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mikester wrote:This board is more likely to get shut down from all the talk about pirating software, or even worse, people SELLING illegal copies of software to other members. Right oceanpearl?

I have no idea what you are alluding to. I for one have never sold anything to ANYONE on this board! Nor will I ever!!!

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mikester wrote:This board is more likely to get shut down from all the talk about pirating software, or even worse, people SELLING illegal copies of software to other members. Right oceanpearl?

I have no idea what you are alluding to. I for one have never sold anything to ANYONE on this board! Nor will I ever!!!

You offered to sell me a copy of Encore 1.8i, and I have the PM to prove it.

Anonymous wrote:Im just not going to post anymore if this is the type of advice i will be given.

There was two options i had. I can assume that i have OSA and do treatment on my own which wouldnt harm me. Or pay $2k (my deductible) to pay for a sleep study.

If the CRAP machine doesnt work for me... then I will think its something more serious. In which case I will go seek help from a sleep doctor right away.

Guess I am on my own. Thanks guys for the support.

oceanpearl, you keep bringing up stuff thats not even mentioned here. No advice was given to me on what machine to use. So take your liability crap and shove it up your righteous ass.

Yeah right. Apparently you could care less about our host.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Im just not going to post anymore if this is the type of advice i will be given.

There was two options i had. I can assume that i have OSA and do treatment on my own which wouldnt harm me. Or pay $2k (my deductible) to pay for a sleep study.

If the CRAP machine doesnt work for me... then I will think its something more serious. In which case I will go seek help from a sleep doctor right away.

Guess I am on my own. Thanks guys for the support.

oceanpearl, you keep bringing up stuff thats not even mentioned here. No advice was given to me on what machine to use. So take your liability crap and shove it up your righteous ass.

Yeah right. Apparently you could care less about our host.

Give me a break about all that. Im an Admin on a car forum and i know exactly how this works. There are disclaimers on these forums for a reason.

Stop trying to get people to side with you in fear of the forum to be shut down. It never will be the case.

For most of us, this forum is about caring about other human beings.


Self diagnosis in one thing, self titration and monitoring our own therapy are something else. I have no doubt many of us know more about making this therapy work than do many DMEs - we have nights upon nights of experience that the professional don't - and of tracking the relationship between how we feel in the morning and what the machines were doing at night. You just have to read wdburke's recent APAP success story to know that. (I'll add the link in a minute).

Edit, link added: viewtopic/t23494/APAP-Success-Story.html

The problem of diagnosis is more complicated, since doctors are trained in "differential diagnosis" -- that's for when it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck, but informed scrutiny shows it's a minature kangaroo .... few of us laymen have that knowledge. Which is not to imply that CB is wrong in his specific case, but just to point out the basic problem with self diagnosis.

If you haven't done so - crazybimmer, read Our Collective Wisdom, and cpap faq.

At best, it will turn out that therapy makes you feel better. At worst, you won't - and will have to ask for a professional's help in diagnosing what's really wrong.

I wish you luck in your therapy - and keep us posted.

By the way - does anyone remember a physician teaching them how to rehabilitate a broken leg or sprained ankle? How to brush their teeth so they don't get plaque? How to put on a bandage?

Docotor's diagnose and write prescriptions. They rarely deal with the nitty gritty of getting the therapy to work. They prescribe the insuline but the nurse will show you how to inject yourself, of how to set up the automatic pump...

So, good luck with your automatic air pump, crazybimmer!
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Well said ozij, thank you.