I put my Knightsbridge on over the headgear because it does not work under. I could not get a good fit on my mask with the Knightsbridge under the headgear. It may depend on your headgear. I use an N30 right now. The lady at the DME, who also uses CPAP, said she liked the headgear to be in direct c...

Under is where it belongs. I had to discontinue since it forced my teeth to clench and my overbite forced my jaw back. Now I mouth-tape with full-face and use a MAD before bed. Thank you! I never thought about taping with a FFM. I briefly tried to a nasal mask and couldn't handle it but I also have...

Hey Crew,

do you put your cap on:

under your headgear or....

over your headgear....

What works best for you?

Thanks

How do you tape with a FFM, to stop jaw drop?

Hooray for the search engine! I've looked at data from a family member's loaner machine, in their software AND OSCAR. Machine is absolute garbage. Long runs of flagged Flow Limitations, and the pressure just sits there around 6'ish. Also, no way the residual AHI is always less than 1. Like 0.2, 0.3,...

True, except the FDA's messaging has been especially poor surrounding this.

Thank you. I had heard similar. "Person is already on therapy" so it's up to the doc to decide appropriate device. Was yours Medicare thing? Thank you! My original sleep testing and machine purchase was under private insurance, but the switch to bilevel was under Medicare. Thank you, most helpful!

For some people the machines' programmed response to events can result in pressure that is too high Hard agree, from what I have seen with my own two eyes: 1. Philips is too "lazy" at increasing pressures in response to breathing disturbances. My family members Dreamstation 2 SUCKS. 2. ResMed CAN (...

Thank you. I had heard similar. "Person is already on therapy" so it's up to the doc to decide appropriate device.

Was yours Medicare thing? Thank you!

Yeah, talking to him Tuesday. The plan was yesterday but emergent problems prevented that.

I'm just wondering what they are going to want for documentation.

Thanks!

Specifically Medicare. This is a family member. How much of pain is this to get done?

NOTE: The also have COPD, so my argument for Bi-Level is it descreases the work of breathing in COPD patients plus treats their OSA.

Any advice would be appreciated.

Curious: how did you figure out where to set your max pressure? Also, while I'm thinking about it: do you check for leaks at that max pressure? I guess my thinking is: if it's good at the Max pressure it's definitely going to be good below that. Cheers. Your post indicates that you are using the EL...

Curious: how did you figure out where to set your max pressure?

Also, while I'm thinking about it: do you check for leaks at that max pressure? I guess my thinking is: if it's good at the Max pressure it's definitely going to be good below that.

Cheers.

In the brief amount of research that I did, the GSK RSV vaccine reportedly protects against two RSV variants, plus it has an adjuvant. Thinking that was the better choice, I hunted around to find it. Publix was the only local option for GSK; everywhere else had Pfizer. About 6 hours later, my shoul...