in the twenty-four years that I've been using CPAP. I have had bad colds and sore noses, but I struggled through anyhow.
- Wed Jun 21, 2023 5:43 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Device in diagnostic process
- Replies: 22
- Views: 3316
Re: Device in diagnostic process
To the original poster,
It does appear that you are able to use the machine at night.
It's not clear whether you can get stats after finagling.
Please clarify.
It does appear that you are able to use the machine at night.
It's not clear whether you can get stats after finagling.
Please clarify.
- Thu Jun 01, 2023 2:39 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Letter from Lincare Regarding Compliance
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3664
Re: Letter from Lincare Regarding Compliance
If the DME is well run, they would want you to be compliant. It's in their interest to get paid for the machine rather than to have to repossess it and have a used machine on their hands.
- 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: 7120
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: 941
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: 2272
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: 977
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: 4591
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: 4591
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: 1900
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: 3809
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: 886
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: 3756
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: 1773
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...