Portable/travel CPAP?

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Not suitable (so the Dr says) for severe OSA.

Depends on what the Dr. means or understands.

Can Oral Appliance Therapy be used to treat severe OSA? Yes
Is it the FIRST option? No. CPAP is.
Have I successfully treated severe OSA with this therapy? Yes
Have others successfully treated severe OSA with this therapy? Yes

Most MDs have very, very little training or experience in treating OSA. Sorry to all the docs on the board out there.
Most DDSs have even less training in it.

What they sometimes forget is that SOME treatment is better than NO treatment.
If someone IS NOT going to wear a CPAP, then what options do you have?

As an aside, in order to achieve Diplomate status, I had to submit cases documenting successful treatment of severe OSA.

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Depends on what the Dr. means or understands.

Can Oral Appliance Therapy be used to treat severe OSA? Yes
Is it the FIRST option? No. CPAP is.
Have I successfully treated severe OSA with this therapy? Yes
Have others successfully treated severe OSA with this therapy? Yes

Most MDs have very, very little training or experience in treating OSA. Sorry to all the docs on the board out there.
Most DDSs have even less training in it.

What they sometimes forget is that SOME treatment is better than NO treatment.

As an aside, in order to achieve Diplomate status, I had to submit cases documenting successful treatment of severe OSA.

Dave

Good to know.

My doc is at OHI and is Board Certified in Sleep Medicine. I'll ask him about it next time I'm there.
 

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I was looking at the compact CPAP machine that has an additional battery the size of a pack of cigarettes and the reviews said the machine was too noisy. The CPAP machine is a lot of trouble, distilled water, packing on trips etc. One time we started out on a trip and I forgot the thing.
 

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So I got one of those HDM Z1s. It is not as quiet as my Dreamstation (pretty much whisper quiet.) Once I used it for a couple of days it was less noticeable. It has a little whine when it runs, but again, once I was used to the new sound, I dozed right off. There is only one filter and no humidificaiton, but that doesn't bother me as I run my other one dry so I have less worry about water/cleanup/etc. (When I tried using the humidifier on it I woke up thinking I was drowning, running dry is less burdensome and doesn't bother me..)

I am not sure that once you pack up your mask/tubing that it would really save that much room... Although I am intrigued as to taking it camping and see if I can run it off a little battery pack. (I did not buy their $300 battery pack.)
 

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