re: smell. Brand new hoses might be off-gassing something he's sensitive to. Can't say I've heard of this personally, but..... Have him wash out his noew hoses with the vinegar and water solution and let them air dry. Same with his humidifier chamber if he's got one. If there are manufacturer's inst...

CPAP-pro device is a scam? The one I'm using? I hadn't heard this. And I'm wondering if it can poassibly be the same device I'm using. A mouthpiece with nasal pillows attached? That's what mine is. Please elaborate. If it's a scam of some kind then my mentioning it in another post may have *ME* comi...

jec- If the mask you're using isn't working out well for you, then you might want to look into other types. I went through kind of what you're describing. Only MY problem was more with the bulky headgear than the mask itself. Getting into it and out of it was like trying to get out of wet leather cl...

Jerry69, I asked my wife once if the CPAP machine bothered her. She stated unequivocably that it didn't. She said, "You have the pleasure of never having had to sleep NEXT TO yourself when you're snoring! This is like a vacation!" And it's true that SHE sleeps better when I'm on the machine. As for ...

I just called the hospital sleep lab where my sleep study was done. I had it done in 1999 (December). Is this something I should be having done periodically? Or only if significant changes occur? They're mailing me a release form so they can send me a copy of my sleep study. Someone mentioned to me ...

First of all... thank you for being here. You can't possibly know how comforting it is to find a group of folks who share so much about CPAP. I simply don't have anyone around here to discuss this with and to learn from. Currently I use a SoloLX that's about 5 years old and never been serviced. I ha...

OK so I'm a board newbie and only recently REALLY started using my CPAP in earnest... every night. (I had problems with headgear, mask, all kinds of stuff... I think I have a fairly good combination now)... anyways... I've also been dead. Oh, not for days or anything... just for a while... heheh... ...

Jerry69, I'm kind of new here myself. Not new to CPAP, but new to these forums. Sounds to me like you're just in that "getting used to it" phase. When I first started using CPAP, the "new" noises in my room tended to hold my attention. Now they're just "white noise" and I sleep very well. Kind of li...

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AND... now I'm bummed after inquiring from my insurance company about reimbursement. THey won't replace my current SOloLX unless it's broken beyond repair and certified as such by a "participating DME". And even if they DO allow a replacement, it's at 50% copay. I called a participating DME and they...

I just found these message boards. Wish I'd found them years ago. This is an intro and some history so might be a little long, but I find I have questions again... I was diagnosed with OSA several years ago. I'm not even sure what a DME is! I had 2 sleep studies, one without and one with CPAP. On th...