DreamStalker wrote:

Gerald wrote: Welcome to Socialism.

Speaking of bailouts ... can you guess what other too-big-to-fail industry will be in line for social handouts?

Can you say insurance industry?

Heaven forbid an insurance tycoon give up "1" of his summer homes!

you morons have no idea what it takes to run a DME - get a life. ....and you would rather call folks names and offer no useful discussion? We are all here to have a better life as a matter of fact. I may not know how to "run" a DME, but many of us including myself are in business. It doesn't take a...

Yes, amount billable to my insurance is $1450 which is still a ripoff.

I just got a bill for my CPAP machine and humidifier and it's always like deciphering high level math. I saw the breakdown of costs and it astounds me. $32 for the filter? it's a 1x1" piece of high quality furnace filter. $1895.00 for a ResMed S8 Elite and $475 for the humidifier. About $200 for hos...

Hey, Leatherneck, I have two brothers-in-law who retired from the Corps and my hubby put in 6 years working on Jet aircraft. One brother-in-law went thru Korea and two tours in Nam. Silver Star. He was a Gunnery Sgt. One of the two tours he was w/the Scout Dog platoon. When the gun boats were going...

rooster wrote:That is still a very low pressure and I don't believe many people use pressure that low and get a successful therapy. But wait and see what others here chime in and say.

How high can one go without some exhale relief?

I bumped up the pressure by .6 and my numbers actually went up a bit. Before the pressure increase 5.2 pressure 0.0 leaks 3.9 AHI 3.5 HI 0.4 AI After pressure increase 5.8 pressure 0.0 leaks 5.0 AHI 4.5 HI 0.5 AI I'm assuming it could have been a number of factors and of course every single night is...

Thanks for the thanks! I spent 20 years, 1 month and 8 days in the Corps but who's counting LOL! I am primarily a side sleeper and "used" to sleep on my stomach quite a bit which has been an adjustment process since CPAP. I am finding that the Swift LT stays more secure then the other masks I have t...

I appreciate all the help thus far. Things already look and feel better! I kept my pressure setting at 5.0 and turned off EPR like recommended. My numbers before and after: 4.8 pressure 0.0 leaks 7.3 AHI 6.1 HI 1.2 AI after no EPR 5.2 pressure 0.0 leaks 3.9 AHI 3.5 HI 0.4 AI Completely easy to breat...

O.K. I will set the pressure back to 5 and turn off the EPR. Right now I am using the Swift so the mask setting is on swift. If I put the pressure back to 5 then the EPR setting will be the only change at this time.

I just went through the settings. My pressure was set at 5 with EPR at 3. Seems like it could be det more effectively to I turned the pressure up to 6 and left the EPR as is? Maybe I will go 6.5 like mentioned.

Slinky wrote:Leatherneck, are you using the EPR feature?

I know a lot of acronyms after 20+ in the Corps, but the CPAP acronyms are all new! I'll go through what settings I can find when I get home tonight.

I've been keeping track of my basic numbers for a bit now and am wondering if I might need a bit more pressure. It came to me set on 5, but when I read the data it says 4.8 pressure - 0 leaks/7.3 AHI/6.1 HI/1.2 AI. S8 Elite I switch between a Swift LT and a comfort classic but have only taken readin...

I am able to access certain data via the two side buttons pressed. Just need to cypher it now!

Thanks for the help thus far.

Thanks I'll have another look. I went there first, but the "software" listing was blank.