Student, no budget, newly diagnosed, need CPAP, call for generous soul

General Discussion on any topic relating to CPAP and/or Sleep Apnea.
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Re: Student, no budget, newly diagnosed, need CPAP, call for generous soul

Post by prodigyplace » Mon Apr 30, 2018 8:48 am

ChicagoGranny wrote:
Mon Apr 30, 2018 7:59 am
I hate to see student start out with a straight CPAP machine with no Sleepyhead data. He hasn't been titrated. This sounds like a recipe for failure and developing a hate of CPAP.

What would you do? Set it for 10.0 pressure and cross your fingers?
I guess the question is whether a straight CPAP machine is worse than no CPAP given the situation.

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Re: Student, no budget, newly diagnosed, need CPAP, call for generous soul

Post by D.H. » Mon Apr 30, 2018 11:56 am

I love my automatic that I've had since mid-2016. However, I did fine from 1999 until then with plain old CPAP (seventeen years).

Of course, I was properly titrated in August and re-titrated in September of the same year (no insurance would cover that now).

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Re: Student, no budget, newly diagnosed, need CPAP, call for generous soul

Post by D.H. » Tue May 01, 2018 4:26 pm

RTS in Newfoundland is having a sale in until May 30 (15% off all CPAP masks and CPAP accessories). Not sure about machines.

Link ===> http://www.cbncompass.ca/more/custom-co ... ea-205251/

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Re: Student, no budget, newly diagnosed, need CPAP, call for generous soul

Post by needcpap2018 » Tue Jun 19, 2018 12:51 am

Hello everyone,

I am back! I was busy with exams! Anyone can help now please? Looking to have a more comfortable sleep and sleeping schedule... really miss that

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Re: Student, no budget, newly diagnosed, need CPAP, call for generous soul

Post by DavidY » Tue Jun 19, 2018 6:26 am

Kijiji in Montreal has a posting for Philips System One Remstar Auto A Flex asking for $250. Should be Sleephead compatible....can someone who has this unit confirm?

Alternative is to check Facebook Marketplace for your area.

Davw

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