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by D.H.
Tue Mar 12, 2024 6:21 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: CPAP machine says I only use it for 2-3 hours when I'm working graveyard shifts?
Replies: 3
Views: 390

Re: CPAP machine says I only use it for 2-3 hours when I'm working graveyard shifts?

Yes, the last poster got it right. Based on most people's sleep/wake pattern, each day begins at "noon." To prove this is the problem look back. I think you'll find a more normal number of hours for past days. However, if your sleep pattern is very irregular, you might find short hours on some days ...
by D.H.
Sun Mar 03, 2024 10:00 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Inspire advertising is Anti-CPAP advertising!
Replies: 7
Views: 2108

Re: Inspire advertising is Anti-CPAP advertising!

I agree they are playing to an audience of people who don't like the idea of CPAP in the first place, and using that to sell their product, which is expensive, invasive, and not the best treatment for everyone. That's how commercialism and capitalism work. But the implication that Inspire is inhere...
by D.H.
Wed Feb 21, 2024 8:45 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Philips Dreamstation 2 am I crazy?
Replies: 8
Views: 2723

Note: Philips Dreamstation 2 - overheating problem reported!

This thread is a year and a half old. However, this seems to be the overheating problem that was recently reported!
by D.H.
Wed Feb 21, 2024 8:26 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Inspire advertising is Anti-CPAP advertising!
Replies: 7
Views: 2108

Inspire advertising is Anti-CPAP advertising!

The Inspire commercials on TV are showing patients completely unable to use CPAP and that they should use Inspire instead. Admittedly, some people just can't use CPAP or legitimately prefer to try something else. However, CPAP is presented as something very scary, and can be very intimidating to new...
by D.H.
Mon Feb 19, 2024 9:42 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Philips sales halted ==> cpap shortage?
Replies: 7
Views: 2234

Re: Philips sales halted ==> CPAP shortage?

There won't be a shortage long-term. ResMed, Fisher & Paykel, and other manufactures will pick up the slack.
by D.H.
Sun Feb 18, 2024 10:52 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Analyzing Sleep Apnea, CPAP Treatment in Melanoma Prognosis
Replies: 1
Views: 545

Analyzing Sleep Apnea, CPAP Treatment in Melanoma Prognosis

This article clearly states that if you suffer from OSA, your prognosis is significantly improved if you're CPAP compliant. This article states that this is the case for Melanoma. Also, by implication, the same applies to other cancers as well. The obvious issue with melanoma is what to do if the me...
by D.H.
Tue Feb 13, 2024 9:47 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Ramp 30 min
Replies: 2
Views: 569

Re: Ramp 30 min

Perhaps it needs to be off for a certain amount of time for the ramp to re-engage.

I don't use the ramp (I can't stand it), so I don't have any recent experience.

However, back in 1999, the machine I had at the time reengaged the ramp even if the power "flickered;" waking me up!
by D.H.
Sun Feb 04, 2024 3:42 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Goodbye (and good riddance) Philips/Repironics
Replies: 2
Views: 829

Goodbye (and good riddance) Philips/Repironics

I don't expect Philips/Respironics to have even a token presence in the US much longer. This means that it's questionable whether replacement parts will remain available. Replacement parts include water tanks, heated hoses (though "standard" hoses will fit), and filters (reusable and disposable). Ad...
by D.H.
Thu Feb 01, 2024 10:35 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Safety of Dream Station II
Replies: 2
Views: 900

Safety of Dream Station II

I am currently using a Dream Station II, which I received as a replacement for my Dream Station I. I am planning to replace this soon, but I want to know if it's considered safe in the meanwhile. As an aside, I never had any issues with the Dream Station I, which I found superior in design to the Dr...
by D.H.
Tue Jan 30, 2024 10:31 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Philips discontinues many products
Replies: 29
Views: 6518

Re: Philips discontinues many products

According to this Dream Station 2 is also discontinued (in the US). In fact, all xPAP machines are being discontinued in the US (according to this). Supposedly, they will continue to support the recall. In any case, many - including myself - said that Philips (or at least the medical device division...
by D.H.
Tue Jan 30, 2024 8:06 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Smoker? Don't smoke around your CPAP!
Replies: 30
Views: 6398

Re: Smoker? Don't smoke around your CPAP!

My parents were 3 pack a day smokers. My dad thankfully quit when I was 10 but my mom persisted much longer, claiming they would pry her last cigarette out of her cold, dead hand. I hated their smoking, and I was always sick. Turns out I have cough variant asthma, and one of my worst triggers--surp...
by D.H.
Sat Jan 13, 2024 8:42 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Put it in the landfill??
Replies: 9
Views: 3808

Re: Put it in the landfill??

I live in a high tax city, but they allow you to use the city dump for free.
by D.H.
Sat Jan 13, 2024 6:43 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Put it in the landfill??
Replies: 9
Views: 3808

Re: Put it in the landfill??

First of all, with very few exceptions, any mask can be used with any machine. You don't need to change your mask!
by D.H.
Thu Jan 11, 2024 11:31 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Philips Dreamstation 2.
Replies: 3
Views: 2348

Re: Philips Dreamstation 2.

If you don't wish to keep this machine as a "backup," you can donate it to the American Sleep Apnea Association. They will see to it that it gets to a patient that does not have to means to obtain one himself/herself. I was never able to donate an old machine because - by the time I finished with th...
by D.H.
Tue Jan 09, 2024 6:25 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Insurance
Replies: 14
Views: 21330

Re: Insurance

To the original poster:

Assuming you take "regular" Medicare, they will pay for a sleep doc, sleep tests, and a new CPAP every five years. Of course, it's subject to the usual deductibles and copays.