Re: [BULK] Re: BiPap or VPAP ?

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Thanks for the link a.

laurie

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> Reply-To:

> Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2004 08:03:49 -0500

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> Subject: [bULK] Re: BiPap or VPAP ?

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> Laurie,

> I found the papers this morning. I have the Nasal-Aire II

> C.P.A.P. interface by InnoMed. The guy doing my sleep study said that

> not many people use this or even know about it. It is by prescription

> only.

> Here is a link if anyone is interested: www.innomedinc.com

> Smiles,

> a

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> On Fri, 09 Apr 2004 07:43:04 -0400 Laureta Fitzgerald

> lfitzger@...> writes:

> a

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> Are you trying to think of nasal pillows? Seems like a weird name.

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> laurie

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>> Reply-To:

>> Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2004 21:24:58 -0500

>> To:

>> Subject: Re: BiPap or VPAP ?

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>> Bug,

>> I was not really given a choice, my pulmonologist told me I was

>> getting a bi-pap machine. I didn't really use it the first year, as I

>> felt it wasn't doing anything. Now, it is really hard to go without

> it.

>> I actually feel rested when I wake up in the morning if I manage to

> keep

>> it on most of the night! :-) I don't know much about the VPAP

> machines.

>> I used a soft gel mask for many years. It was good, but my face droops

> a

>> lot and it seems to droop in different places each night! So, I was

>> leaking a lot of air. At my last sleep study, they tried a different

>> contraption, the Nasal Air . . . (Something, I can't remember the name

> at

>> this time, but will look it up). This is a tube sort of like the

> oxygen

>> tube, but fits in your nostrils and is soft. There is a soft tubing

> that

>> goes around your ears, with a headband to help keep it in place and a

>> strap for the back, to tighten the tubing if necessary. I have had

> good

>> luck with this, as I have not had the leakage of air that I was having

>> and I can actually keep it on longer during the night. (I used to take

>> the mask off without knowing it). Sorry I couldn't be more help. Good

>> luck.

>>

>> Smiles,

>> a

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>> On Thu, 08 Apr 2004 02:29:08 -0000 " venomvw " umhkyfan@...>

>> writes:

>> I'm getting ready to purchase either a BiPap or VPAP machine since

>> insurance won't pay for it I guess I'll have to find a way.

>> Recently there was a MDA chat about ventilation and I can't remember

>> which type of machine the experts recommended...the transcripts

>> aren't up yet. Can anyone help me ? Is there a brand or supplier

>> that one of you can recommend that won't kill me financially ? Also

>> do you have a mask that you prefer ?

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>> thanks !

>> bug

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