The Wall Street Journal of June 21, 2005 has an article on an outfit that does sleep studies in motels. They lease a block of rooms at motels on a monthly basis and do sleep studies just like hospital based studies. Patients are encouraged to use the motels facilities: pool, excercise room, restraur...

My eye doctor advised me not to change my glasses when my blood glucose is not in good control. I am nearsighted and my vision gets better (less nearsighted) when my blood sugar is high. The Doc says it has to do with the moisture level (changing to to glucose levels) in the eye's lens changing the ...

I used a Ultra Mirage FF mask which was ok but have been using a Oracle for the last three or four weeks which I like better and, for me, leaks less.

see previous comments on the ORACLE at:

http://cpaptalk.com/viewtopic.php?t=277 ... ght=oracle

Anyone know were you can buy extra smart cards? Say on the web.

I went to a AWAKE meeting this week were the speaker was a Maxiofacial Surgeon who spoke on Maxillo-Mandibular Advancement. This is a six hour procedure which he only preforms on severe cases of OSA (AHI>40) who are non CPAP compliant. (I suppose insurance won't pay otherwise). The lower jaw is move...

Ionizer - Since you are dreaming you must be getting into REM sleep. Good for you. But are your forgetting to take your meds? Seriously, for whats its worth, a sleep doc at an AWAKE talk said that SSRI antidepressant medications e.g. paxil, zoloft, prozac et al interfer or supress the REM phase of s...

Meister - Thanks for the tips abount dry mouth particularly about the alcohol in mouth wash. I have been on CPAP at 13 cm H2O with full face mask and Respironics heated humidifier since Oct 04 and so suffer with dry mouth. My dentist told me about a patient of his on CPAP who developed bad gum and t...

FL andy, please let me know how loud the alarm you ordered is.

I am moderately hard of hearing particularly at certain frequencies. For instance, I can't hear the leak alarm on the REMstar even if I'm awake. My wife complains it wakes her up while I keep on sleeping - so I deactivated it.

Any thoughts on using a surge protector between the machine and the electrical outlet - Reasons to use or not to use.

The preceeding guest message 11:46 was from me, Gustav.

Since the on line price differential between the Remstar Auto without C-Flex and with C-Flex is small why would one want one here in the States without c-flex assuming there is no other difference (since the C-flex can be turned off on both models). Just a thought. In your location in Australia ther...