The best advice I can give is PATIENCE!
It's a big change. It's takes a while to get used to the change in sleeping habits, not to mention having a alien strapped to your face!
Good luck, and don't be afraid to ask questions. We're all in this together!
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- Tue Mar 08, 2016 6:18 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Any tips for the newbie phase?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1959
- Fri Feb 26, 2016 10:32 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Smartphone App
- Replies: 18
- Views: 4187
Smartphone App
Now that I've joined the 21st Century and have gotten a smartphone, we need an app that will allow us to monitor our stats on a real time basis and allow us to make changes. http://www.spmccord.com/images/smilies/opuscell.gif You smart people get busy. I'll wait here patiently. http://www.spmccord.c...
- Wed Feb 24, 2016 12:49 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Interesting CPAP nightstand
- Replies: 19
- Views: 8420
Re: Interesting CPAP nightstand
That's actually a great price.
Shame that I won't ever buy from Menard's again.
Shame that I won't ever buy from Menard's again.
- Wed Feb 24, 2016 12:46 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Another Newbie
- Replies: 2
- Views: 631
Re: Another Newbie
Another Newbie!?!?
Welcome to the forum!
Welcome to the forum!
- Tue Feb 23, 2016 6:29 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Newbie would like to hear success stories, please.
- Replies: 767
- Views: 2274667
Re: Newbie would like to hear success stories, please.
Just had my 2nd year follow up with my sleep doctor.
She gave me a gold star because I had 0 apneas in the past 14 months!
She gave me a gold star because I had 0 apneas in the past 14 months!
- Sun Feb 21, 2016 9:24 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Insurance Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2079
Re: Insurance Blue Cross Blue Shield
Standardly the time period is 10 months rent to own.
That's what mine was and BCBS is my insurance AND my employer.
That's what mine was and BCBS is my insurance AND my employer.
- Thu Feb 18, 2016 12:38 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: 12 Years a Slave: In Dire Straits
- Replies: 26
- Views: 5555
Re: 12 Years a Slave: In Dire Straits
Still trying to figure out what Dire Straits has to do with 12 Years a Slave...
- Thu Feb 11, 2016 12:40 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: *Sorry* I skimmed through Sleepyhead threads....
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1026
Re: *Sorry* I skimmed through Sleepyhead threads....
Yes. It looks like you can get one pretty cheap (less than $10.00).
My computer came with a card reader.
My computer came with a card reader.
- Fri Feb 05, 2016 6:52 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: resmed sleep pillow system
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1114
Re: resmed sleep pillow system
Now that thread title makes sense!
- Fri Jan 29, 2016 12:42 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Brand New and Terrified
- Replies: 24
- Views: 6564
Re: Brand New and Terrified
The Encyclopedia Galactica defines a robot as a mechanical apparatus designed to do the work of a man. The marketing division of the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation defines a robot as "Your Plastic Pal Who's Fun to Be With." The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy defines the marketing division of the S...
- Wed Jan 20, 2016 12:45 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: NPR article about insurance not wanting to pay for CPAP
- Replies: 41
- Views: 6344
Re: NPR article about insurance not wanting to pay for CPAP
Insurance companies minimize costs by ensuring any procedure or device is medically necessary. For OSA this has traditionally entailed demonstration of a qualifying sleep disordered breathing disorder through a sleep study, and prescription of the minimally necessary, least costly CPAP device. Many...
- Wed Jan 20, 2016 12:36 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: What do I do with machine when going to bathroom
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3969
Re: What do I do with machine when going to bathroom
Get a loooong extension cord...
I take off my mask and the machine shuts down, and starts up again when I put the mask back on.
I take off my mask and the machine shuts down, and starts up again when I put the mask back on.
- Tue Jan 19, 2016 12:40 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: A Modest Proposal
- Replies: 25
- Views: 5448
Re: A Modest Proposal
*applauds*
- Mon Jan 18, 2016 12:48 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Needing to use bathroom during theary
- Replies: 13
- Views: 7616
Re: Needing to use bathroom during theary
I always take mine off because I figure it's a chance to refit the mask properly after squishing my face/mask in the pillow.
A nice, fresh start is always good!
A nice, fresh start is always good!
- Thu Jan 14, 2016 6:43 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: OT: Powerball - Who's Playing?
- Replies: 56
- Views: 6018
Re: OT: Powerball - Who's Playing?
I won $4.00!!!
Party time!
Party time!