Breathing Easy
Mar. 28th, 2008 05:32 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
thebitterguySo, 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.
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.
