Hey 62Chev, Welcome to the clan of hoseheads..... You have received excellent advice here and it appears you are learning and listening -- that's precisely what we all did and most of us are far better for it. You have questions?? We have answers!!!! Here is an update. I finally received my machine...

I have BCBS and there are two plans. One is out-of-network where you pay for it and get reimbursed. This doesn't work well for me since I always meet my deductible with the in-network part of the plan, but not the out-of-network part of the plan. Plus the "out" has a higher deductible than the "in....

You should definitely get more than your prescription. You should get your complete sleep study and complete titration study, too. By this, I mean, the study with all the graphs, charts, not just the doctor's interpretation of those graphs and charts. Thanks, I believe I will get these at my next a...

62chev, My experience was much like yours: Straight CPAP was uncomfortable and the service I got from my DME was terrible. Consider doing what I did: 1) Get a copy of your prescription. (Mine just said “CPAP 13cm.”) 2) Fax it to cpap.com 3) Order whatever machine you want, fast service, no hassles....

The sleep Dr recommended a Bipap with Biflex. I went to my Medical Dr & told him what I wanted & he wrote the script. They wrote the script for a Bipap with Biflex, auto, fully data capable. Bipap provides more comfort. If you need a DME for insurance purposes, you'll have to call a few, but eventu...

Hi all, I am a newbie to cpaptalk and to using a cpap machine. I have had my Resmed CPAP Escape 8. After fighting with the machine for several nights (most nights the longest I could tolerate the machine was 2 to 3 hours max) I switched from a nose mask to a pillow style mask. The pillow mask was sl...