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by jjk308
Tue Dec 06, 2011 10:50 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Cpap free thanks to sleep apnea surgery
Replies: 10
Views: 2479

Re: Cpap free thanks to sleep apnea surgery

My surgery was a total and very painful failure.
by jjk308
Tue Dec 06, 2011 10:45 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Allergy to CPAP machine
Replies: 88
Views: 31452

Re: Allergy to CPAP machine

I got the same problems when the distilled water I was using switched to reverse osmosis ozonated "distilled" water. Apparently the ozone really bothers me, irritates my nasal passages, makes my nose run and turns my eyes red. Even tap water is less annoying. Now I use only steam distilled water, av...
by jjk308
Tue Dec 06, 2011 10:37 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Can I buy my own CPAP machine? (USA)
Replies: 57
Views: 21433

Re: Can I buy my own CPAP machine? (USA)

If you have a sleep study report that says you need CPAP then medicare will buy you a machine and supplies. I ran into some real bureaucratic stupidity since my sleep study was done about 16 years ago, and all the records discarded about 6 years ago. They needed a report to buy me a new humidifier a...
by jjk308
Tue Dec 06, 2011 10:31 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: cpap dripped water into my throat
Replies: 4
Views: 978

Re: cpap dripped water into my throat

Keep the humidifier below the level of your head. Keep the temperature setting low enough to prevent all but a small amount of condensation in the tube or use a heated hose.
if you can't get used to CPAP, then BiPAP may work much better.
by jjk308
Tue Dec 06, 2011 10:26 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Slightly OT:For help in sorting out health insurance billing
Replies: 3
Views: 703

Re: Slightly OT:For help in sorting out health insurance billing

All that help is at your insurance provider, as their one example confirms. If that user had queried his insurer he would have been given an accurate list of preferred providers. IMHO this is a phishing operation.
by jjk308
Tue Dec 06, 2011 10:23 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Nursery Water? Distilled Water?
Replies: 11
Views: 20251

Re: Nursery Water? Distilled Water?

I use steam distilled water, available at Target, cheap.
Most distilled water is processed by reverse osmosis and ozonated. The ozone really bothers me so i stick to steam distilled only. Humidifiers last forever.