If you are going overseas, then you should consider both a power strip and an extension cord. Many hotels in Europe have only one or two power outlets. Also, if you travel overseas you will need a power cord converter. The units (both Resmed and Respironics) can run on either 120Vac or 220Vac. A goo...

If you also had the electronics boards replaced, then I suspect you may need a power conditioner for your unit. It sounds as if you have lousy power headed into your unit. Do you have light bulbs burn out frequently? Duo you have other appliances that don't lay long? Does your home have outlets with...

Stan, I definitely agree. The mark off a mature adult is the willingness to review your own actions and decide how to improve yourself. This self actualization does not equal perfection. Rather it shows someone who knows that life is about the journey and the lessons learned along the way. It doesn'...

And here's the completed painting of the bunny with his two friends. I hope you enjoy this painting. It was a lot of fun to do. I learned a great deal going through the two studies and then doing the final painting. See: http://bit.ly/1m8DVfs http://i754.photobucket.com/albums/xx183/JohnBFisher/jbfA...

Todzo, as a layman, who has used xPAP therapy for well over 20 years, I have done a LOT of research on this. The following study is just one of hundreds or thousands that has demonstrated the effectiveness of xPAP therapy. http://www.atsjournals.org/doi/pdf/10.1164/ajrccm.159.2.9804061 In it the stu...

Hmm... The following might help: http://www.daveburrows.com/cpap/sleepstudy/sleepstudy.pdf This explains how to review your sleep study and make sense of the information. In particular, a respiratory event is associated with a partial (hypopnea) or complete obstruction (obstructive sleep apnea) or a...

Per http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polysomnography:

"The national insurance program Medicare in the US requires a 4% desaturation in order to include the event in the report."

... And storing data? It's backed up on three different computers right now, so why do I need it backed up to the cloud? ... Ugh! Ask the survivors of Hurricane Sandy or Katrina. Or perhaps the mudslide survivors. Or an F5 Tornado survivor. Some lost EVERYTHING. So, I use Google Drive to backup my ...

I'd say that within the past 10 years or so I made a conscious decision to release myself from my prejudices. I've stopped stereotyping people whether it be race or culture. The feeling of relief has been tremendous. With that decision I don't even bother to get into discussions with people who are...

As noted, statins are a common source of leg cramps. You might be getting them more frequently with CPAP because you sleep longer and stay stiller with CPAP than without it. Thus, without the leg movement you get a build up of lactic acid and 'Wham!". Whenever trying to figure out the cause of a pro...

A general observation. I will NOT allow anyone else to change my system without my consent. Thus, I would not allow even my doctor's office to connect to and collect data from my unit if they also have the ability to change the therapy settings. It's just way to easy to get the settings wrong. This ...

some machines seem to keep on time without intervention so how do they do that? Not sure anyone answered this question. It's called a clock circuit. It used to take a bunch of components but it's now down to one single chip that does lots of other things as well. And it takes only a tiny amount of ...

Todzo - it's not your place to tell people Cpap is not recommended for them - it's their doctor's place! Especially if your advice is based on stuff that no one has any idea about or how it relates to OSA. Just stop pushing your agenda here - do it somewhere else, because this IS a Cpap forum and n...

As you can see from my signature, I've used xPAP therapy for more than 20 + years. I've have not yet died from a bacterial infection from using an old mask and tubing! That being said, if someone in my home had pneumonia or the like, I would wash my mask and tubing on a very regular basis. But I onl...

Ditto on getting a sleep study. Waking up in a panic can be either due to obstructive or central sleep apnea. You can be UNDER weight and still have either. Weight is NOT a good indicator of the probability of having sleep apnea (either type). From my own experience I am very certain that I had obst...