I started CPAP in September 2011 with lincare as DME. Now 11-10-12 I get a bill from them for $52. It is a truncated list going through 12-11-11 to 11-10-12. What is striking is that the "allowed insurance amount" stated by them is more than the actual amount stated by Anthem by about $2 or$3 per it...

I started with the Quattro FX and did not like the straps below my eyes. Woke up one morning with one strap over my eye and had blurred vision for half a day. Finally switched to the Mirage Quattro and the doctor first had the nose bridge all the way down and I delvoped a really bad blister that too...

You have our support! My wife has been really kind to me on this and I could not imagine not giving her respect to any personal medical decisions or treatment she might choose to pursue. CPAP has improved my life in so many ways it would be cruel to suggest denying it to me. I could not imagine anyo...

I have been good and compliant with CPAP for almost a year but trying to diet I have the same problem counting calories. I start being good and enthusiastic but it evolves into resentment and an unwillingness to continue in less than a month. I have not found the answer yet but feel the problem is v...

Im at 100% since I started September 2011. The benfits have been life changing. My blood pressure is down 20 points and I was in danger of falling asleep and losing my job at work or falling asleep going to and from work. And I am dreaming again. I was a frog in a slow heated pan that would have exp...

I have an S9 escape auto and with a certain frequency the unit just quits. It gives a "check the power supply" warning. It will also come back on just by iteslf or if I jiggle the wire to the machine or unplug and replug it back in. I dont know why it does this but it may expain what is happening in...

I forgot how intense and satisfying dreams were. I would not want to go to sleep without CPAP now. The dreams did return big time.
-Aiplane

I use humidified air but keep it at 72 degrees. Too warm and it doesnt feel right like the air is too thin.
Overall I feel like I get more oxygen on CPAP than before I was using it.
-Airplane

This happened to me when I took my CPAP across country by air and I figured the x-ray process by TSA bummed out the card. Next time I will take out the card before I travel and leave it at home. The machine works with or without the card.
Somehow the sd card gets corrupt.
-Airplane

Maybe its the frog in a pan with the heat risign slowly. Took me 15 years to figure out I needed CPAP I thought age and overweight was my problem. Maybe like me you were taught to use things up and not be wastefull and realize its a lot of hard work to make a buck so you are carefull not to waste an...

I remember how we were promised if only we could buy energy over state lines all would be better and the price of energy would go down for everybody. Then along came Enron and lots of us know the story from there. It seems the Democrats believe wealth comes from the government and the Republicans be...

This is a tricky queston. I was quite aware of the $750.00 per night cost but was shocked to get the $1900.00 evaluation charge for the 2 nights I was overnighted. That makes it $1700.00 per night. My insurance paid 1/4 of this and my costs werer zero. But I did get them to confirm they really do ch...

Thanks again pugsy for the good advice. It is in my plans to get an exchange with my DME supplier.
-Airplane.

Pugsy, You are correct I have the Escape Auto. I will fix it in my profile. Thanks for letting me know. I am a newbie learning. I joined this group after receiving my machine and have been trying to learn as much as I can. Cheers. -Airplane P.S. I just got back from trying to edit my profile. Escape...

I always press the info and double check buttons simultanously for 3 seconds each mornign to get AHI and hours of sleep. Figured that out downloading the resmed manual here on this board. I plan to talk to my doctor and try to upgrade with my DME someitme soon. I have only been at this about 3 weeks...