Is it Illegal to Change Settings on One's CPAP Machine?

dllfo · Post by **dllfo** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 12:45 pm

The head RT for the Sacramento Apria Store was just at my house. I gave him a copy of a waiver I wrote up for Apria when I got my SV. I don't want to put the reason on the forum, but it said I would be responsible for setting my "numbers" and I would work with my Pulmonologist while doing it.

He was glad to get it. He knew I changed the data periodically and I personally felt it was not right for Apria to be liable for something they had no control over. Soooooooooo if they take one of our machines in for exchange, and it has different settings, they know why. Or at least they SHOULD know why.

nobody · Post by **nobody** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 1:04 pm

wlenz wrote: Am not kidding about the thermostat, we have people at work that have real problems with this.

Oh man, me too. That @#$@$ thing has a real mind of its own. I've worked as a computer programmer and even I can't figure that thing out

Babette · Post by **Babette** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 2:09 pm

rooster wrote:
carbonman wrote:....... militant cpap'er.
I like that terminology.
Didn't someone call me an apnea Nazi in a post this week?
My wife just says, "Obnoxious".

Apne-nazi? Hmmmm..... I like that..... I may quit using "CPAP Evangelist" in favor of that one.

LOL,
B.

ozij · Post by **ozij** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 2:20 pm

Please don't Babbette. The Nazi's were cruel murderers. They banged living babies' heads against railroad cars.
O.

Babette · Post by **Babette** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 2:33 pm

Now now.... A little humour..... On another forum, I proudly proclaim myself a Costume Nazi.

Nazis bad. Yes. Agreed. Not a holocaust denier.

Just irreverant to the end.
B.

carbonman · Post by **carbonman** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 2:40 pm

rooster wrote:
Wait until I see that DME again.

jnk wrote: You GO, carbonman! NOW your talking!! I promise not to stand in the way of your revolution.

WELL, alright, is it rolling Bob???

jnk wrote: The only way I know to fight the system until then is by buying from cpap.com, by using my fingers to type what I see as the truth, and by drawing people's attention here to learn from the people who have taught me and you.

As it should be.

Now, can you imagine one person,
walking into their DME, sitt'n down, and resetting their cpap....
and walk'n out....
....they'd just think he was really sick.

Two people, can you imagine two people,
walking into their DME, sitt'n down, and resetting their cpap's....in sync....
and walk'n out....
...they'd just think they were crazy.

Now, three people.....three people...
walking into their DME, sitt'n down, and resetting their cpap's....
and walk'n out....
....they'd think it was an organization.......

....50...can you imagine 50 people a day...yea, I said 50 people a day,
walking into their DME, sitt'n down, and resetting their cpap's....
and walk'n out....
...they'd think it was a movement.....

and my friends, that's what it is......

Sisters & Brothers of the Yahoo Hoserhood

sleepguide · Post by **sleepguide** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 2:41 pm

what a journey this simple thread that I started has taken: from trying to get to the bottom of why RTs on this forum and on http://www.sleepguide.com claim that changing settings is illegal, to Nazi Germany! 2,200 + page views later, it's still going strong.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 3:02 pm

changing your settings is clearly illegal.

sleepguide · Post by **sleepguide** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 3:09 pm

"guest" is just messing with us... no need to rehash all the reasons why we don't think it's illegal

jnk · Post by **jnk** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 3:15 pm

Guest (Also Posted As: (sin)) wrote:changing your settings is clearly illegal.

And I think saying that was clearly a "sin."

Wulfman · Post by **Wulfman** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 4:05 pm

Guest (Also Posted As: (sin)) wrote:changing your settings is clearly illegal.

Interesting......this person came to the forum in search of product help (advice).

viewtopic/t40145/I-need-product-help.html

Now, we seem to be getting "legal" advice from that same person.

Den

jnk · Post by **jnk** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 4:23 pm

Wulfman wrote:
Guest (Also Posted As: (sin)) wrote:changing your settings is clearly illegal.
Interesting......this person came to the forum in search of product help (advice).

viewtopic/t40145/I-need-product-help.html

Now, we seem to be getting "legal" advice from that same person.

Den

Ain't that always the way with "sin," Den? One just seems to lead to another:

Guest (Also Posted As: (sin)) wrote: . . . please don't listen to some people on here who endorse patients changing their own pressure. Please don't listen to them.

viewtopic/t40148/CPAP-Altered--Causing- ... ml#p351096

RipVW · Post by **RipVW** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 4:30 pm

Where do this people come from!? Like this one from Polymar—As if they dive into the river to tell those who have swam the length of the Nile that they have passed the swimming exam so they now can tell us how to swim! Amazing!!
viewtopic.php?f=1&t=40141&p=351054&e=351054

greenvelvetdragon · Post by **greenvelvetdragon** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 4:39 pm

Babette wrote:
rooster wrote:
carbonman wrote:....... militant cpap'er.
I like that terminology.
Didn't someone call me an apnea Nazi in a post this week?
My wife just says, "Obnoxious".
Apnea-nazi? Hmmmm..... I like that..... I may quit using "CPAP Evangelist" in favor of that one.

LOL,
B.

How about we look at "Warriors for Cpap"???? but i am quite partial to the Yahoo Cpaphood idea as well........ just my two bob for the day.....

cheers GVD

nobody · Post by **nobody** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 4:40 pm

sleepguide wrote:what a journey this simple thread that I started has taken: from trying to get to the bottom of why RTs on this forum and on http://www.sleepguide.com claim that changing settings is illegal, to Nazi Germany! 2,200 + page views later, it's still going strong.

Godwin's Law has been invoked.

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