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by psiborg
Mon Apr 01, 2013 1:24 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: new Wisp mask?
Replies: 38
Views: 10462

Re: new Wisp mask?

Is the Wisp a nasal pillow or a nasal mask?
by psiborg
Thu Mar 28, 2013 9:01 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: My Sleep Study (formerly known as OSA_stinks)
Replies: 7
Views: 1030

Re: My Sleep Study (formerly known as OSA_stinks)

I remember that they said I desated down to 70 in rm air. Apparently I also had a high number of apneic events every time I went into REM I would stop breathing. I was introduced to the nasal mask about 2 hrs into my study.
I woke with the best energy level the next morning.
I love my CPAP!
by psiborg
Sun Mar 24, 2013 9:27 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Help me keep my mouth shut? (chin strap/mask advice needed)
Replies: 39
Views: 15155

Re: Help me keep my mouth shut? (chin strap/mask advice needed)

I use two Sullivan chinstraps, I wrap sheet cotton (what the MDs use prior to casting your broken limbs.) then I wrap coban ( what they wrap around your arm after you give blood) around the sheet-cotton. The sheet cotton adds padding and bulk (causing the chinstrap to become tighter) the Coban is th...
by psiborg
Sun Mar 24, 2013 9:14 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: How many Resmed S9's DON'T have the bird sound ?
Replies: 117
Views: 46707

Re: How many Resmed S9's DON'T have the bird sound ?

@ herefishy I use a surgical N95 mask. I cut my filters from the masks (notice that there is direction for the flow), there are flat masks or cone like shape masks. It is less expensive for me to do that. The other thing I noticed is that the particles filter which came with the machine filters les...
by psiborg
Sat Mar 23, 2013 1:19 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: dirty filter cause headaches?
Replies: 38
Views: 13994

Re: dirty filter cause headaches?

Can one use an air conditioner type filter (cut to size of course) as a DYI solution for a replacement filter in my S9 machine?
I cannot find any info on what the filter is on net searches.