Who's the longest using patient here?

Xney · Post by **Xney** » Fri Jan 18, 2013 3:05 am

Heh back when "brick" meant something

VikingGnome · Post by **VikingGnome** » Fri Jan 18, 2013 12:11 pm

I've been on CPAP 12 years. I have an old Sullivan V Elite that still works great with a giant "Passover humidifier" that goes underneath it. I use it to dry my mask and hoses.

Captain_Midnight · Post by **Captain_Midnight** » Fri Jan 18, 2013 10:59 pm

Naked J, seventeen years! Impressive.

Also, that Respironics in your image looks like a suitcase. (That must have been interesting when you traveled.)

BTW, only 7 years to report, here (not one missing day, however). I'm the fewest years responding so far.

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StuUnderPressure · Post by **StuUnderPressure** » Sat Jan 19, 2013 3:18 pm

14 Years at the end of December 2012

Started out with the plain Sullivan V (not the Elite) with the same huge passover humidifier that fit under the machine. Actually, it was just a water tank since no heat was available.

SleepyToo2 · Post by **SleepyToo2** » Sat Jan 19, 2013 8:56 pm

Nakedjaxx, looks like that machine should be where my first computer ended up - in a museum! It was one of the "luggable" Compaq "portable" computers that had a 5.25" floppy disk drive and a small (I think it was a little smaller than the floppy drive). The screen was monochrome (green), and if I recall correctly it had a 40 MB hard drive. Of course, that was about the time that Bill Gates said that 640K of RAM should be more than enough for everyone!

BTW, to answer your question, I have only been on CPAP for just over 3 years. Probably should have been on it at least 20 years. However, difficult to tell exactly because I had at least some symptoms of sleep apnea when I was a youngster. Try 50 years?!!! Who knows what would have happened had I had effective treatment all those years ago?

jnk · Post by **jnk** » Sat Jan 19, 2013 10:54 pm

Who's the longest using patient here?

I can think of one or two posters here who appear to be users.

But then maybe I misunderstood the question.

2 B Sleeping Soundly · Post by **2 B Sleeping Soundly** » Sat Jan 19, 2013 10:57 pm

jnk wrote:
Who's the longest using patient here?
I can think of one or two posters here who appear to be users.

But then maybe I misunderstood the question.

70sSanO · Post by **70sSanO** » Sun Jan 20, 2013 2:16 am

Started CPAP in June 2001... pushing 12 years.

John

JeffH · Post by **JeffH** » Sun Jan 20, 2013 9:19 am

December of 1998 for me. Like the others I started out with a Sullivan V machine but didn't have a humidifier. Didn't use one for the first 7 or 8 years of treatment. Those old Sullivan's were tough as a boot. I gave mine away with about 35,000 hours on it and it was still running strong.

JeffH

jencat824 · Post by **jencat824** » Sun Jan 20, 2013 9:28 am

I began my CPAP journey is January 2000, (12 years ago!) below is my first machine:

It had no data and the humidifier was an ad-on that had a tray for the machine to kind of sit on. My very first humidifier was a passover that they had me sit on a heating pad, but within a few months I qualified for a humidifier. Looking back I can't believe I had to 'qualify' to get a humidifier!

Although, last month my hubby got his machine from a DME that actually tried to sell us the unit WITHOUT a humidifier, saying he 'probably' wouldn't need it. I could not believe in this day & age anyone would even think a humidifier is optional.
Jen

Hawthorne · Post by **Hawthorne** » Sun Jan 20, 2013 7:15 pm

I started on cpap in September of 2002. I don't believe I have missed a night since starting. I was fortunate to get adjusted with little or no problem. It is doubtful that I could sleep with the machine and mask now. I won't be trying unless I have too.

ufo13 · Post by **ufo13** » Sun Jan 20, 2013 7:45 pm

Going on aprox 17 years for me, like most of you used a Sullivan machine for a number of years, no humidifier, at a pressure of 18! Those were the dark ages compared to today!

Steve,
ufo13

chunkyfrog · Post by **chunkyfrog** » Sun Jan 20, 2013 8:34 pm

At 4'11", I may be among the shortest.

SleepyToo2 · Post by **SleepyToo2** » Sun Jan 20, 2013 9:00 pm

chunkyfrog wrote:At 4'11", I may be among the shortest.

Sorry, don't believe that for one moment. There are kids who would be shorter than you!!!! I'd send you hugs, but I don't "like" frogs!

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