Breathing Easy

[thebitterguy]

So, Wednesday night I picked up my new CPAP machine, an S8 Elite from ResMed with the Mirage Swift nasal pillows system.







It's a wonderful device, although it looks like a piece of bedside art for a suburban technofetishist.

The appointment followd my first month with a loaner system, an older Fisher & Paykel model. It's odd upgrading the machine, because the differences are rather breathtaking.

The machine, for example, turns on automatically when I put on the mask. This is a pretty neat feature, especially since my other model required me to turn it on using a rather clumsy switch that was carefully concealed under a plastic cover. The new model also relaxes on the exhale to make it easier to breathe, which is a really good feature to have on one of these.

So, yes. Now I just wait to get my rebate back from my insurance company for the portion I paid (the government covers a large portion of it) and then do something with that money. Possibly pay my Credit Card.

I am going to Ad Astra tonight. Have a panel on Avatar today and one on Buffy Season 8 tomorrow.

Comments

[momentrabbit.livejournal.com]

Oooh, shiny. Sounds like a BiPAP. Does it have a larger humidifier water reservoir as well, compared to the FP model?

[thebitterguy]

It isn't listed as one of their BiPAP machines. The reservoir is about the same size.

When I got it, the nurse told me that he'd been to a conference where they said that the technology was about as far as it could go, and they were working on medication now.