According to the attached report, you slept for over eleven hours. This indicates that either you're chronically sleep deprived (from years of untreated sleep apnea), or that there's another issue present (or both). If it's the former, you should get caught up in a while. If it's the latter, you'll ...

The only time I would consider not using it is if I were so congested that it didn't work, or if my face or nose was so sore that I couldn't stand the mask. Neither has happened in the twenty-four years that I've been using CPAP. I have had bad colds and sore noses, but I struggled through anyhow.

To the original poster,

It does appear that you are able to use the machine at night.

It's not clear whether you can get stats after finagling.

Please clarify.

If the DME is well run, they would want you to be compliant. It's in their interest to get paid for the machine rather than to have to repossess it and have a used machine on their hands.

I'd like to be able to forbid smoking entirely, but I am not so empowered! If you're not going to listen, at least don't smoke in the room where the CPAP is (even when it is powered off). Make sure the door to the room where the CPAP is remains closed at all times (except for entering and leaving). ...

You can try soaking the tank, hoses, and mask in vinegar solution. That should neutralize the chemical smell.

Assuming that you are tethered to the machine for eight hours each night and that your chance of dying is distributed evenly throughout the day, you stand a 33⅓% chance of (eventually) dying while tethered to the machine. That makes this a very important question! The machine will stop blowing if th...

It sounds like the rainout noises. Try any or all of the following:

• Make sure that the machine is lower than your head.
• Fill the tank a bit less than you've been doing.
• Turn up the heated hose temperature.
• Turn down humidifier temperature.
• Raise the temperature in the room.

amenite wrote: ↑

Thu Mar 09, 2023 7:37 pm

D.H. wrote: ↑

Thu Mar 09, 2023 4:28 pm

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I've decided it will be simpler to apply to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for permit to permanently reside on Palmyra Atoll. Should be pretty straightforward. No DST to worry about there. Probably some good fishing too.

Too long of a commute!

As you know, the clocks will change in most of the US, Canada, and lots of other places. I suggest that you set the Sunday morning wake-up time for one hour later than usual, thus waking up at your "normal" time. If you still need to adjust the clock manually, do so before going to bed Saturday nigh...

Since you didn't say where you're going, please be aware that plugs in other countries may have different a configuration. The voltage and frequency might be different too, but you don't need to worry about that. Remember to make a dedicated packing list for your CPAP. You would not want to forget a...

Don't overlook that she might be dehydrated and needs to drink more water. Consider also the possibilities of narcolepsy or epilepsy.

Is this smell similar to "new car smell?"

In any case, try washing with soap and water. Alternately, try cleaning with viengar.

They won't remove your gas stove from existing housing.

Only new housing is potentially affected!

I agree, 7.5 is enough for CPAP. They say that five is the cutoff, but I think that's too high. You've been using CPAP for a prolonged amount of time (long enough to need a replacement machine). Therefore, doctors and insurers should not second-guess the original prescribers and the patients. It's v...