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My boyfriend has no insurance. He cannot afford a machine. He wakes tired from this condition and he is a carpenter. Hard work with power tools. I worry about him.

you can’t cure sleep apnea even with a cpap machine. what you can do is get a uppp operation by a ent specialist or lose weight and do not drink alcohol before sleep. do not sleep flat on your back either. those things will help but you are right to be concerned.

I recently had to start using the nostril type mask and I’m having a terrible time. Any ideas will help. HELP !!

I feel your pain. They put me in a full face mask (Moouth and nose) and I suffered through trying to use it for 4-6 weeks. Worst experience in my life.

It is possible that a better mask would help- unfortunately your supplier might charge extra, with no real guarantees that you will be help. If you feel your problems sleeping are severe enough, that’s the only chance you have.

What I did was I went back to the doctor and told him I was not using the machine any longer, and demanded another treatment. If you can’t use the machine, you need to let the doctor know.

You need to talk to the homecare company that provides the equipment. They generally rent the machine and you are eligible for a new mask approx every 6 months.

I retired Oct 2008 from the Navy. I had a brain anurysm in the past while i was in the navy. I was diagnose with sleep apnea w/ cpap machine 2 yrs ago. do any one know what percent i will be looking at, or a ruff estimate. thanks for reading.

talk to your SSDI counselor.

My cpap machine works fine until I turn on my back, and all this water gushes up my nose.

Water will build up in the tubing….make sure you empty it before you use it.

Take the tubing off and place it with one opening over a sink/garbage can etc and let the water out.

If you fill the chamber with too much water this can happen too. Make sure you only fill it to the line.

Good luck!

i’ve had the machine for 3 to 4 months and at first it was fine. now at night water builds up or gets into the mask an drips into my nose when i roll over or runs across the top of my lip. it’s very disgusting and when it happens i rip the thing off in a half sleeping panic and it totally disturbs my sleep.

the machine is the kind that heats the hose with a copper wire and as usual, i put distilled water in the tank.

is it possible it’s just too dry in my house now that it’s winter (i’m in ontario, canada so it’s pretty darn cold out) and water is condensing inside the mask from my breathing? would putting a humidifier in the room help if that is the case?

has anyone had this happen? i need to make this stop since i’m not wearing the mask now most nights and i really need to (husband can’t sleep and i sleep 10 to 12 hours when i don’t use it).

thanks for any suggestions.
i have tried it with no water in it at all and that makes no difference.
i have also tried it with the moisture set to 0 (tank has been empty anyway) and the machine is at least 1 foot lower than the bed. probably a bit more.

There should be a humidfier setting on the machine going from 1-5 and it is probably set too high so lower the setting to 1,2, or 3. Also the machine needs to be lower than the bed. Set it on a step stool about 1 foot off the floor so any moisture in hose drains back to the machine. Also go to http://www.cpaptalk.com and you will learn anything and everything you ever need to know about cpap machines. The moisture issue you have going on is called "rainout". It is very important to have the machine lower than the bed so the moisture can drain back into the
machine instead of your mouth. My husband has sleep apnea and know just about all there is about it. He is always on this site.

My husband has sleep apnea and will not use the machine. He also has diabetes. He goes to work, comes home sleeps for about two hours, goes to bed at 12:00 AM and gets up about 4:30 for work. On the weekends he will sleep if you let him about 14 hours a day. He would do this during the week but he has to go to work. I just don’t know what to do. I’m very concerned.

Unfortunately, there’s not much you can do… You can show him all the information about sleep apnea and its deleterious effects on health, how improved sleep can actually improve diabetes, etc etc, but until he decides to do what he needs to do, he’ll probably just hear it as "nagging" and ignore you even more industriously.

If it gets to be that bad, you could lay down an ultimatum: That if he doesn’t start taking better care of himself, you’ll leave because you can’t stand to watch him take such risks with his health. I would certainly not recommend that, unless the marriage is already irretrievably broken and you would actually be okay with it if he said, "All right, bye then."

My sympathies are with you; it’s very frustrating to watch someone you care about neglect themselves. Unfortunately, your options are rather limited. I hope someone else has a more productive answer for you. Good luck.

Want to know if there is a power pack for this machine.
where can I get one, cost.etc.

get a powered camping site

Are you refering to noise? or are you refering to volume as in volume of air? That has to be set in inches of water by a technician, based on the prescription from your doctor. Every machine is adjusted differently some can be set manually programed using the LCD indicator on the machine. The directions come with the machine when it is delivered from the manufacturer. They are removed just before they are delivered to the patient. Basically it is a combination of the controls being pushed down at the same time and being held until the LCD changes based on the brand. You can set the ramp up time the delay to get to the pressure as well as the pressure like mine is 10 inches of water!

It should REALLY BE SET BY THE HEALTH SERVICE PERSONNEL!

There is no way to adjust the sound!

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Have been diagnosed with osa following sleep test at bangkok pattaya hospital in Pattaya. Need now to obtain automatic machine. Hospital cannot supply and their agencies are very slow.

I dont know exactly where you could get one in Thailand. My suggestion would be to try and get one online. If you have a prescription for one it should not be a problem. Try looking up Durable Medical Equipment Providers Online and see what you can find. You can also try Cpap.com. Respirionics and Resmed are both good units. Good luck.