cpap sleep partner wrote:M.... I dread having to sleep next to this robot monster mask every night. Any suggestions about how to keep my marriage while my husband tries to get a decent night's sleep?

Well, I'm sure there are mixed opinions, but you could look on the the device as a sex toy.. use your imagination;)

--G

So.. how far can you sleep walk before the cpap dangling between your knees wakes you up?

GOOD NEWS CONTINUES... my insurance company approved everything today! 100% covered and approved! ... You might want to double triple check on the 100% covered. Turns out my equipment was covered up to a limit. I found out about the limit 6 months after the charges were incurred. And, that's after ...

socalmonkey wrote:If I can ever get through this nightmare with my new DME,...

I had my own set of problems with my DME. I finally bought the equipment I wanted at cpapauction. It is one way to end the problems, and, not that expensive. Figure $500 to $700 for a good bibap

--G

I use tap water.. who cares if the water "tank' gets cloudy. There are just some concerns that are below my level of fineness

Other than possible discoloration.. what is the downside to tapwater?

Silver Pelt wrote:There are certainly other treatments for OSA than xPAP....sleeping in a chair, ...

Funny you should mention that.. I seem to sleep great when sitting in a chair... Maybe a lazyboy is what I really need

Check to be sure your browser is accepting cookies from cpaptalk.com = for login problem. Should prob start with your insurance- to find out which DME's are in network - meaning know what your options are. Ask DME for exactly make & model of the machine and mask. I also find cpaptalk.com has a prob...

Re the different treatment between diabetes and sleep apnea. The difference could simply be due to lack of experience and training on sleep apnea on the part of the doctor. Diabetes has been recognized forever and treated successfully since insulin was available(1). Sleep apnea is a relatively new d...

georgepds; Good point about the sleep lab not being comfortable with all the attached wires ... Did you get a good pressure reading from your sleep test? Jan Yes I did. I only went to the sleep lab twice: once for diagnosis,and once to determine the pressure settings on the Bipap. Like many of us, ...

nomoore wrote:5'10" 160 pounds here. ...The link mentions large neck size. I wear 15 or 15.5 dress shirts. Sounds like a normal size neck to me. I guess I'm a very atypical OSA sufferer.

Even when I was 130 lbs ( it's been a while) I had an 18" neck

So I bought a bipap at auction, and returned my DME unit to APRIA. I'd like to pass along some notes to others to make the return easy. What I did was call APRIA and tell them I wanted to return it the next day. That way , when I showed up, they had the paper work ready to accept the return. As a ca...

Nobody likes the sleep lab, and the discomfort in getting to sleep leads one to suspect the results. Yet, I think that the suspicion is not justified. The sleep techs and doctors know their equipment is uncomfortable (none of us is the first to complain) , but the results are still valid. Though it ...

I'm in the same boat as you.. pills and cpap. "I'm begining to feel like I'm not really human any more." I'm beginning to feel that I'm not young anymore. Some of it is age, and some of it is neglect, at least for me. To stay in shape when I was young, I'd walk all summer work the highbar, and lift ...

Since no one else mentioned it.. it kills indirectly when you fall asleep at the wheel of a car.

My nose itches with the quatro pro ( I think the airflow over the bridge of the nose is what tickles) .. I just learned to lift the mask with one hand and scratch with the other