Thanks everyone for responding. I will definately take into consideration everything that everyone has said. I was just curious as to what others experiences had been after switching insurance companies when their prior insurance had given you a machine that was not 5 years old yet. I guess after m...

Hello everyone. Recently I switched health insurance companies. Under my previous insurance I have had a cpap machine for about 3 years. I know that technically you are only soppossed to get a new machine every 5 years(thats the current rule for this new insurance I have a well) but my question is ...

Thank you all who responded. It was interesting to see how people handle the issue.

Hello folks. I was just wondering if anyone has bought parts for thier mask in the past. I know its a somewhat silly question but I was curious if buying parts for a mask is cost effective as opposed to buying a new mask every six months. In my case my insurance buys a new one for me every six month...

thanks a lot all. I will definatley look into hypnosis and re;axation techiques.

Hello folks. I have a problem that perhaps some of you may be able tpo help me with. I have been on APAP for a little over two years. During those 2 years I have used nasal masks primarily. This past winter I became very congested for 6 days. Needless to say I couldnt use the nasal mask while i was ...

Thanks you all for your input. To answer the question as to why I am concerned about this 2 years after it happened .....well its because I have to have surgery again in the months coming up. I just was trying to get an idea if this is something that is a common practice in most hospital. Yes i didn...

Thank you Ruby for your response. The problem here in the bronx was that my hospital basically flat out refused to allow me to use my own equipment. I had notified them before my stay that I had OSA and that i had my own machine. Once i brought my machine to the hospital the respiratory therapists o...

Hi folks. I was hospitalized about 2 years ago . I live in NYC and the hospital i went to was notified about my OSA by me. I had brought my Resmed APAP with me for the stay and once i was admitted they actually told me that i couldnt use my machine and taht i had to use theirs. I didnt think much ab...

Thank you Kathy .Thank you all. My marks are under my nose and also between my eyes which are definatly from the mask. I may have to take the advice of using nasal pillows instead.

Hello everybody.I am a relatively new cpap user and I have several question that I am sure that i will ask over a period of time. I have been on the resmed s8 vantage for about 2 month now but the problem is that my face mask leaves marks on my face. I have tried the resmed mirage and also the Fishe...