When the hose rests on your pillow or mattress, you may have some conducted noise from the machine through the hose and your pillow or mattress. I also don't like the hose touching me anywhere. I use a hose hanger. I have a homemade jury-rigged hose hanger with a pully system on a wall-mounted bedsi...

CPAP without humidity can really dry out your sinuses, leading to the irritation that causes sinusitis. So, yes, experimenting with adding humidity is a good idea. But start slowly--too much humidity can be as bad as too little, and adjust only one thing at a time. Give each change a night or two to...

It took me a long time to adjust to CPAP, and once I did I craved sleep and felt pretty fatigued. I don't believe it's really possible to "make up a sleep debt" but I just wanted to be back in bed sleeping whenever I had down time for a while. I didn't have one of those "Wow, I feel great" moments, ...

It's good you are seeing your doctor because it could be ANYTHING, not "just" sleep apnea. You need a good, thorough exam, some bloodwork, etc. to rule out the many possibilities. How has your sleep been? Do you monitor your AHI? Has it changed significantly? Have you ever checked your overnight oxy...

I knew that and wasn't assuming you were the OP OR that OP was a commercial driver. I knew you knew that, so what was your point? This appeared to be directed at my post. btw I am not the OP. AND the OP never mentioned a CDL or any need for driving. Remember we can't see each other's facial express...

Prior to going on CPAP my AHI was in the mid-80's and somehow I managed to get SOME sleep (not saying it had any quality). But now, if I accidentally fall asleep without my CPAP (very rare) I'm almost immediately woken up with an apnea. My body won't let me "sleep" through that any more. I would fin...

Are you holding your breath? I notice I do when I turn over. I have an elaborate system of pillows, stabilizing the mask, getting everything just so, and I tend to hold my breath in the process. Plus, I'm not in the best of physical shape. But it's transient and nothing I worry about. It's good that...

I live about 1 1/2 hours north of you, and we were without power (but evacuated) during two years of fires. I bought a portable battery generator that gives me one night on my CPAP, plus it will charge a cell phone and has a small light. https://www.amazon.com/Portable-FlashFish-Generator-Adventure-...

Your doctor is full of cheese. Here's the American Academy of Sleep Medicine Guideline: https://www.cms.gov/medicare-coverage-database/view/ncacal-decision-memo.aspx?proposed=N&NCAId=227&ver There is insufficient evidence to suggest that routine PSG and/or HSAT should be performed in patients who ar...

About the mask. The company that provides the cpap called yesterday and I told them my issue with one tube always being compressed when I lay on my side. The employee told me this should not happen. She said it would not change the pressure but it would put more pressure on one nostril. Clearly the...

btw I am not the OP. AND the OP never mentioned a CDL or any need for driving. To clarify my thought one would think IF this patient has coverage with Kaiser AND had a sleep study AND required a cpap OR Planet Kaiser would not add his equipment to the database. To repeat: the OP answered the questi...

I see, thanks! Is PRS1 = PR SystemOne? It was my old machine. Yes, that's correct PRS1- PR System One and "flex" on Philips machines = EPR on Respironics. I turned it off after a time because it increased the noise (that PRS1 was noisy compared to the ResMed) and I didn't need the pressure relief. ...

Karen from Pad-a-Cheek does not make covers for Dreamwear masks, I asked once. I don't know if she's added them since. I would be interested but I don't use the "over the mouth" part, only the nasal cradle. I've been thinking of getting a Dreamwear FF mask for when I have a cold and can't breathe th...

It didn't occur to me that the doctor's recommendations might depend on whether the patient could choose any machine they wanted, instead of being limited to the settings available on a standard CPAP provided by insurance. But it occurs to me now, and I think I'll go through my medical record to fi...

When Philips had to recall all their machines, there definitely was a shortage for a while. But as far as I can tell, ResMed has picked up the slack to the point where our hosts at cpap.com are selling ResMed Autoset 10's at a third of the former retail price, and they seem to have plenty in stock. ...