Growing up in the 50's are my best memories of Christmas. Merry Christmas to everyone and Happy New Year. Well, while we are reminiscing childhood Christmases, I grew up in the '30s during The Great Depression. My Dad had a job and we always had a roof over our heads and food on the table. Some did...

The illustrated chin strap doesn't seem to solve the problem. 1) It is pulling the chin back into the throat, and 2) because it is elastic the wearer could still open his chin. I use a home-made strap previously pictured here several years ago. 1) It is further toward the tip of the chin and fastene...

Whoa, settle down here guys! I don't buy a new phone every year. I'm just saying, I CAN buy one. I don't want to fill up the landfills either, jeez. I'm just saying that technology is moving fast in all fields and that doesn't seem to apply to this world. Just my opinion. Any model car can get you ...

It was about 1935 and I was in the second grade when I first heard, "...the eleventh hour, of the eleventh day, of the eleventh month..." We were memorializing the War that ended all wars. I was in a huge school. Someone out in the vestibule payed taps on the trumpet. Then someone repeated it far aw...

I purchased two different specialty pillows. Expensive. Neither worked for me; I'm a side sleeper. I then purchased a $49 down pillow from "Bed, Bath & Beyond". I just punch it into the shape that fits for the moment and it works just great for me. When I roll over to the other side, I just reshape ...

If you have an old mask & head straps you can use the old straps. Takes two. Sew then end-to-end, or use the Velcro to connect two together

I use a home-made chin strap I saw here about 6 years ago. Take a velco strap about 8" or 9" long, loop it over one of the FFM lower straps, feed it across under the bottom of your chin and over the other lower strap, then join the ends of the strap. It does not need to be drum tight, just snug so i...

I connect a 25 ft O2 tubing to my oxygen concentrator so I can walk around the room. The plastic tubing gets stiff over time and I must replace it. I never noticed before but the old tubing, measured by a ruler, was 3/16" OD and the new tubing is 5/32" OD. (I can't measure the ID.) I have the concen...

I can't imagine where the "pink slime" is coming from. It comes from the air, it's a common bacteria floating around. Can you give me a reference to that? I'd like to learn more about it. Look up Serratia marcescens So then when we see such complaints here we should ask if there is an infant in the...

palerider wrote: ↑

Mon Oct 01, 2018 10:46 am

wardmiller wrote: ↑

Mon Oct 01, 2018 7:01 am

I can't imagine where the "pink slime" is coming from.

It comes from the air, it's a common bacteria floating around.

Can you give me a reference to that? I'd like to learn more about it.

I can't imagine where the "pink slime" is coming from. The air coming out of the hose is room air that has passed over distilled water. Either the room air is not clean, or the distilled water is not clean. I would try to correct that first. In the six years i''ve been using my machine, I have not s...

There is nothing to sanitize on or in the machine. Nothing. And in any case, what would be the point? Your room air is not sanitized, nor is anything you bring to your end of the machine (mask, etc). What a waste of time... at best a placebo effect that makes you feel you're doing something useful,...

Since I'm coming at this from a zero knowledge basis any information or insight will be greatly appreciated. This subject usually prompts a wide range of responses. Here's mine: I've been ususing my ResMed machine for 6 years. I use distilled water in my humidifier, therefore have never found any g...

Hubby is 3 weeks post heart attack and we just found out that the sleep test he completed last month for Medicare showed an AHI of 4.3. He's been using CPAP since 2011 when he was diagnosed and we know he needs it. It isn't clear to me why he needs a NEW machine. Why can't he continue to use the ma...

Emergency planning for cpap is presently left to the individual. Maybe this needs re-thinking. Is there any way that off-grid power is covered by insurance? Maybe it should be. What good is insurance, after the fact, when you were gasping for breath 3 weeks ago? Also, this is a Pandora's box. There...