Frustrated

Hello all...I am new to CPAPtalk. Six years ago, I was diagnosed with severe OSA. I tried CPAP, BiPAP, a ridiculous amount of masks and couldn't get used to it. I am now 51, six years older, and hopefully six years wiser. I know the harm of untreated OSA and I need to do something about it...again.

I had another sleep study done last week and had 143 episodes in 3 hours. They put me on CPAP the same night. Although I feel like I didn't sleep a wink they said I did. I get my machine on Wednesday.

It was a total fiasco today trying to get through the DME's head that I will not settle for an entry-level CPAP. I took the advice of several posters and fought for what I think will be a decent machine, the PR System One REMstar Auto CPAP Machine with A-Flex. My insurance pays 100% of my DME needs so cost is not an issue. I want the best machine I can get. Since I do a lot of sailing, a machine with a 12v power supply is key and this machine has that. I don't have to buy a separate battery backup, just plug it into the 12v power on my boat.

Any comments on this machine will be welcomed. I'm tired

I can't help you myself, but I'm bumping you up to the first page..
Welcome back. (to hose-ville)

The saga continued today. I am all over the DME to provide the right machine. I had a great conversation with the referral coordinator at my doctor's office. Her husband has been on CPAP for 17 years. She said I should get a machine with a heated humidifier with heated tube. The Resmed machine DS550 wasn't heated. The DS650 is, but my DME can't errrrrrrr...won't order it. I will be getting the S9 Autoset tomorrow. Based on what I have read on this board, it is not a brick!

Chris

There are separate heated tubes that can be ordered... for a price. Pugsy's got one, as do some other folks.

cappy wrote:The saga continued today. I am all over the DME to provide the right machine.

Chris,

This is one of the reasons that I have purchased my own machines and equipment. I don't want anyone else to tell me what I can and cannot have, and I don't want someone else to be in charge of my quality of sleep. It is too important to me to worry about how much it costs.

-john-

Hi Cappy.

Welcome to the forum. As you begin to collect your xpap equipment, may I suggest as time allows to sit back and read. You'll learn so much! What works and doesn't work. If it wasn't for this forum, I would still be stuck with a useless cpap and a mask that didn't like me. ALOT of folks are here to help. *Offers cold glass of milk and freshly baked peanut butter cookies*

Starlette