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by archangle
Sun Jun 21, 2020 1:27 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: SoClean and Coronavirus question
Replies: 33
Views: 7074

Re: SoClean and Coronavirus question

Yeah, but what if we injected bleach inside the cell phone?

Can we investigate that?
by archangle
Sun Jun 14, 2020 11:48 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Allergic to my first APAP
Replies: 9
Views: 1082

Re: Allergic to my first APAP

Same hose and mask? You may be able to set the BiPAP to the exact same settings as the APAP. Or try some things like fixed settings on the APAP, Assuming you want to experiment. Change the filter and clean the water tank thoroughly. Swap the water tanks if they're the same model. Me, I find my CPAP ...
by archangle
Sat Jul 20, 2019 5:19 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Changing run hours on a cpap machine.
Replies: 4
Views: 2816

Re: Changing run hours on a cpap machine.

Just be sure you're looking at run hours, not used hours. Used hours can be reset.
by archangle
Fri Jul 19, 2019 10:38 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Trippin
Replies: 11
Views: 5567

Re: Trippin

I"m not too surprised if someone feels high (or awful) when first starting CPAP. Your brain and body adapt to being strangled all night long and release hormones and adjust your chemistry. Sometimes you're out of whack until you adapt to normal breathing again. Don't get too complacent that you're j...
by archangle
Fri Jul 19, 2019 10:05 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: SoClean 2 filter problem, will I die???
Replies: 26
Views: 16014

Re: SoClean 2 filter problem, will I die???

Unless you're somehow hooking yourself up to the ozone machine while it's running, I doubt it creates enough ozone to create a serious ozone problem in the room as a whole. Especially short term and if you're not in the room while it's running. Ozone has a pretty short half life indoors. Long term, ...
by archangle
Sat Sep 15, 2018 9:33 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Cigarette smell in 2nd hand ResMed Airsense 10
Replies: 18
Views: 3629

Re: Cigarette smell in 2nd hand ResMed Airsense 10

My mother used to put a hunk of charcoal in water in the kitchen to eliminate cooking smells. Other times she would put out a small bowl of vinegar to eliminate odours. !!NO!! !!NO!! !!NO!! NOT in the CPAP tank. Regular commercial charcoal has chemicals in it other than charcoal. Some has lighter f...
by archangle
Sat Sep 15, 2018 9:23 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Cigarette smell in 2nd hand ResMed Airsense 10
Replies: 18
Views: 3629

Re: Cigarette smell in 2nd hand ResMed Airsense 10

LSAT wrote:
Mon Sep 10, 2018 8:28 pm
You could try running the machine outside or at an open window for several hours for a couple days
Outside air vs. inside air won't make much difference in flushing out the smoke smell.
by archangle
Sat Sep 15, 2018 9:15 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Hospital respiratory folks: you gotta love 'em
Replies: 16
Views: 2932

Re: Hospital respiratory folks: you gotta love 'em

Never forget the standard nurse's answer to questions about using the patient's CPAP.

"He doesn't need CPAP, he's on oxygen."

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And the attending physician agrees.

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by archangle
Sat Sep 15, 2018 9:08 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Doctor told me "some people just don't tolerate CPAP"
Replies: 79
Views: 7253

Re: Doctor told me "some people just don't tolerate CPAP"

All true to some extent. "Some people just can't tolerate CPAP." - Some can never adjust. Can't sleep with the mask, can't stop ripping it off in their sleep. "Some people just won't put up with CPAP." - Some give up too quickly. It can be really hard. "Some users need to be told 'Suck it up butterc...
by archangle
Sun Jun 24, 2018 10:27 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Bought a 2nd-hand CPAP to use until Dr. appt. Can you help me use this properly?
Replies: 26
Views: 37731

Re: Bought a 2nd-hand CPAP to use until Dr. appt. Can you help me use this properly?

We've got ResScan reports from the AirSense 10 CPAP models showing generic AHI (no categories given) and what is presumably a 95% leak number reported. Someone with the half assed brick was kind enough to verify using ResScan. Let me see if I can find the thread. Looks like nightly average AHI, sor...
by archangle
Sun Jun 24, 2018 9:37 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Bought a 2nd-hand CPAP to use until Dr. appt. Can you help me use this properly?
Replies: 26
Views: 37731

Re: Bought a 2nd-hand CPAP to use until Dr. appt. Can you help me use this properly?

Go ahead and give SleepyHead a try. I think you get get a close estimate on AHI and maybe a 95% leak number. No event category breakdown though. That's all that you can get...if you can get that but I think I remember seeing some limited data from the half assed brick AirSense 10 CPAP. I thought th...
by archangle
Sun Jun 24, 2018 9:19 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Changing water
Replies: 29
Views: 52571

Re: Changing water

If you're not using distilled water, I recommend dumping the water every morning and cleaning it.
by archangle
Sun Jun 24, 2018 9:18 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: horrible I don't know. could my bipap be making me feel horrible
Replies: 13
Views: 28837

Re: horrible I don't know. could my bipap be making me feel horrible

moreorless wrote:
Sun Jun 24, 2018 9:12 pm
I do have other medical issues as well. going to see doctor on tuesday plus get more blood work done.
Good luck. Unfortunately, you have to do a lot to manage your own health care, even without apnea blindness. Doctors tend to have a lot of other blind spots as well.
by archangle
Sun Jun 24, 2018 9:03 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: horrible I don't know. could my bipap be making me feel horrible
Replies: 13
Views: 28837

Re: horrible I don't know. could my bipap be making me feel horrible

the sleep clinic reviewed the sleep data in march 2018. she said all was ok. i do have a hernia Unfortunately, to a sleep clinic or DME, "everything is OK," often means "you're using it enough time every night that I'm still going to get paid." Even if they look a little further, the analysis is of...
by archangle
Sun Jun 24, 2018 8:54 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: SoClean 2: Am I a sucker??
Replies: 189
Views: 96225

Re: SoClean 2: Am I a sucker??

Ozone will kill germs. It will also damage many forms of plastic. Whether a CPAP ozone-based germ killing system can kill germs without damaging equipment is what I question. I'm sure you could kill germs with enough ozone. I'm pretty sure you can damage plastic. The question is can you have enough ...