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by SleepyCPAP
Tue Jan 30, 2024 10:07 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: AlaxoStent new Hybrid version: Anyone tried it?
Replies: 5
Views: 1859

Re: AlaxoStent new Hybrid version: Anyone tried it?

I’m using the original version of the 6” stent. I got a replacement after 18 months of the first (and a broken strand), I guess just before their changeover. I don’t know if I’ll like trying the newer nose/throat combo when the time comes. I’m open to the idea, but because I have PAP pressure as wel...
by SleepyCPAP
Tue May 02, 2023 6:03 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Recommended Pulse Oximeter
Replies: 15
Views: 3904

Re: Recommended Pulse Oximeter

I’m using the O2Ring nightly since August of 2021. It can’t quite do two nights on a charge anymore (unless I hardly sleep each night), but it has no problems doing a nap and long night of sleep - so I just make it part of my morning routine to plug it in. It is so easy to wear and upload. I had a C...
by SleepyCPAP
Sun Dec 18, 2022 5:35 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: I’m using AlaxoStent with PAP therapy for Palatal Prolapse
Replies: 47
Views: 21247

Re: I’m using AlaxoStent with PAP therapy for Palatal Prolapse

zonker wrote:
Sun Dec 18, 2022 12:11 pm

how much does the stent cost?
I looked on their site, it is $974. I think that is the same price I paid a year ago. I paid out of pocket. I paid out of pocket for my used VAuto too, it was more expensive. Both are worth every penny to me.
by SleepyCPAP
Sun Dec 18, 2022 6:59 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: I’m using AlaxoStent with PAP therapy for Palatal Prolapse
Replies: 47
Views: 21247

Re: I’m using AlaxoStent with PAP therapy for Palatal Prolapse

but how are you sleeping? wake up feeling good? no headaches or body aches? getting a full night's rest? Hi Zonker, I don’t have headaches when I wake up. Those pretty much went away when I started CPAP a dozen years ago. For over 10 years plain CPAP was all I needed - until Palatal Prolapse develo...
by SleepyCPAP
Sat Dec 17, 2022 10:10 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Are There Any Decent Travel CPAPs?
Replies: 37
Views: 6453

Re: Are There Any Decent Travel CPAPs?

I don’t know your specific reason for sleep apnea, but if it relates to palate/throat restrictions when sleeping you might also look into the AlaxoStent. For the cost of a travel CPAP, it props open the airway from inside. It gets inserted through the nose before bed, and then taken out in the morni...
by SleepyCPAP
Sat Dec 17, 2022 9:48 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: I’m using AlaxoStent with PAP therapy for Palatal Prolapse
Replies: 47
Views: 21247

Re: I’m using AlaxoStent with PAP therapy for Palatal Prolapse

Update after one year of using the 6” AlaxoStent with my VAuto. I’m not signing in much anymore, since things are going perfectly. Here is a summary: First year results In the 30 days prior to my using the 6” AlaxoStent my machine scored 489 Obstructive Apneas, despite my 99.5% Flow limitation avera...
by SleepyCPAP
Tue Oct 04, 2022 7:31 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Philips Attempting to Avoid Replacement of Recalled Older System One CPAPs
Replies: 34
Views: 4448

Re: Philips Attempting to Avoid Replacement of Recalled Older System One CPAPs

I just got the same email for my PRS1 450.

There is no way I’m sending back the decayed-foam machine until I know whether I have health issues related to the spewed bits and off-gassing. Not going to sell the evidence for $25.

I would not trust a replacement machine from them either.

- SleepyCPAP
by SleepyCPAP
Wed Jun 01, 2022 7:13 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Anyone Sleep Through Power Outage
Replies: 31
Views: 2103

Re: Anyone Sleep Through Power Outage

A recent power outage seemed to show it took me about a minute to wake, two more minutes of hard breathing and wondering why it seemed so hard, then awake enough to realize power was off. My O2Ring showed my SpO2 dipped a couple points for that time. I got my 12 adaptor hooked up to the small (wheel...
by SleepyCPAP
Tue May 17, 2022 9:02 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Eclipse Mask intro video in Less Than an Hour
Replies: 65
Views: 4118

Re: Eclipse Mask intro video in Less Than an Hour

I got to see the video. At first I tried it on the main page banner, but then it swiped away. Next time I went to the link on the Eclipse, and could watch the video there. The teaser is more than enough for me to have clicked the email link to see about pre-ordering. I’ve got plenty of dreamports on...
by SleepyCPAP
Wed May 04, 2022 6:06 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: I’m using AlaxoStent with PAP therapy for Palatal Prolapse
Replies: 47
Views: 21247

Re: I’m using AlaxoStent with PAP therapy for Palatal Prolapse

I find that the Bleep dream ports help hold the stent tail in place, I still use a piece of tape on the tail, usually away from where the Bleep Dreamport attaches. I do have to push a little more carefully when adhering the Dreamport, so that there isn't seepage around the AlaxoStent tail. I've also...
by SleepyCPAP
Tue May 03, 2022 7:03 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: I’m using AlaxoStent with PAP therapy for Palatal Prolapse
Replies: 47
Views: 21247

Re: I’m using AlaxoStent with PAP therapy for Palatal Prolapse

Just a quick update: In the past four months of AlaxoStent use I have had no side effects or issues (other than getting used to it the first days). It continues to work wonderfully in combination with my bilevel therapy at reduced pressure (minimum 4cm EPAP, the VAuto mode won’t go lower than that, ...
by SleepyCPAP
Sun May 01, 2022 10:10 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Is an AHI of 2 a more realistic target to actually get rest
Replies: 21
Views: 1579

Re: Is an AHI of 2 a more realistic target to actually get rest

I agree with the above that it is more quality of sleep, rather than chasing a number. I say this even though (or indeed because) I chase zeros, and have been under 1 AHI for a majority of the 11 years I’ve been on PAP, and I’ve complained to my doctor when my CPAP therapy wasn’t cutting it anymore ...
by SleepyCPAP
Sat Apr 30, 2022 8:12 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: CMSD50+ Oximeter and OSCAR problem!!!
Replies: 6
Views: 697

Re: CMSD50+ Oximeter and OSCAR problem!!!

Old thread. Very soon after I wrote this I went ahead and bought an O2Ring. It works well, and is much more comfortable. I’ve worn it nightly since I bought it. I could never stand using the CMSD50+ for more than a few nights, at most. Now the CMSD50+ is just used for spot checks of my SpO2 or pulse...
by SleepyCPAP
Sat Apr 30, 2022 8:07 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Need help with Bleep attachment
Replies: 2
Views: 291

Re: Need help with Bleep attachment

New Bleep masks can be tougher to click together. Try a used Dreamport, with the mask and the Dreamport in your hand, and just give it lots of tries, connecting and disconnecting. It might loosen it up. I don’t bother having the ports perfect. I suppose there are some nights my nose is being tugged ...
by SleepyCPAP
Mon Apr 25, 2022 7:37 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Which CPAP Supplier Should I use with insurance?
Replies: 3
Views: 597

Which CPAP Supplier Should I use with insurance?

Hi all, I've hit my deductible for insurance. That's rare, so I'd like to get my CPAP supplies paid-for rather than me continuing to pay out of pocket this year. I use a Bleep mask, and ResMed AirCurve 10 VAuto. I also usually have a Swift FX or AirFit P10 on hand. I figure the ResMed masks and humi...