(04-24-2022, 06:27 AM)Sheepish Wrote: I'm still on the original DreamStation, recall notwithstanding, with the cellular module pulled. I don't use an ozone-type cleaner or use it in an especially humid environment, so I've chosen to continue using it because "upgrades" can too often turn out to be downgrades.
Am I alone? Should I start a poll?
I'm in the same boat. My DS1 bipap has never been cleaned, and in my genetic history no one has ever had cancer. I'm still using it, and without the modem. I've registered it with Respironics, but if they send me a DS2 I'll sell it online and put the cash in my pocket. I also have a Resmed bipap, but its an S9. I bought it out of pocket from Supplier #2 to use when I'm in the recliner, and for travel, and to have as a backup.
I got the DS1 a couple of years ago from my insurance for a $300 co-pay (Kaiser Permanente). Their local shop is run by a physician's assistant, who knows I use Apnea Board and that I do my own settings. He is fine with that and trusts me, no hassles. They know about OSCAR, although they aren't allowed to have it on their computers; even though they told me they had tried it and thought it was great. All I use them for is to get a new mask now and then.
When I got the DS1 from them they sold only Respironics, but when the recall hit they switched to a different supplier. I saw one of their machines once when they brought one for a couple of nights when I was in the hospital, even though I had brought my Resmed - new hospital policy not to let patients use their own machines. When their technician came in to set it up for me. It took five minutes to convince her to let me use my machine and override the hospital rule. It was not a Resmed or Respironics so I don't know what they sell now. They leave me alone and I leave them alone.