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by rux1960
Fri Apr 10, 2009 2:44 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Struggling Newbie here...
Replies: 13
Views: 2459

Re: Struggling Newbie here...

Hi there, I can`t give you much about advice on the machine except that I have done homwoerk with the help of this poeple here before I decided which machine to buy ( even though mine was paid by insurance). the dme tried tos ell me what they wanted (resmeed I think) but after reading a lot I decide...
by rux1960
Fri Mar 20, 2009 8:20 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Should I fight to get an APAP rather than CPAP?
Replies: 34
Views: 4510

Re: Should I fight to get an APAP rather than CPAP?

Yes you should...Doctors have to learn we are partners as best not compliers in our health issues...Of course I was recommended first a cpap a but luckily with this site with the research I've done I learned why apap is a better choice whether you will use it in apap or cpap mode...I assume that doc...
by rux1960
Tue Mar 17, 2009 9:20 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: customs for cpap in canda
Replies: 12
Views: 3231

Re: customs for cpap in canda

thanks all of you that responded
by rux1960
Tue Mar 17, 2009 1:56 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: customs for cpap in canda
Replies: 12
Views: 3231

customs for cpap in canda

Any of you Canadians who have bought cpap from US did have to pay customs? I want to buy from cpapauction and want to make sure I don;t have any surprises of paying custom, I know that being a medical device should be exempt but want to know for sure...
thanks
rux
by rux1960
Thu Nov 20, 2008 11:32 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: too much air in my eyes
Replies: 1
Views: 664

too much air in my eyes

I am really bothered by the air that gets into my eyes while I am sleeping with my nasal mask. I use a blind under the mask but I am so sensitive that I feel the air right in my eyes. I even have days when I have a blurred visions for hours sometimes ( I assume is from the machine). Any ideas? Shoul...
by rux1960
Wed Aug 27, 2008 8:43 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: still comparing bipap with aflex
Replies: 4
Views: 899

Re: still comparing bipap with aflex

do the doctor recommends a bipap based on a medical issue like COPD or from the data one gets with a machine? I have a mild emphysema and had a bad bad cold in April that finished in an asthma like crisis. I just know that form the very beginning on the machine I choked with it and when I tried the ...
by rux1960
Tue Aug 26, 2008 8:43 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: still comparing bipap with aflex
Replies: 4
Views: 899

still comparing bipap with aflex

I am reading and reading and come up with new questions. is not bipap very similar with the aflex cpap machine? does bipap more than an aflex? I have an aflex but I need another machine and beacuse I choke ocassionaly I was recommended to look at bipap.tks
Rux
by rux1960
Tue Aug 26, 2008 6:26 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: bipap vs autoadjusting bipap diff
Replies: 16
Views: 2665

bipap vs autoadjusting bipap diff

what about the difference between bipap bilevels and the autoadjusting bipap? besides the prices? Thank you all who have responded.
by rux1960
Mon Aug 25, 2008 10:58 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: bipap
Replies: 10
Views: 1729

bipap

how is bipap different from cpap? do you need a special diagnosis to use a bipap?
by rux1960
Thu Jul 24, 2008 12:26 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Resmed and Global warming
Replies: 44
Views: 6056

global warming

it maybe easier to believe we don;t have anything to do with global warming or too little for that matter. this only helps things to stay the same and allow the ones most responsible to do the same. please watch this video is very educative http://www.storyofstuff.com/ and spread it around is funny ...
by rux1960
Thu Apr 10, 2008 9:52 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: noise on fixed pressure
Replies: 0
Views: 1504

noise on fixed pressure

is ti normal machine is noisier on fixed pressure? they changed me to a fixed pressure of 9 but I find it pushes too much air on the inhalation and I had a terrible cold with a long dry cough that ended in an asthma attack..it is normal till i get used to it? in the auto the machine was not so noisy...
by rux1960
Tue Apr 08, 2008 2:30 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: cpapauction insurance
Replies: 3
Views: 927

cpapauction insurance

did anybody had insurance paying machines bought from cpapauction? when I asked my insurance they said as long as I have a receipt in my name they will but not sure how to show payments done with paypal will be Ok
by rux1960
Mon Mar 31, 2008 10:23 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: a flex
Replies: 1
Views: 755

a flex

just when I decided on a flex I am reading all these messages about not being so efficient. cap.com advertised as a better deal... now I am getting confused as I was very close to decide which one to buy...( remstar auto pro...A flex...although now I am on c flex and on a fized pressure)

by rux1960
Mon Mar 31, 2008 10:21 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: DME doesn't want to give me the machine I want.
Replies: 15
Views: 3632

pro vs plus

Congratulations... what is the difference between the two? I am on a pro but wanted to get the best (the price DME wants is the same for both S8 vantage or remstar- 1875$)... I get the same attitude they know best and do not easily give me what I want...It is so annoying but you have to learn to kee...
by rux1960
Fri Mar 28, 2008 5:25 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: softwares
Replies: 1
Views: 826

softwares

from what I have read around here it is best to also buy the software...i also understand that there are different softwares for practitioners and I would assume that as a patient you can only buy the patient version...anyway ...what do you advice me...I want to but a respironics apap with A flex......