I struggled with the same thing. I learned that mine was a bit (or a lot) of rebellion. I really didn't want to use it. I wanted my freedom and when I finally accepted the fact that it was here to stay, my mind settled in also and I learned how to make everything comfortable. Yours may not be rebell...

I haven't learned how to use this site yet to respond to questions, etc. but I can't learn it today. I probably said, my hubby and I own a manufacturing corporation, he handles the physical workings of it, I manage all the financial end of it and somewhere in the middle we share all the decision mak...

Obviously you guys are nuts but I'll try to answer your questions anyway. My old clunker is set on Spontaneous. Yes, I fully expect the pulmonologist to prescribe a sleep test...and if he doesn't, I will request one. Those five considerations in forming a treatment.....was that a multiple choice? I ...

Hi D: Thank you so much for your help and suggestions. It was a difficult spot to be in.....an old unit that was no longer to be trusted, a new one that I was not at all familiar with, and professional help was not immediately available. I feel like I made great strides in my progress this past week...

Great progress. With the changes I made in my unit yesterday, I slept the entire night. That was a first with this new machine. There were no alarms waking me. I feel like I'm on the right track again and have an appointment with the pulmonologist in a few weeks. At least I can function between now ...

[/quote]Elizabeth, I know nothing at all about issues for Post Polio "cpap" users. You might want to talk to your doctor before making changes in treatment pressure settings. That said, I do understand "desperation" and we each do what we think best. But you've got more to consider than plain old OS...

Hi Rested Gal: Thanks so much for responding. You're a great asset to this group. In addition to my recognizing the mask leak alarm, I have that alarm set at off. In looking in the same menu where that is set, I saw what looks like a general alarm setting and I just changed that to off also. Fortuna...

I'm still stuck in VPAP lll problems. The other day I listed on here the settings on my VPAP lll ST-A unit. Since then, I only changed things that were set to "default" to the specifics on my unit, like the mask and humidifier, just to get used to working in that settings menu/mode. But last night i...

Thank you, Rested Gal. I'm checking her posts out now and will read them all.

Elizabeth

Hi DSM: Yes, it is VPAP lll ST-A. The respiration rate is 15 per minute. That was listed in an abbreviated menu and I failed to add that. My old Respironic that I'm using until I get the ResMed VPAP worked out is set at 12 breaths per minute but in timing it, I'm actually taking 15...so that part of...

DSM said: The buttons on the VPAP III form a + shape. Ther are the left & right buttons & in the middle the up & down buttons (crude diag below - someone on cpaptalk has an exact diag and showing two fingers holding the buttons (similar to the Resmed S) ....^.... <-----> .....u.... Press on the righ...

Rested Gal said: To change any of those, you'd have to go into the clinical setup menu by holding down together the right arrow button (the red arrow) and the down arrow button (the black double-arrow button.) If a person does go into the clinical menu on any machine I think it's a good idea to walk...

Yes, Rick, it has a leak alarm. I've gotten that alarm several times already. This seemed different because it was timed perfectly with my just beginning to drift off to sleep. I have a lot to learn and these machines are much more complex than they were actually 13 years ago when I began to use one...

Thank you Brenda and Mary also for your welcome.

Elizabeth

Thanks, Linda, for responding to my post. Yes, I do have a manual. I have not spoken with the tech since that happened. I'll get back to her after I've seen the Pulmonologist and have spent a few more nights on it. I haven't spent an entire night on it yet, have had it for 10 days....it's still pret...