You need to get that heated hose sooner than later...and in the meantime fix up some sort of homemade hose cozy. Trust me....old socks with the toes cut out and slid over the hose and bunched up to provide insulation will help in a pinch. Been there and done that many years ago. Anything laying aro...

I recommend a gently used AirSense 10 AutoSet or S9 AutoSet from http://www.secondwindcpap.com/Used_CPAP.html These come with one-year seller's warranty. I bought an S9 from them earlier this year. They are good to work with. Is the "For Her" really better for woman? Above 10 cm pressure, the For-H...

You can see my study at https://imgur.com/a/2xc2u. Oh, I meant to mention, while you are in the process of getting a machine, you may find significant relief by avoiding backsleeping. Obstructive sleep apnea is often more severe on the back where gravity is directly pulling the tongue and soft pala...

I would love to provide a stripped version of the sleep study report, but I cannot find away to include it. That's smart. Scan it, redact it, then upload it to imgur.com and post the link here. You can see my study at https://imgur.com/a/2xc2u . Has anyone purchased their equipment from 1800CPAP? T...

Did it give any stats re your sleeping position - e.g. supine (on your back), prone (on your front) etc? Because with such a low score (10) I'd question whether you really need a machine if you were to e.g. learn to side sleep vs back (back provokes many more apneas than side) if it applies to you....

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This will be my first CPAP. Don't I need a fitting and instruction?

After more time and calls and conversations, my CPAP may not be covered by my medical insurance. My husband's HR manager is going to see what she can do. There appears to be a an insurance rider that they didn't include / know about. So, CPAP is on hold. I am going to look into getting it on my own....

Okaaay... my orig. point was just that results should come first from your doctor, as others involved (techs, etc) are not by law supposed to give or interpret your results until the doctor explains them to you, but what happens afterward, or in what sequence, I suppose is all about the individuals...

Who did you receive it from - the lab? Had you already been given the results from your doctor? The lab and my Aetna doctor gave me the reports. They had been submitted to Aetna for referrals etc. Then my insurance was changed to Kaiser. I gave my new doctor my hard copy of the summary and reports....

Julie wrote:The lab won't send you anything - your MD has to give you the report and discuss it.

Just as an FYI, I had a change in insurance and doctor. I received the report so I could give it to my new doctor.

Was your total sleep time 30.8 plus 9.5 in minutes and totaling barely over 1/2 of an hour over the entire night? Looks like your OSA is much worse in REM sleep...fairly common. I have that myself. I slept about 3 hours. Then they woke me up to connect me to CPAP and try masks. I never fell back to...

Did it give any stats re your sleeping position - e.g. supine (0n your back), prone (on your front) etc? Because with such a low score (10) I'd question whether you really need a machine if you were to e.g. learn to side sleep vs back (back provokes many more apneas than side) if it applies to you....

I have my sleep study report. It includes the summary page and the rest of the report. Summary: - Abnormal - Moderate Snoring - Mild Obstructive Sleep Apnea with an overall AHI rating of 10 per hour with oxygen saturation drop from a 97% baseline to a low of 82%. - RDI of 32 per hour - CPI Filtratio...

Julie wrote:The lab won't send you anything - your MD has to give you the report and discuss it.

I received a hard copy from my doctor and a soft copy from the lab. Maybe it is a difference between Canadian and US law.

My plan is to call my doctors office on Monday. I will call the sleep study place to see if they will send me the report as well. I don't drive much. But living in LA, it is so easy for a short trip to take a long time. One night it took 2 hours to go one mile. There was no way around the traffic. T...