Need help with CPAP for camper
Fairly new to CPAP. The VA bought mine and it is strictly 110 volt. I thought no problem just get an inverter. Got a Schumacher 410 watt. Runs the CPAP OK but every time I take a breath in, the in...
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MEXICOWANDERER wrote:
Without delving into personal level issues, please post what you find with regard to blood O2 levels. :)
I think I can do that.
When I was first diagnosed around 1994 with a take home testing machine, I was told I was going as low as 65% at night with episodes of not breathing being as long as 90 seconds. These major events would wake me up.
Up until that point getting the insurance referrals, Dr's appts. etc. etc. seemed to be taking a long time and nobody really takes sleeping disorders very seriously. When the test results came back, I think I had the CPAP machine delivered the next day. I don't go anywhere for the night without it. If I can't figure out a way to use the machine - I don't go.........
I have had a couple machines that just didn't seem to be doing the job anymore. Took them into the supplier to have it tested. The techs did a dead-head pressure test and the pressure looked fine. I asked then to do a flow test and they give you a deer in the headlights look. They have no clue there should be 2 tests, pressure and volume. If the machine could not maintain pressure at the prescribed flow requirement there would be a problem when breathing.
After great arm twisting they agreed to replace the machine, and my problems got better. They never agreed the machine was bad.....
