holiday advice

hi everyone i haven't posted for a while, all the negative stuff thats been going on has put me off coming on, no matter what some certain individuals are saying i think you guys are great, and have helped me and im sure lots of other people and for that i thank you. so my ? for today is this iim going on holiday to my home country scotland for three weeks at christmas.my ahi levels have been great. so i have decided to leave my machine here in canada, do you think this would be okay for me to continue my therapy when i come back.?

yawningjoe56 wrote:so i have decided to leave my machine here in canada

You need to do a trial. This Friday and Saturday nights, sleep at home without CPAP.

I'm a betting person. My bet is sometime during the night Friday or latest Saturday morning, you will end the trial and resolve to take your CPAP to Scotland.

Let us know. (If you aren't deceased. I don't do seances.)

Going without cpap makes me feel so terrible,
a holiday is the LAST place I would go without.
Enjoy your trip to Scotland--I wish I could go, too.

yawningjoe56 wrote: so my ? for today is this iim going on holiday to my home country scotland for three weeks at christmas.my ahi levels have been great. so i have decided to leave my machine here in canada, do you think this would be okay for me to continue my therapy when i come back.?

do you wear glasses? do you see ok?

why don't you leave your glasses home in canada for three weeks while you're on vacation?

You need the machine, please take it. Also, you will need an adapter for the electric socket (known as the "power point" in the U.K.) configuration in the U.K. Unless you have a very old CPAP, the 220 volt U.K. electricity (vs. 110 volts in Canada), will not be an issue.et

My friend went on vacation and left his cpap at home. The first night without it he had a stroke. I would NEVER sleep without it and I travel with it all the time. Just pack it up and enjoy the trip WITH your machine.

Who ever you stay with will gladly put up with the dull hum of the machine vs the snoring or gasping without. Bring your machine and enjoy the trip to its fullest.

Cardsfan wrote:My friend went on vacation and left his cpap at home. The first night without it he had a stroke. I would NEVER sleep without it and I travel with it all the time. Just pack it up and enjoy the trip WITH your machine.

While I would not expect this to happen, it's a good idea not to skip nights. Also, what type of visit would it be if you felt rotten the whole time you were there?

rohdej wrote:Who ever you stay with will gladly put up with the dull hum of the machine vs the snoring or gasping without. Bring your machine and enjoy the trip to its fullest.

Agree completely!
Imagine your hosts traumatized by the sounds of your struggle to stay alive at night!

Hi yawningjoe56,

DH doesn't know what he's talking about. Wall sockets in the UK (which still includes Scotland ) take what are referred to as "13-amp, square-pinned, 240-volt" plugs. Or just "13-amp plugs" for short. (And if you want to be awfie pernickety* aboot it, the prongs are rectangular-shaped rather than square-shaped.)

You can buy an adapter to bring with you. But an alternative would be to call ResMed UK and buy a 'spare' wall-socket-to-transformer cable, and ask them to deliver it to the address you'll be at in Scotland.

Dialing from within the UK, their number is: 0800 907 7071. You'll need to check with your local phone company for how to prefix that for dialing from where you are.

And Chicago Granny is right. You need to find out if you can do without - not just imagine that you can.

If you get to Scotland without your machine, and find out you can't manage, what are you gonna do? The NHS won't treat you - not for a three-week stay. There are a couple of outfits near London (England) - such as the British Snoring & Sleep Apnea Association - which can rent you a machine. But they'll charge you £100 a week for it.

And that does not include delivery or collection.

* A Scottish term.

rick blaine wrote:Hi yawningjoe56,

DH doesn't know what he's talking about.

nothing new there...

rick blaine wrote:But an alternative would be to call ResMed UK and buy a 'spare' wall-socket-to-transformer cable, and ask them to deliver it to the address you'll be at in Scotland.

there's no reason to get it from resmed, it's just a standard c7 power cord, available from amazon or electronics stores all over.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_no ... ds=c7+cord

rick blaine wrote:Hi yawningjoe56,

DH doesn't know what he's talking about. Wall sockets in the UK (which still includes Scotland ) take what are referred to as "13-amp, square-pinned, 240-volt" plugs. Or just "13-amp plugs" for short. (And if you want to be awfie pernickety* aboot it, the prongs are rectangular-shaped rather than square-shaped.)

You can buy an adapter to bring with you. But an alternative would be to call ResMed UK and buy a 'spare' wall-socket-to-transformer cable, and ask them to deliver it to the address you'll be at in Scotland.

Dialing from within the UK, their number is: 0800 907 7071. You'll need to check with your local phone company for how to prefix that for dialing from where you are.

And Chicago Granny is right. You need to find out if you can do without - not just imagine that you can.

If you get to Scotland without your machine, and find out you can't manage, what are you gonna do? The NHS won't treat you - not for a three-week stay. There are a couple of outfits near London (England) - such as the British Snoring & Sleep Apnea Association - which can rent you a machine. But they'll charge you £100 a week for it.

And that does not include delivery or collection.

* A Scottish term.

No, I'm correct. You need an adapter for U.K. wall sockets (a.k.a. power points). The prongs are co linear (and somewhat larger than the North American variety), and there is a large perpendicular prong below (or above if you hold it the other way). with The 220-240 volt U.K. electricity will power any CPAP that you own, provided it is less than fifteen years old (and probably even older). You will see no difference between U.K. electricity and Canadian electricity in terms of your CPAP. Do not use a North American power strip though, it will not handle that!

D.H. wrote:The prongs are co linear... Do not use a North American power strip though, it will not handle that!

oh look, dunderhead is trying to sound intelligent.

plenty of people would disagree on your comment on the power strip, too.

palerider wrote:

D.H. wrote:The prongs are co linear... Do not use a North American power strip though, it will not handle that!

oh look, dunderhead is trying to sound intelligent.

plenty of people would disagree on your comment on the power strip, too.

An ordinary surge-suppressor power-strip sold in Canada (or the U.S.), is designed for 110-120 volt electricity. It will not handle the 220-240 volt electricity that you'll find in the U.K.

D.H. wrote:

palerider wrote:

D.H. wrote:The prongs are co linear... Do not use a North American power strip though, it will not handle that!

oh look, dunderhead is trying to sound intelligent.

plenty of people would disagree on your comment on the power strip, too.

An ordinary surge-suppressor power-strip sold in Canada (or the U.S.), is designed for 110-120 volt electricity. It will not handle the 220-240 volt electricity that you'll find in the U.K.

so, called on your bullshit, you're now changing your tune?

"power strip" != "surge suppressor".

and, don't you think, (well, we know you don't), that someone who refers to Scotland as "home country" would know these things?