Controlling our own treatment

Pure oxygen blowing on oil or grease (vaseline) has the potential to ignite. That's why gauges on oxygen tanks always say "Use no oil" on their face.

Vaseline tends to attack natural and synthetic rubber, causing it to soften and swell. Not a good thing to use on pillows.

Liz, the way the nested quotes turned out, it looks like either roby sue or I were the ones writing about a spark igniting vaseline. I know you didn't mean the quotes to look that way, so I'll mention here that it was Beach Girl who wrote:

"any other kind of oil based lubricant will break down your mask and in the event of a spark can ignite."

Beach Girl apparently has now done (in effect) a deletion of all her posts through editing out everything she's written on this forum.

Hope your dad is doing ok, Liz. It's sad to watch a parent in decline. Hope the O2 helps him feel better. He's fortunate to have you caring about him.

Sleepyprm, Just a quick question - did you bring your prescription with you like Gumby has suggested in the past or how did you handle getting it? Your plight illustrates that one can never plan for everything when traveling.

I guess I need to add to my suggestion not to pack your prescription in your cpap bag but to keep it separate. I am sure future readers just won't believe that something like this could possibly happen.

Hey, you don't suppose it was the "cpap Police" taking your equipment back because you raised your pressure from 6cm to 6.5cm do ya? You are living on the edge these days eh? Could they have been following you all this time?[/quote]

I bring my prescription with me everywhere I go, and I keep one copy in the bag, and one copy in my wallet (OK, I'm a little anal)....I also burned up a hose in Singapore once and it was also easy to get a new one with my prescription, although I probably wouldn't have needed it just for a hose Ya know, I never thought about those danged CPCP police! They were following me!!!

Yes, I couldn't believe it happened either. I'm sure when they saw what it was, they were vastly disappointed.