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by tgulch
Fri Jun 24, 2011 11:43 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Different compliance at home and work...
Replies: 3
Views: 1149

Re: Different compliance at home and work...

Really almost everything is the same at work as far as pillows machine mask (it is a pain packing up my machine and all at least every other night for one job or another.) beds are only different in the aspect of being a twin alone at work and a queen with a girlfriend included at home. The only oth...
by tgulch
Fri Jun 24, 2011 11:17 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Different compliance at home and work...
Replies: 3
Views: 1149

Different compliance at home and work...

I have the Quatro FX mask with a S9 cpap and humidifier. I have noticed something strange. When I am at work I wear my mask all night with virtually no leakage and sleep like a baby. However when I am at home I seem to have many more leaks around the cheeks/eyes area. I even end up loosening my stra...
by tgulch
Mon Apr 04, 2011 3:23 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: My Sleep doc is tickled with me
Replies: 7
Views: 2205

Re: My Sleep doc is tickled with me

I took my mask off for the first time last night...woke up at 4 am for a run (I work EMS) and found my mask off. Looking at my events, my mask came off about 230am. Thats three nights in a row at the same time, sort of, the first two nights the plastic elbow came off of the mask, and the third night...
by tgulch
Sun Apr 03, 2011 3:37 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Who gave you your sleep apnea diagnosis?
Replies: 31
Views: 7973

Re: Who gave you your sleep apnea diagnosis?

I answered "Other Healthcare Provider" because I pretty much diagnosed myself, and I am a healthcare provider...as a paramedic. I knew I would need an official diagnosis for CPAP to be covered by my insurance. So I went to my PCP and told her I think I have SA and needed a referral for a sleep study...
by tgulch
Sun Apr 03, 2011 10:18 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: New CPAPer
Replies: 6
Views: 1461

Re: New CPAPer

Welcome to the forum, tgulch. People who have the same mask you have will probably have good ideas on how to keep the hose from slipping off. Like Hawthorne's suggestion to another person in another topic -- http://www.cpaptalk.com/viewtopic.php?p=583947#p583947 Would the "Quick connect" things fro...
by tgulch
Sun Apr 03, 2011 10:10 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: New CPAPer
Replies: 6
Views: 1461

Re: New CPAPer

Just did it. Sorry didnt know how until I saw a post explaining it....
by tgulch
Sun Apr 03, 2011 9:45 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: New CPAPer
Replies: 6
Views: 1461

New CPAPer

Hello everyone. I am 31 years old and just started on CPAP. I kinda diagnosed myself, being a Paramedic and familiar with medical conditions, I went to my PCP and told her I think I have SA. She referred me to sleep study and sure enough was correct, and was ordered a CPAP with a 10.0cm H2O peep. I ...