Thank you so much for your reply, now I don' t have to worry!

Hello today I went to my DME to get a new white thin filter, she threw away the old one and forgot to give me a replacement can I use the grey one by itself without it? I need to know if I can use it tonight It's Philips. Info is in my profile.
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Ok will keep in mind the suggestions, also there is the pressure for compliance, so trying to keep up the 4 hours minimum, I still don't understand is that 4 hours straight, or any four hours?
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In your opinion what type of mask do you think is best for those of us who favor sleeping on our sides?
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I know it's been discussed before but I couldn't find an answer to my question, are high strung type A's more likely to be prone to Panic Attacks when starting on CPAP, and wake up trying to pull their masks off and if so what if anything can be done to alleviate it?

I appreciate all the advice so far and will keep it all I mind
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I just switched from nasal to FFM, was having a few leaks with the nasal and swallowing air, I couldn't keep the nasal from slipping over my upper lip and it kind makes me wonder if the leak was there, I read online that an FFM could be good if you tend to breath your mouth swallow air, and have a t...

Yes it can run in the family I suspect my elder father has it and he recently confirmed that my cousin is my father's sister's son, who has had juvenile diabetes for year has some kind of apnea and I need to talk with him and find out what he was diagnosed with and how he's treating it. Since I alre...

I too have had them, and I too have listened to Coast to Coast Am for years, and I am aware of the metaphysical explanation and the old hag theory, or syndrome, in fact I was talking to the sleep tech about it and he had heard about it and something else about a tribal people, name escapes me now,wh...

I agree, I was just reading the Pap Treatment for sleep apnea pamphlet by AASM and the risk are very serious, including Heart Attack and High Blood Pressure,Diabetes, Stroke, not to mention car wreck. I recently had a full cardio heart work up and luckily I am in good shape, but as you get older it ...

I'm sorry I should have been more specific, funny I mentioned it to my wife and she looked at me and funny and said you mean people use them during the day while they do there normal activities and I said no just for nap or as I would think in most cases to get used to. Thanks for participating in t...

Some clarifications, I already had the electrodes study done, I go back for CPAP worthiness for Insurance purposes, I write fast because I'm a crippled laptop that tends to crap out on me with little warning, I'm using this till I can secure a working graphics card for my regular one. As for hemorrh...

It would be helpful to know what percentage of users CPAP during the day, please feel free to expand on why.
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I forgot to mention in my post that, some months ago while living in Santa Fe NM at almost 7500 feet, I saw a pulmonologist as I had mentioned and he wanted to do sleep lab study overnight and I opted to do home study and all he would tell me after results were in, is first he got me confused with a...

Hi Jeanh, thanks for the warm welcome, I just started browsing the success stories and I see what you mean, lots of support here and I'm also going to see about joining the local support group here at Good Sam, glad I found the best place on the net for all your Apnea needs! lol