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- 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.
- 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...
- 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...
- 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.
if you can't get used to CPAP, then BiPAP may work much better.
- 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.
- 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.
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.