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by DWaldman
Thu Jun 16, 2016 4:41 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Water tank: a breeding ground for bacteria?
Replies: 15
Views: 6789

Re: Water tank: a breeding ground for bacteria?

Peace in the family is worth more than a little water. Change it every day like she does, it will make her feel like you respect her opinions.
by DWaldman
Thu Jun 16, 2016 4:35 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: OT - Statins and You
Replies: 355
Views: 103789

Re: OT - Statins and You

Not trying to stir up anything.....came here for something else. But there's recent work about the positive benefits of statins on cancers. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/health/11647600/Statins-can-halve-patients-risk-of-dying-from-cancer.html If this were true, we should have seen a reduction in...
by DWaldman
Mon Jun 13, 2016 9:19 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Just diagnosed - waiting for cpap
Replies: 15
Views: 2086

Re: Just diagnosed - waiting for cpap

AllanGF , I'm guessing from your language (English English vs American English) that you're posting from somewhere in the UK. P.S. I've gone over and over my message and I still can't guess how you figured out I was British from what I have written! A few things give it away. Refer me on... I've no...
by DWaldman
Mon May 02, 2016 10:42 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: transpalatal advancement pharyngoplasty (TAP) experience?
Replies: 7
Views: 1421

Re: transpalatal advancement pharyngoplasty (TAP) experience?

Just keep cutting away, eventually your surgeon will recommend a tracheotomy to let the air in... or you could cut to the chase, so to speak, and let him just punch that hole in your neck now.
by DWaldman
Tue Apr 12, 2016 12:28 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Source of air in CPAP
Replies: 14
Views: 3527

Re: Source of air in CPAP

Don't put it down close to the floor where your dog sleeps. Fresh dog fart pumped up your nose is an experience you will want to avoid.
by DWaldman
Mon Mar 28, 2016 10:20 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Ice in humidifier chamber
Replies: 81
Views: 19745

Re: Ice in humidifier chamber

And all the O.P. wanted was advice on how to put more ice in their humidifier chamber...
by DWaldman
Fri Feb 12, 2016 5:43 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Any place online sell home sleep studies withou prescription
Replies: 11
Views: 1632

Re: Any place online sell home sleep studies withou prescription

Google is your friend... lots of places do home sleep studies, you don't need a Rx for the study, just the machine. They offer package deals for study. reading, RX. etc.
by DWaldman
Fri Feb 05, 2016 10:10 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: It amazes me on here
Replies: 32
Views: 5428

Re: It amazes me on here

WOW I mean... Just WOW...
by DWaldman
Mon Jan 25, 2016 10:05 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Done and Thank you
Replies: 17
Views: 8670

Re: Done and Thank you

yeah, I know about that burnt bridge thing... Not very smart. but we all make mistakes. Better to just ignore the negative posts and press on. Why shut the door to good info because a few people don't always play nice? You soon learn who they are, and just take their posts with a few grains of salt....
by DWaldman
Thu Dec 31, 2015 11:36 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: in home study needed to get a teplacment cpap..help please
Replies: 17
Views: 2364

Re: in home study needed to get a teplacment cpap..help please

A FIFTEEN year cpapper being forced to undergo this is WRONG, WRONG, WRONG! My advice, like others, would be to get a machine on your own, and then take these weasels TO COURT! My advice would be that if you do get a machine on your own (which I would not recommend), at the advice of people such as...
by DWaldman
Thu Dec 31, 2015 10:42 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: in home study needed to get a teplacment cpap..help please
Replies: 17
Views: 2364

Re: in home study needed to get a teplacment cpap..help please

A FIFTEEN year cpapper being forced to undergo this is WRONG, WRONG, WRONG! My advice, like others, would be to get a machine on your own, and then take these weasels TO COURT! My advice would be that if you do get a machine on your own (which I would not recommend), at the advice of people such as...
by DWaldman
Mon Dec 28, 2015 11:44 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: "One Stop" Sleep Clinics-- how to deal with?
Replies: 37
Views: 4323

Re: "One Stop" Sleep Clinics-- how to deal with?

Is this the only in-network provider for your insurance plan? If not, you can use any in-network DME for your equipment and supplies. Be sure to get copies of everything, sleep study, titration, and prescriptions.
by DWaldman
Thu Dec 03, 2015 12:31 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Getting Started
Replies: 9
Views: 1172

Re: Getting Started

Since your intent is to help others, you should note that the largest study (done in Taiwan) that showed increased risk of pneumonia had more details. This study included 6,000 people newly diagnosed with sleep apnea. The control group were those who were not given a machine, because their conditio...
by DWaldman
Wed Dec 02, 2015 10:58 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: My sleep apnea cured?
Replies: 128
Views: 20374

Re: My sleep apnea cured?

Lets see... Getting used to a small machine that helps me sleep better, or letting some money hungry surgeon cut on me...
by DWaldman
Wed Dec 02, 2015 10:55 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Which cpap machine has an alarm clock?!
Replies: 28
Views: 6726

Re: Which cpap machine has an alarm clock?!

The nice answer would be: " We don't know of any dependable machines besides FP that have the feature you want." Well, the OP kind of left the door wide open when he said........ Any recommendations? Sort of like "Life is like a box of chocolates. You just never know what you're gonna get." Den . Y...