Many problems and won't hit it once

​I've been here for a long time, and ever since I got the AirCurve 11, my sleep efficiency went down. My internist, who has sleep apnea, said to me, "Where do you keep your machine?" and I said, "On the ledge behind my bed." He said, "Is it higher or lower than your head?" I said, "It's higher." He said that has to change, so I fixed that.

​By the way, I go to an ENT for prescriptions, and yeah, I made up my own prescription. Well, I didn't make it up—one of my friends on here made it up, and she did a great job with it; it lasted for quite a while. I took the prescription and went to a pulmonologist who was a hospitalist for my significant other who passed away, and he gave me the prescription on his legal pad, so now it's legit. And that's what I gave to the ENT doctor, and that's what I gave to the DME. Plus, these machines are self-titrating anyway. And by the way, I haven't seen my ENT doctor in years. I don't know where he is, but all I see are the PAs. And they never look at the OSCAR reports in depth; they're looking for the summary, so they're practically useless.

​So now my thyroid is enlarging and there are 4 nodules there, so I asked my endocrinologist could that have any effect on the apnea events—and I am getting, by the way, clear airway apneas, central apneas. He said the machine should be powerful enough to push it away. I think he did some research on it. Well, that may be true, but I have it set at 15/11 with a PS of 4. So maybe that's not powerful enough now. So I changed it to 17/11 and a PS of 5. Why, I don't know, but I changed it because it was getting stopped by the top line, and sure enough, it's hitting the 17 and it can go higher.

​So I was using the P30i for a long time and it seemed to be doing okay, but things seem to have changed. Ironically, I lost a lot of weight—about 60 lbs, with maybe another 20 to go—and I thought maybe I wouldn't even need it anymore, so my internist decided to do one of those NightOwl or NightHawk home sleep studies. That really didn't tell you a whole lot, but I think it was saying that my apnea events were not too much different than the apnea events I have with the machine on when it's a bad night. I think it was like 20; I don't remember exactly right now, but I can check it later.

​So I decided to get an AirFit F20, but I can't use the magnets, and I actually have ResMed working on it, believe it or not. I spoke to somebody really good, and she was in Australia when I called on Friday. She said it's late, so I'll probably get back to you sometime this week to find out whether or not I could use the magnetic connectors. Because you can get MRIs, but that's one shot for 10 minutes—I mean, I don't actually know how long magnetic fields or whatever they have stay on—but when you're using it every night, if you're lucky enough to do 8 hours (which I don't), it's 3,000 hours a year. So you've got to be sure about the implants. I have a Prestige™ LP Cervical Disc—this is a titanium ceramic composite material containing zero nickel, cobalt, or chromium—that I have in my neck from spinal surgery, which I forgot to mention above. And I don't want them to get pulled by the magnets or cause an issue.

​So like I said, ResMed is checking on it, which wasn't an easy thing to get done because I was referred to Lincare. And I said, "What, are you crazy? You think that these people can even get an order straight?" Because I ordered the AirFit F20 non-magnetic, and they just sent me a magnetic one after speaking to two order takers. The first one got so flustered, I said, "Listen, you don't know what you're doing, I need to speak to somebody else." So she said, "You have to hang up and call back." So I did, and I got somebody who knew exactly what I needed, and she ordered the right thing. But guess what? The wrong thing came. The one with the magnets came. And then I called back and they said, "Yes, she ordered the right one, but it was picked incorrectly in the warehouse."

​So what's happening with the AirFit F20 is the seal isn't strong enough because the clips on the non-magnetic mask suck. But here is a clue, and you can try it, but I don't even know if ResMed knows: take the clips that snap on and turn them upside down. It looks stupid going in, but it looks fine once it's in, and I think it just holds better so I can make it tighter. But I'm still getting crappy numbers on the mask seal. I'm getting either 20 of 20 points on the ResMed thing, or I'm getting 0 of 20. Last night was 0, the night before was 20 of 20, and the night before that was 20 of 20. However, I'm still getting high apnea events. I used to go between under 1 to maybe up to 2 or 3, and occasionally 4. You know, sometimes if I guess I turned the wrong way it went up to 7, but that was the highest ever—usually it was around an average probably of like 1 apnea event. When it was popping off, there would be spaces—big spaces. One was open for 4 and a half hours; I slept right through it when I guess the mask popped off. But I think that was before I figured out how to do it upside down, but it's still not going to be as tight as it would be with the magnets, and that's what I want. However, I'm not so sure that's the best thing. I don't know what's going on right now. So tonight I bought some tape that they were selling on Facebook—this is PAP MD, and it's returnable or refundable if it doesn't work, so I spent 16 bucks on that. Today I woke up tired, and I've been a little tired all day. Yesterday I was okay, and there I had a 20 of 20 on the mask seal and a 7 AHI. I don't know if my AHI is forever correct because I always had high leaks when the mask seal is 20 of 20, and it's never 18 or 17 or 19; it's either 20 of 20 or 0 of 20, which makes no sense. Usually, I do okay.

​So tonight I'm trying the P30i, and I guess I'll use the tape. If any of you use tape—I'm sure somebody has, I think I remember seeing people were using it—I am a mouth breather, but it seemed like it was doing okay when I slept on my back. I seem to be able to keep my mouth shut, but you know, it also could be the thyroid issues.

​I wanted to send some of the OSCAR printouts, but I don't have a hosting service. Is there a cheap hosting service that everybody uses? I don't love the idea of sending that out in the open. Somebody said that they use ChatGPT—can you do that, would they send that? No, not send that... how would CPAP talk get it, would they host it? That's the question. ChatGPT hosts no files for somebody else to pick up at a given link. I use Gemini a lot; I should ask them to.
​And that's that. So I would really like to get this fixed, especially now that I lost all this weight. I thought maybe things were going to be better, but they aren't better now, they're worse.

​Any suggestions for a prescription? And I wonder if I need another sleep test that checks out central apneas. I just don't know if it's coming from issues in the thyroid, or I don't know what causes central apneas.
​Thanks

Those that are affected by magnetic fields should consider relocating to a planet that hasn't any.

Thank you Steven, it's funny but it doesn't help my problem. However if they're building condos on Mars let me know.

The issue is If you could have MRIs done because it's a composite titanium ceramic without nickel, cobalt and chromium then will it be drawn to the small magnets of the mask. Well I'm not capable of figuring that out and certainly it's doubly true for the people who work at Lincare or any of the DMEs which is what this idiot and customer service tried to tell me to do instead of asking ResMed. Well I wrote to the CEO and somebody wrote me back and they're looking into it and they're the ones that should be looking into it because it's they should know how their devices react with people with different situations. As people get older they will be more of these wafers decompressing vertebrae in your neck and in your back. So is it better for ResMed and its scientists who designed the masks Check with the manufacturers and then they would put out a bulletin to all the DMVs same what saving what's not. That rule of thumb that it has to be 6 in away from the magnets on the mask is not very realistic. I measured it to be like 5 in. But maybe if there is no chromium and no nickel and no Cobalt it won't affect be implants. Quite frankly, whether somebody has implants or is thinking about implants or get certain screws put into his neck or shoulders, information is important.

alancalan wrote: ↑

Mon Jun 15, 2026 10:28 pm

​By the way, I go to an ENT for prescriptions, and yeah, I made up my own prescription. Well, I didn't make it up—one of my friends on here made it up, and she did a great job with it; it lasted for quite a while. I took the prescription and went to a pulmonologist who was a hospitalist for my significant other who passed away, and he gave me the prescription on his legal pad, so now it's legit. And that's what I gave to the ENT doctor, and that's what I gave to the DME. Plus, these machines are self-titrating anyway. And by the way, I haven't seen my ENT doctor in years. I don't know where he is, but all I see are the PAs. And they never look at the OSCAR reports in depth; they're looking for the summary, so they're practically useless.

Sorry, but I stopped reading anything else you wrote after you opened with this CPAP prescription forgery/fraud knee-slapper. It's literally impossible for me to take anything else you share regarding your therapy seriously after that.

What was the forgery? A pulmonologist who also considers himself a sleep therapist luces the prescription and thought it was fine and put it on his prescription pad. That's fraudulent to you? Besides today, all these machines are self-titrating So you actually get to prescription that works best for you if you are parameters aren't preventing your machine to titrate.

You're killing me Smalls...

By your own admission, you clearly forged a CPAP prescription—a legally required document from a licensed healthcare provider—supporting a professional diagnosis, all of which you never actually received, which you then presented to your pulmonologist after-the-fact as though it were indeed a legitimately factual healthcare record, which it obviously was not.

So, when your "pulmonologist who also considers himself a sleep therapist" looked at your made-up prescription, did he know that it was intentionally forged before he "thought it was fine and put it on his prescription pad"?

If the answer is "no", then you and your forgery partner friend in this forum are the obvious fraudulent parties. If the answer is "yes" then you all are, including your pulmonologist.

alancalan wrote: ↑

Tue Jun 16, 2026 3:50 pm

Besides today, all these machines are self-titrating So you actually get to prescription that works best for you if you are parameters aren't preventing your machine to titrate.

That's obviously not true, else this thread would not exist in the first place, and you wouldn't be asking the internets for help such as what you've previously posted below. <shrugs>

alancalan wrote: ↑

Mon Jun 15, 2026 10:28 pm

​I wanted to send some of the OSCAR printouts, but I don't have a hosting service. Is there a cheap hosting service that everybody uses? I don't love the idea of sending that out in the open. Somebody said that they use ChatGPT—can you do that, would they send that? No, not send that... how would CPAP talk get it, would they host it? That's the question. ChatGPT hosts no files for somebody else to pick up at a given link. I use Gemini a lot; I should ask them to.
​And that's that. So I would really like to get this fixed, especially now that I lost all this weight. I thought maybe things were going to be better, but they aren't better now, they're worse.

​Any suggestions for a prescription? And I wonder if I need another sleep test that checks out central apneas. I just don't know if it's coming from issues in the thyroid, or I don't know what causes central apneas.