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by SleepyWendy
Sun Jan 04, 2015 6:38 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Asthma worsening since beginning CPAP
Replies: 32
Views: 14444

Re: Asthma worsening since beginning CPAP

Thank you all for your replies. I have been using the humidifier usually between 2 and 4. I am going back to pcp tomorrow and request a referral to a pulmonologist/sleep specialist. I called my dme when I first got the cpap machine and asked if I could exchange it for one with data and I was told no...
by SleepyWendy
Sun Jan 04, 2015 2:48 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Asthma worsening since beginning CPAP
Replies: 32
Views: 14444

Asthma worsening since beginning CPAP

I have been using my Cpap for just about 2 months and I think it is making my asthma worse. My asthma was really bad as a child and teen, but it got much better as an adult to the point that I rarely have to use my inhaler. However, for about a month now, my chest has been really tight and I am havi...
by SleepyWendy
Mon Nov 17, 2014 11:38 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Newly Diagnosed and very angry
Replies: 18
Views: 3707

Re: Newly Diagnosed and very angry

Thank you all so much for your replies. I took your advice and called my insurance company. The customer service rep was able to call the dme and we had a conference call. I could tell immediately that the dme guy was a slick talker. I told him that I was trying to find out what cpap machines I was ...
by SleepyWendy
Mon Nov 17, 2014 9:10 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Newly Diagnosed and very angry
Replies: 18
Views: 3707

Newly Diagnosed and very angry

Hello, I was recently diagnosed as having severe sleep apnea. I had the first part of a sleep study done in August, and the second part with the CPAP in October. I finally got a CPAP machine last Saturday. Unfortunately I didnt find this site until after I got my machine, which apprarently is a bric...