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by rich2481
Tue Aug 20, 2013 3:54 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: first sleep study - complete waste of time? - Yup!
Replies: 103
Views: 11397

Re: first sleep study - complete waste of time? - Yup!

My first study was a huge waste, the therapist was a rude SOB, and then in the middle of the night ( Had the O2 monitor on opposite finger as the rest of the stuff ) and I heard the machine make a bRRRRRRRRR noise and my chest puffed up like the stay puff marshmellow man, and I threw the mask off, h...
by rich2481
Tue Aug 20, 2013 3:49 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Basic Questions from a Newbie
Replies: 15
Views: 1591

Re: Basic Questions from a Newbie

Took me a couple of months, the big thing I had a problem was, was getting tangles up in the hose, I am a side sleeper so getting the mask ( nose) so getting my head near the edge of my pillow was the key, I also put in a hanger on my headboard and tied the hose up, I have a swivel on my mask and ca...
by rich2481
Tue Aug 20, 2013 3:41 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Humidifier failure, Respironics System One
Replies: 6
Views: 7439

Re: Humidifier failure, Respironics System One

There are youtube videos going through the machine, you can turn it on without the reservoir in place and see if the plate gets warm, mine just failed, I hear it is a common problem, if I can get everyone on the same page and get a new one, I will take my old one apart ( three years old) one thing I...