Because I have gotten a lot of good information and excellent suggestions, I wanted to post and tell you all what I opted to do with respect to my doctor and my DME. My DME is very new at this type of service and have obviously got a few issues. I have NOT been told very important information, like ...

Hey Jeff -- Thanks for the insight and helpful suggestions. I did read the post you mentioned and did some reading on the machine mentioned. And I believe you are correct in that my doctor sometimes has to "play" a bit to get what I need through the insurance. Her comment to me initially that if it ...

I was just looking over this thread and realized that there was one other thing I wanted to address. And you'll have to forgive me, but I haven't yet mastered how to quote another user's post in my post for my reply. One of the things that has been mentioned is that I shouldn't base my impression th...

Wow -- it does seem like there are varying opinions on this. We'll probably just keeping emptying and refilling -- at least for now. But it's good to know that some other people are just topping off and it's working out okay for them. I wish I had found this site when I first started therapy. I prob...

You all have been so great about answering questions for us newbies. Another one has cropped up for me. I use distilled water in my humidifier. My husband puts it in every night and empties it every morning. There's a lot of waste doing it that way. Can the distilled water that does not get used be ...

I want to thank everyone for their replies and helpful insight. I'll try to answer/address the questions as I can remember them! I've been offline for a couple of days. My equipment is correct. I am using the Phillips Respironics Bipap Auto. But you are absolutely right that so many machines look a ...

I had posted a fairly long reply, but it didn't show up. I have noticed that the machine is sometimes NOT blowing at 12 early in the mornings. When I had noticed this issue before, it was usually before falling asleep and the machine always switched to 12 after one inhale/exhale. The problem in the ...

Thank you for the replies. It definitely makes it easier when someone confirms that you're not crazy. Well, I may be slightly crazy, but I'm not stupid. I read the manual and came to the same conclusion. In all honesty, my DME did the same thing with my cpap machine and I wondered about it then. I t...

Hey Jeff -- Thanks for the reply. This is what I think too, but my DME AND my support center at my sleep lab are telling me differently -- that those settings are for the automatic breathing settings. It was getting a tad annoying because even the manual agreed that those settings are for turning th...

Hello Everyone -- I have been perusing this site for a few weeks now and have found some incredibly helpful information. It's nice to have a place to go to read and get help. Brief History -- I have a progressive neuromuscular disease and began having trouble breathing at night last year. LONG story...