Sterile is a medical term of art. Distilled water, like drinking water, is not typically sterile. However, there are still of regulations and practices that guarantee the safety of such water. Outside of a medical setting, few things are sterile. If you clean your dishes and let them dry, you're cle...

You may want to alert your insurance co. and let them fight it out for you.

Many Docs insist that you use the type of machine as you were tested on. This gives them protection from being sued. Even if CPAP and APAP have the same insurance classification number It protects the doctor from being sued. However, it also protects the patient from being harmed. My doctor order a...

Thanks. I had never noticed the Local Services link. I'll figure out which are covered by my insurance.

How do I find a good DME? I want to find a place that does a better job of fitting masks than the that the DME that my MD refererred me to. I live in Fresno County, California.

Diagnosing Thyroid problems is easy. It's either Hyper (Grave's Disease) or Hypo (Hashimoto's Disease) while skipping on Goiter. Diagnosing thyroid problems isn't always easy. My GP gave me Synthroid because I was hypothyroid. He ignored the thyroid nodule he felt. About a year later, I was diagnos...

Mind you, according to my sleep doctor, the data that all CPAP machines produce is totally inaccurate and is all marketing hype to sell the machines. He believes that the only way to truly know what is going on is to have a proper titration study done. He basically told me to ignore the stats produ...

I now get the graphs. Based upon the advice given here, I decided to install it on a
Windows XP computer. That worked.

Thanks for your advice. I did buy the regular version of the software. I haven't yet called the manufacturer because I believe the retailer is not supposed to sell the software to patients. However, if I cannot get the graphs to work, I may have to do so.

I purchased the Fisher & Paykel Performance Maximizer software to read the data from my Sleepstyle 254. The tables appear in the report, however, none of the graphs appear. On the left top of the pages that should have graphs, it says "QCChart2d Trial 1.5.0.10." In the middle of the pages that shoul...

Thanks to the person who asked this question and the person who answered it. I, too, unsuccesfully tried to set the sleep apnea cap in the Fisher & Paykel 254. I couldn't figure out why it didn't work. I wondered what I was doing wrong. Now I know I don't have to worry about it.

I have the same problem. I'd be interested to know of any other solutions people have used.

I have a few questions/concerns regarding my sleep study. According to the study, I have severe obstructive sleep apnea with an AHI of 40. I understand that part. Based upon the information below, I'm wondering if the sleep doctor should have labelled me with with mixed sleep apnea. The report says ...