Help me choose please
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On Fri, 20 Aug 2004 20:25:44 -0600, "mikeg" <mikegCLOT…@pipepages.com> wrote: >I’ve done two overnight sleep studies, one with cpap and one >without. The cpap-assisted results indicate I’ll benefit from >using one. >I can get insurance coverage for either the cpap or a mandibular >repositioning device. >Here’s my dilemma: I fly every week, often out of town 4 or 5 >days. I really don’t want to lug around a cpap device.
I fly four nights a week. I carry my CPAP with me every night even though I’m supposed to end up at home in the morning. I carry it just in case I end up in a hotel. I’m not limited by number of bags I carry on, but I do change planes as many as 4 times a night.. I find it worth the hassle Chuck – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->A buddy uses a MRD with good effect, but he’s a pretty skinny >little fellow. Me, I’m overweight, and have an oversized tongue >to boot. >Does anyone here find an MRD to reduce sleep apnea? >Mike
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On Sat, 21 Aug 2004 10:10:28 -0600, "geemike" – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -<mikegCLOT…@pipepages.com> wrote: >"Chuck" <n…@nospam.com> wrote in message >news:1msei01nn8l78aqhm5arikrqr6g8vt9hru@4ax.com… >> On Fri, 20 Aug 2004 20:25:44 -0600, "mikeg" >> <mikegCLOT…@pipepages.com> wrote: >> >I’ve done two overnight sleep studies, one with cpap and one >> >without. The cpap-assisted results indicate I’ll benefit from >> >using one. >> >I can get insurance coverage for either the cpap or a >mandibular >> >repositioning device. >> >Here’s my dilemma: I fly every week, often out of town 4 or 5 >> >days. I really don’t want to lug around a cpap device. >> I fly four nights a week. I carry my CPAP with me every night >even >> though I’m supposed to end up at home in the morning. I carry >it just >> in case I end up in a hotel. I’m not limited by number of bags >I >> carry on, but I do change planes as many as 4 times a night.. I >find >> it worth the hassle >> Chuck >Chuck, what model did you settle on? If I buy one I’ll try to buy >a good one but size will be important. >Mike
If you don’t HAVE to have the humidity.. you can leave the humidifier at home and save a little weight.. not much.
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"Chuck" <n…@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:1msei01nn8l78aqhm5arikrqr6g8vt9hru@4ax.com… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> On Fri, 20 Aug 2004 20:25:44 -0600, "mikeg" > <mikegCLOT…@pipepages.com> wrote: > >I’ve done two overnight sleep studies, one with cpap and one > >without. The cpap-assisted results indicate I’ll benefit from > >using one. > >I can get insurance coverage for either the cpap or a mandibular > >repositioning device. > >Here’s my dilemma: I fly every week, often out of town 4 or 5 > >days. I really don’t want to lug around a cpap device. > I fly four nights a week. I carry my CPAP with me every night even > though I’m supposed to end up at home in the morning. I carry it just > in case I end up in a hotel. I’m not limited by number of bags I > carry on, but I do change planes as many as 4 times a night.. I find > it worth the hassle > Chuck
Chuck, what model did you settle on? If I buy one I’ll try to buy a good one but size will be important. Mike
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On Sat, 21 Aug 2004 16:35:49 GMT, Chuck wrote: >If you don’t HAVE to have the humidity.. you can leave the humidifier >at home and save a little weight.. not much.
All the humidifiers I’ve seen are passive, large, or make noises. (On the other hand, the noisy one blew the air underwater, so it was surprisingly non-annoying.)
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On Sat, 21 Aug 2004 17:59:35 GMT, Charlie Perrin <c.l.perrin@SPAMBOTS_DIEatt.net> wrote: >On Sat, 21 Aug 2004 16:35:49 GMT, Chuck wrote: >>If you don’t HAVE to have the humidity.. you can leave the humidifier >>at home and save a little weight.. not much. >All the humidifiers I’ve seen are passive, large, or make noises. (On >the other hand, the noisy one blew the air underwater, so it was >surprisingly non-annoying.)
The integrated ones on the ResMed machines make very little difference to the overall size and a little bit to the weight. Not a big deal though. .andy To email, substitute .nospam with .gl
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In article <76uei0tejrtl4boqsi0s5lijbrvvipa…@4ax.com>, Chuck <n…@nospam.com> wrote: – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> On Sat, 21 Aug 2004 10:10:28 -0600, "geemike" > <mikegCLOT…@pipepages.com> wrote: > >"Chuck" <n…@nospam.com> wrote in message > >news:1msei01nn8l78aqhm5arikrqr6g8vt9hru@4ax.com… > >> On Fri, 20 Aug 2004 20:25:44 -0600, "mikeg" > >> <mikegCLOT…@pipepages.com> wrote: > >> >I’ve done two overnight sleep studies, one with cpap and one > >> >without. The cpap-assisted results indicate I’ll benefit from > >> >using one. > >> >I can get insurance coverage for either the cpap or a > >mandibular > >> >repositioning device. > >> >Here’s my dilemma: I fly every week, often out of town 4 or 5 > >> >days. I really don’t want to lug around a cpap device. > >> I fly four nights a week. I carry my CPAP with me every night > >even > >> though I’m supposed to end up at home in the morning. I carry > >it just > >> in case I end up in a hotel. I’m not limited by number of bags > >I > >> carry on, but I do change planes as many as 4 times a night.. I > >find > >> it worth the hassle > >> Chuck > >Chuck, what model did you settle on? If I buy one I’ll try to buy > >a good one but size will be important. > >Mike > Remstar Pro with Cflex and heated humidifier. Comes with nice little > travel bag that’s slightly padded.
It also adjusts to the altitude. ResMed has an integrated unit that does similar things (but they prefer their auto titrating system to CFLEX). There are plenty of small machines with integrated heated humidificaton, auto altitude adjustment and carry bags designed to carry on planes. If you travel to different areas of the country, heated humificiation and auto altitude adjustment may be important to comfortable nights’ sleep. Harlan — To respond, obviously drop the "nospan"?
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On Sat, 21 Aug 2004 10:10:28 -0600, "geemike" – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -<mikegCLOT…@pipepages.com> wrote: >"Chuck" <n…@nospam.com> wrote in message >news:1msei01nn8l78aqhm5arikrqr6g8vt9hru@4ax.com… >> On Fri, 20 Aug 2004 20:25:44 -0600, "mikeg" >> <mikegCLOT…@pipepages.com> wrote: >> >I’ve done two overnight sleep studies, one with cpap and one >> >without. The cpap-assisted results indicate I’ll benefit from >> >using one. >> >I can get insurance coverage for either the cpap or a >mandibular >> >repositioning device. >> >Here’s my dilemma: I fly every week, often out of town 4 or 5 >> >days. I really don’t want to lug around a cpap device. >> I fly four nights a week. I carry my CPAP with me every night >even >> though I’m supposed to end up at home in the morning. I carry >it just >> in case I end up in a hotel. I’m not limited by number of bags >I >> carry on, but I do change planes as many as 4 times a night.. I >find >> it worth the hassle >> Chuck >Chuck, what model did you settle on? If I buy one I’ll try to buy >a good one but size will be important. >Mike
Remstar Pro with Cflex and heated humidifier. Comes with nice little travel bag that’s slightly padded.
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MRD do not generally work unless: 1) Apnea is mild to moderate 2) There is anatomical indication that mandibular repositioning addresses the specific anatomical problem which is causing the apnea. If you do not fit both above criteria, your most likely successful treatments are: 1) CPAP – yes it is a hassle. yes it makes traveling more a hassle. yes, it can be made to work. 2) Trache – yes it is a hassle. yes, it can be made to work. yes, it causes less travel hassle than CPAP. No, you cannot swim. Yes, your daily maintenance time increases. Good news about MRD is that even if it does not work, it is not likely to harm you (other than by not being effective). Bad news is that it is very difficult to measure its success or failure. The measurement is pretty much ‘Do I feel better or not’ and a frequent honest self-administration of one of the ‘do I have apnea’ questionnaires. regards, eric pearson nonono.ericp1.non…@nonono.fuse.net On Fri, 20 Aug 2004 20:25:44 -0600, "mikeg" – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -<mikegCLOT…@pipepages.com> wrote: >I’ve done two overnight sleep studies, one with cpap and one >without. The cpap-assisted results indicate I’ll benefit from >using one. >I can get insurance coverage for either the cpap or a mandibular >repositioning device. >Here’s my dilemma: I fly every week, often out of town 4 or 5 >days. I really don’t want to lug around a cpap device. >A buddy uses a MRD with good effect, but he’s a pretty skinny >little fellow. Me, I’m overweight, and have an oversized tongue >to boot. >Does anyone here find an MRD to reduce sleep apnea? >Mike
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I’ve done two overnight sleep studies, one with cpap and one without. The cpap-assisted results indicate I’ll benefit from using one. I can get insurance coverage for either the cpap or a mandibular repositioning device. Here’s my dilemma: I fly every week, often out of town 4 or 5 days. I really don’t want to lug around a cpap device. A buddy uses a MRD with good effect, but he’s a pretty skinny little fellow. Me, I’m overweight, and have an oversized tongue to boot. Does anyone here find an MRD to reduce sleep apnea? Mike
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i couldn’t wear a simple device to stop bruxism at night i highly doubted i could adapt to the mandibular advancement device how are you with "things" attached to your teeth?? can you stand the feeling of bits of corn stuck in your teeth?? if these don’t bother you, you have a better chance than i did/do at wearing a dental appliance all night long ps….. there is no guarantee the dental appliance will work… you need another sleep study once you have one made for you AND NO insurance co will cover the cost of the dental appliance while most insurance will cover the cost of the CPAP my 2 cents "mikeg" <mikegCLOT…@pipepages.com> wrote in message
news:FIOdnYvk9swzL7vcRVn-rQ@comcast.com… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> I’ve done two overnight sleep studies, one with cpap and one > without. The cpap-assisted results indicate I’ll benefit from > using one. > I can get insurance coverage for either the cpap or a mandibular > repositioning device. > Here’s my dilemma: I fly every week, often out of town 4 or 5 > days. I really don’t want to lug around a cpap device. > A buddy uses a MRD with good effect, but he’s a pretty skinny > little fellow. Me, I’m overweight, and have an oversized tongue > to boot. > Does anyone here find an MRD to reduce sleep apnea? > Mike
