Carbonman, your "Ode to a Newbie" was wonderfully reassuring. I needed it. Thanks!

Being one of four girls who shared one room, my sisters let me know I snored back when I was a teenager. I've always had nightmare after nightmare, waking up over and over again, being exhaused no matter how much sleep I got, etc... for as long as I can remember. Over the years, doctors advised me t...

Ok, so I called my insurance and Aetna said to just have Lincare fax them different machine info and Aetna will let them know which ones they will cover. Sounds too easy, right? Well, Lincare said the plan I'm on doesn't allow for other machines (if this is true, why didn't they tell me that in the ...

Ok, so the doctor gets back to me and I'm dumbfounded by what he says. He says there is nothing wrong with the machine I have, he uses the same one (!) and you can tell it's working because the air is coming out (!!!!!!) He said the sleepstudy gives him the information, he prescribes the machine tha...

Thank you all for the advice. I put in a call to my doctor. Hopefully he will understand and get Lincare to issue me a different machine. It's not like I need to see my numbers every day (and become obsessed, as was mentioned). I just want to make sure the machine is working for me and with this one...

Well, I used my half hour lunch to call Lincare to inquire about a different machine (as mine does not provide data) and at first the representative acted as if she had no clue what I was talking about (data? what kind of data?), then she said I didn't need to know any of that (that that information...

Thank you for the advice!

Thank you, Jankitz! I had asked about my machine on here (re: Newbie questions Sleepstyle 200, which I will bump) and your response about (the difference between compliance data and full data) and (the two machines to look into) have given me confidence about knowing what I'm asking for when I talk ...

Isn't it amazing how many of us have had this surgery? I had this surgery on 2/28/06. While the details are now somewhat hazy to me, the removal of the packing in my nose remains vivid. (I felt like the inside of my nose was on fire). I recently started a cpap machine (on May 12th) and I'm reading e...

Thank you for the replies.

This is my first post here. I just started cpap on May 12th. I was given a SleepStyle 200 and there is no way to get data from this machine. I would like to see my results every night but I'm not sure if I can get a better model through my insurance (I haven't asked yet). What data capable machine i...