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by bbeck4x4
Wed Apr 15, 2009 8:05 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Upgrade time! Resmed S-8 or Resp M
Replies: 4
Views: 1479

Re: Upgrade time! Resmed S-8 or Resp M

I have had both machines, and have just gotten the auto with a-flex, my ahi is lower (under 2.5 from in the 5's) and I am sleeping better, it's just my opinion, but if a-flex didn't help you sleep better at least you could turn it off, with the other brand it is not there to find out. I don't know i...
by bbeck4x4
Sun Mar 29, 2009 4:17 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: spouse on CPAP.. I ned some advice !
Replies: 9
Views: 1587

Re: spouse on CPAP.. I ned some advice !

Help him to adjust as best as possible it will help him to get his life back, and the energy that he had 20 years ago, I myself fought with cpap for at least 3 months of night time he**, but during that time i had one or two nights that were perfect, then I knew what I had been missing, that is what...
by bbeck4x4
Sun Mar 29, 2009 4:10 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: UPS and Resmed
Replies: 16
Views: 2523

Re: UPS and Resmed

you may be right, but when I turn the m-series humidifier over it reads 12v 4.16a, now my old respironics unit was 120 only as there was not a way to hook the 12v to it.
by bbeck4x4
Sun Mar 29, 2009 4:01 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: UPS and Resmed
Replies: 16
Views: 2523

Re: UPS and Resmed

interesting here is what I have found on the respironics web page, a normal power inverter, under accessories here is the link, http://sleepapnea.respironics.com/accessories/dcpower.aspx although IMO it would be better to just use the 12v power directly, rather than converting the 12 to 120 then bac...
by bbeck4x4
Sun Mar 29, 2009 12:11 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: UPS and Resmed
Replies: 16
Views: 2523

Re: UPS and Resmed

"pure" sine wave is what is coming from the wall socket, it is difficult to produce and therefore expensive to generate on your own, the 12v to 110v adapters that plug into your lighter socket are not "pure" they take 12 volt and step it up to 110 v DC and then flip it fast positive to negative, not...
by bbeck4x4
Sun Mar 29, 2009 11:40 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: UPS and Resmed
Replies: 16
Views: 2523

Re: UPS and Resmed

The m series humidifier is running off of 12v, (the entire machine runs on 12v) so I wonder if that humidifier would be ok with 12v operation? aka car battery.
by bbeck4x4
Wed Mar 25, 2009 7:36 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Considering a Respironics M Auto-Pap with A-Flex
Replies: 9
Views: 1814

Re: Considering a Respironics M Auto-Pap with A-Flex

So far with my new aflex m series my ahi is lower as well as my leaks, I'm getting a few more weeks data before I post the results, but all in all I am defiantly sleeping better with aflex then with cflex.
by bbeck4x4
Tue Mar 24, 2009 7:00 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: PCP and Vita D and tiredness.
Replies: 30
Views: 3685

Re: PCP and Vita D and tiredness.

MONITORING 25(OH)D LEVELS make sure that the vit D test is the 25(OH)d test, not the other one, see [url]http://www.vitamindcouncil.org/treatment.shtml/url] for more information
by bbeck4x4
Mon Mar 23, 2009 4:34 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: PCP and Vita D and tiredness.
Replies: 30
Views: 3685

Re: PCP and Vita D and tiredness.

50,000 iu once a week here as well, it has made a tremendous improvement in my energy levels. Occasionally I'll also take an extra 50k pill once a month, google the vit D council, there is some tremendous research and the implications on the human body from not taking enough. BTW, the natural versio...
by bbeck4x4
Tue Mar 17, 2009 6:40 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Has anyone used the Pad A Cheek protectors
Replies: 11
Views: 1794

Re: Has anyone used the Pad A Cheek protectors

I bought the hose cover from her about three years ago now, still working great, it's been through the washing machine too many times to count holding up well.

I'd trust any of her products.

Brian
by bbeck4x4
Thu Mar 12, 2009 7:19 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: pulled the blanket over my head while sleeping...
Replies: 13
Views: 3259

Re: pulled the blanket over my head while sleeping...

When I first started cpap, well for at least the first three months, I fought with all of this bad, then one night I pulled the covers over my head and finally slept like a baby for the first time in years, since then I do it every night, with the covers over my head I cannot hear the machine, or th...
by bbeck4x4
Wed Mar 11, 2009 5:09 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: A-Flex anomaly
Replies: 25
Views: 2842

Re: A-Flex anomaly

having read this thread yesterday I intentionally deep breathed a few times last night, I did notice the stuttering effect and it was disconcerting, I was able to get it to stop by purposefully breathing slower, and more shallow it stopped in about a minute as the machine adjusted. although having j...
by bbeck4x4
Sun Mar 08, 2009 10:29 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: ResScan on a Mac
Replies: 7
Views: 1610

Re: ResScan on a Mac

that works well also, I just download whatever I need for windows on the mac side and then drag it over.
by bbeck4x4
Sun Mar 08, 2009 9:00 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: ResScan on a Mac
Replies: 7
Views: 1610

Re: ResScan on a Mac

vmware fusion works well for me here. There are only two programs from the windows world that I need, one is for the cpap and the other is for the blood glucose monitor, thus the vmware, I have a integrated menu system and I have widows xp using both processors. As far as viruses only the widows por...
by bbeck4x4
Fri Mar 06, 2009 10:56 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Remstar pro error code 79
Replies: 5
Views: 2003

Re: Remstar pro error code 79

for me it turned out that this time it was better to go with my insurance to get the replacement. I am strangely having remorse about the old unit though , we ( the machine and I ) have been through a whole lot in the last three years. knowing what I do, thanks 100% to this site, I walked into the D...