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Swift FX Fitting Guide | MASK ARRAYED
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Don’t Pay that UpCharge! Swift FX Fitting Guide. Taming the Mirage Quattro. WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE YOU MEET YOUR DME Part I. Swift FX Fitting Guide. I love the ResMed Swift FX mask. I think they should pay me for my slogan, it’s the next best thing to sleeping naked! That is NOT how this mask works! I end up posting this on CPAP forums quite often, so I wanted to have one place to direct people to (except that I cannot post the link on the OSAA boards :o . Of your nostrils. The narrow tip where...
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Thank you CPAP and Goodnight! | MASK ARRAYED
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Don’t Pay that UpCharge! Swift FX Fitting Guide. Taming the Mirage Quattro. WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE YOU MEET YOUR DME Part I. January 1, 2011. Thank you CPAP and Goodnight! I am getting over my usual winter upper respiratory crud. It’s pretty bad this year. Probably I had both my usual asthmatic bronchitis (an autoimmune response to a very mild cold) AND adult croup. In any case, it wasn’t pretty, and I’m on a boatload of steroids and antibiotics. THIS TIME WAS DIFFERENT! The only FF mask I have is ...
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Data Capable Machines | MASK ARRAYED
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Don’t Pay that UpCharge! Swift FX Fitting Guide. Taming the Mirage Quattro. WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE YOU MEET YOUR DME Part I. September 19, 2011. I talk a lot about insisting on getting a data capable machine if you possibly can, but I thought I’d put a list here of the data capable machines AND their model numbers since model names are often (deliberately) confusing. I’ve color coded the recommendations as follows:. BLUE = best machines in the line. ORANGE=Caution recommended, see comments. This au...
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Help, I’m stuck with a brick*! | MASK ARRAYED
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Don’t Pay that UpCharge! Swift FX Fitting Guide. Taming the Mirage Quattro. WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE YOU MEET YOUR DME Part I. May 17, 2011. Help, I’m stuck with a brick*! Brick: Machine without efficacy data as in about as useful in treating OSA as a brick . Unfortunately, too many people read What you need to know BEFORE you meet your DME. A DME has stuck them with a brick. So now what? 1 How long have you had that brick? 0 to 1 month. 1 month 3 months. Your chances of getting your brick swapped ou...
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Things may get worse before they get better! | MASK ARRAYED
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Don’t Pay that UpCharge! Swift FX Fitting Guide. Taming the Mirage Quattro. WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE YOU MEET YOUR DME Part I. January 8, 2011. Things may get worse before they get better! Sleep deprivation takes its toll, and tolerance for all these disturbances erodes. This is why some people starting out on CPAP feel worse instead of better. It’s not surprising at all. I think newbies should be warned to expect it–if it doesn’t happen, they are really lucky. Pick the worst thing and work on it.
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Don’t Pay that UpCharge!!! | MASK ARRAYED
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Don’t Pay that UpCharge! Swift FX Fitting Guide. Taming the Mirage Quattro. WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE YOU MEET YOUR DME Part I. Don’t Pay that UpCharge! Suppose you decide that you want the top of the line, bells and whistles APAP machine like a ResMed S9 Autoset or a Philips Respironics System One Auto. Your DME may not be very happy, because profit margin is lowest on these two more expensive machines. The co-pays and deductibles you owe under your insurance plan. In addition to being illegal, most ...
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Taming the Mirage Quattro | MASK ARRAYED
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Don’t Pay that UpCharge! Swift FX Fitting Guide. Taming the Mirage Quattro. WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE YOU MEET YOUR DME Part I. Taming the Mirage Quattro. The biggest complaints with the Quattro are:. 2 Painful pressure on the bridge of the nose (some people develop open sores from the pressure). 3 Claustrophobia and fear of suffocating. 1 Dealing with the claustrophobia. Will I suffocate with this plastic mask on my face? The mask is still a big chunk of plastic strapped to your face like an octopus,...
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WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE YOU MEET YOUR DME Part I | MASK ARRAYED
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Don’t Pay that UpCharge! Swift FX Fitting Guide. Taming the Mirage Quattro. WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE YOU MEET YOUR DME Part I. WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE YOU MEET YOUR DME Part I. This is part 1 of what I hope to be a series: “I’ve just been diagnosed with apnea–now what? A DME (company) is. And in the real world . . . Some DME’s actually work that way. Most do not. . . Medicare (traditional) pays 80% of the cost of a machine and all the supplies. There are a few things you need to know:. B Medicar...
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Thank goodness for CPAP! | MASK ARRAYED
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Don’t Pay that UpCharge! Swift FX Fitting Guide. Taming the Mirage Quattro. WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE YOU MEET YOUR DME Part I. March 6, 2011. Thank goodness for CPAP! I’m sick again/still with an ugly case of asthmatic bronchitis–“almost, but not quite pneumonia” is how the pulmonologist put it. I cough and cough all day and I’m worn out. I’m on 3 inhalers and 5 medicines–it sucks! Days like this I love my CPAP! Laquo; Things may get worse before they get better! On March 6, 2011. On March 7, 2011.
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