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by mummmz
Tue Sep 27, 2022 6:39 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Help, red blood cell count up, no energy, long time CPAP user
Replies: 18
Views: 1217

Re: Help, red blood cell count up, no energy, long time CPAP user

I'd ask to recheck your CBC to see if your RBCs came down enough.
by mummmz
Tue Sep 27, 2022 6:33 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Help, red blood cell count up, no energy, long time CPAP user
Replies: 18
Views: 1217

Re: Help, red blood cell count up, no energy, long time CPAP user

Sometime during this, my doctor did blood work, complaining about being tired. My blood count ( CBC ) shows my red blood count is high told me to donate blood to get it down told me to stop my testosterone therapy and then recheck blood. Doctor said red blood count up from a combination of testoste...
by mummmz
Tue Sep 27, 2022 5:08 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: 1 year fight with cpap supplier--Is this correct?!
Replies: 22
Views: 1057

Re: 1 year fight with cpap supplier--Is this correct?!

Is Rotech the only supplier Cigna has a contract with? Ask your Cigna rep if you can get a machine from another supplier and tell Rotech they can have their machine back due to their billing errors. I had my Phillips machine for around 7 years too and I stopped using it due to the recall. I had medi...
by mummmz
Sun Sep 11, 2022 3:32 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Phillips / Philips Respironics recent recall notice discussion thread
Replies: 1268
Views: 973447

Re: Phillips / Philips Respironics recent recall notice discussion thread

No you didn't. That's my opinion of what will happen to Phillips or at least the CPAP branch of it. They've lost customer trust now. I for one will not go back to using a Phillips machine for sure.
by mummmz
Sun Sep 11, 2022 3:06 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Urgent help in South Carolina need full ResMed mask
Replies: 11
Views: 856

Re: Urgent help in South Carolina need full ResMed mask

McGyver it with string and tape (blue painters tape/adhesive tape/etc)?
by mummmz
Sun Sep 11, 2022 3:01 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Phillips / Philips Respironics recent recall notice discussion thread
Replies: 1268
Views: 973447

Re: Phillips / Philips Respironics recent recall notice discussion thread

Dog Slobber wrote:
Sun Sep 11, 2022 1:51 pm
Because the still have an obligation to be profitable or at least minimize losses.
Before they go bankrupt? Yes, I suppose they do.
by mummmz
Sun Sep 11, 2022 1:32 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Phillips / Philips Respironics recent recall notice discussion thread
Replies: 1268
Views: 973447

Re: Phillips / Philips Respironics recent recall notice discussion thread

I suspect, like me, a lot of people have replaced their Phillips machines with a different brand. Why don't they offer a refund, or at least a partial refund, instead. They would get out from behind the backlog and people would be better satisfied. They could prorate the refund based on age of the o...
by mummmz
Wed Sep 07, 2022 5:56 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: (Another) recall for Philips - This Time Dreamwear Masks
Replies: 21
Views: 1723

Re: (Another) recall for Philips - This Time Dreamwear Masks

It's not only Phillips that uses magnets in their masks. My ResMed F30 uses magnets too. I don't have a pacemaker or the other devices mentioned. I have a few tooth fillings and a titanium knee replacement. I don't think the fillings are impacted and I'll make sure not to use the mask on my knee so ...
by mummmz
Mon Sep 05, 2022 9:14 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Hello, thank you and a couple questions
Replies: 36
Views: 3470

Re: Hello, thank you and a couple questions

I also have secondary polycythemia due to sleep apnea. The CPAP helps keep me in normal range and If blood tests show it's elevated the hematologist suggested donating blood. Helps me and a person in need too. I bought an EMAY brand recording oximeter on Amazon. The batteries only last 3 nights befo...
by mummmz
Mon Sep 05, 2022 8:59 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Trying to decide on a new machine
Replies: 5
Views: 593

Re: Trying to decide on a new machine

My Phillips DreamStation is over 5 y/o too. I stopped using it and waited for a replacement. Then I started having trouble breathing and was told to use the machine with an inline filter. Then I was put on oxygen and found out I have asthma. I asked my pulmonary doctor for a new prescription for a R...
by mummmz
Wed Aug 31, 2022 8:56 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Bad and good.- getting sinues infection/ mucus a LOT
Replies: 21
Views: 1463

Re: Bad and good.- getting sinues infection/ mucus a LOT

I complained to my pulmonary doctor that my nose kept running once I started on oxygen. She told me I needed to add a humidifier to the oxygen concentrator because my body was trying to compensate for the oxygen flow drying out my sinuses. It helped a lot. I got off the oxygen after a few months so ...
by mummmz
Fri Aug 26, 2022 4:28 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Prepping for the next outage
Replies: 91
Views: 8094

Re: Prepping for the next outage

I think the only way I would need this would be if I had to evacuate for a hurricane and had to sleep in my SUV along with my 8 small dogs. I have no interest in camping otherwise.
by mummmz
Thu Aug 25, 2022 7:11 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Prepping for the next outage
Replies: 91
Views: 8094

Re: Prepping for the next outage

The outlet in the Jeep is an inverter. From a few minutes of research it looks like the battery might die using a cpap all night.
by mummmz
Thu Aug 25, 2022 6:57 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Prepping for the next outage
Replies: 91
Views: 8094

Re: Prepping for the next outage

My Jeep Grand Cherokee has a regular house outlet and several cigarette lighter plugins, and USB connections. Any reason I couldn't plug my AirSense 11 into the Jeep outlet?
by mummmz
Fri Aug 12, 2022 11:33 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Machine causing insomnia
Replies: 114
Views: 9050

Re: Machine causing insomnia

You've never uploaded an OSCAR report for anyone to help you. Since your goal all along was to have surgery you might want to look for a different support group.