You misunderstood me. I didn't say a person will get infected him or herself, I said the pond scum will eventually develop in the reservoir (the subject) because no filter currently used in a PAP device can possibly filter out every spore or airborne pathogen or organic matter that might eventually ...

If the water really is distilled, it is free from minerals. As air is drawn over it, even the nicely filtered air drawn through our units, it will have contact with some minor bits of airborne impurities that will build up over time if you simply add more water each morning. You'll eventually get so...

Just got diagnosed with SA. ED might be related but it is a different issue. I got tested and found my T levels were way low. Got therapy, back to normal. I had no other symptom than low libido/desire. I'm starting to wonder about my testosterone levels. And I believe I can boost it naturally with ...

I know we are different, but I tackle such problems with the singleness and verve I do a flat tire. I get it fixed. I put it right, even at some considerable inconvenience and bother. My own CPAP therapy started very sketchily. First night was an absolute nightmare. I decided I needed to tape my mou...

If the water regionally isn't normally treated with softeners in homes, but is otherwise safe to drink from the tap, why the heck not use tap water? Heavily mineralized water is probably not good to use for long, and certainly not if it starts to build crust inside your reservoir because you don't r...

Why would me doctor take me off auto bipap and put me on fixed bipap? I have a Dreamstation Auto Bipap. Thanks Without seeing some data for several weeks, it's hard to say. Maybe you have been all over the place with auto and he/she wants to stablize your tmt and see what happens. Could you post so...

Not to be cute, but a lack of sleep, real sleep, seems to be the big raison d'être for everyone here. None of us has slept well until we were treated properly. Some of us now sleep better, and maybe even longer. I don't know about the better part, but I have begun to sleep longer since about the fir...

I'm fishing and whistling at the same time, but could it be a glitch in the software, a firmware update that went sour? Is there a way to assess the machine to see if it is providing the requisite flow/pressure changes that are indicated?

Hard to argue with anything there. I'm happy to see this, and your own account of it. Bravo!!

Chances are excellent that much of your OSA is positional, as is the case for most of us, so you would want to control that AND still be able to rest. I would say, subject to correction by the experts here, that a recliner might be the smart bet. Also, does the surgeon understand how/that your head...

What an assumption - that OSA is positional for 'most of us'! You write so nicely, Mesenteria, but have only been at this for a very short time... maybe you could refrain from definitive stuff for a bit until you're more sure of what you say to people (esp. newbies). I do stand for correction, Juli...

What an assumption - that OSA is positional for 'most of us'! You write so nicely, Mesenteria, but have only been at this for a very short time... maybe you could refrain from definitive stuff for a bit until you're more sure of what you say to people (esp. newbies). I do stand for correction, Juli...

Is your AS10 set up for EPR, during which the exhalation noise would be kept to a minimum? I mean, if the TMT is the same, air flow and limitations the same, and the mask and tubing/vent the same.....what's left?

Chances are excellent that much of your OSA is positional, as is the case for most of us, so you would want to control that AND still be able to rest. I would say, subject to correction by the experts here, that a recliner might be the smart bet. Also, does the surgeon understand how/that your headg...

Yes, but chin straps don't work on the soft palate any more than the tape does. Same for tape. If, like me, the sucking technique does exactly that, meaning it doesn't work,.................................................