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Poll: Approximately, how many years have you been using CPAP?
This poll is closed.
Don't have a CPAP yet
1.45%
 1 1.45%
Less than 1 Year
17.39%
 12 17.39%
1-2 Years
17.39%
 12 17.39%
More than 2 but less than 5 years
28.99%
 20 28.99%
At least 5 years but less than 8 years
10.14%
 7 10.14%
At least 8 years but less than 10 years
2.90%
 2 2.90%
At least 10 years but less than 15 years
11.59%
 8 11.59%
At least 15 years but less than 20 years
7.25%
 5 7.25%
At least 20 years but less than 25 years
1.45%
 1 1.45%
25 years or more (please comment to tell us the exact number)
1.45%
 1 1.45%
Total 69 vote(s) 100%
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How LONG have you been on CPAP?
CPAPSC Offline

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Machine: Resmed Airsense 10 autoset
Mask Type: Full face mask
Mask Make & Model: resmed quattro fx
Humidifier: ResMed ClimateLine Air Heated
CPAP Pressure: Auto 8-10
CPAP Software: OSCAR myAir

Other Comments: epr 3

Sex: Male
Location: USA
#21
03-05-2019, 06:41 PM
RE: How LONG have you been on CPAP?
(02-26-2019, 10:37 PM)SuperSleeper Wrote: Okay, inquiring minds want to know... approximately how many years have you been on CPAP?

Please take the POLL and we'll see if we can find some folks around here to win distinct honor of being on CPAP for a VERY long period of time!

For this poll, please select the number of years that comes closest to the actual time you've been on CPAP.

If there have been substantial periods of time when you did not use your CPAP machine, please subtract those years or months from your total number of years.

Okay, I'll go first...

I've been on CPAP since 2004, so I currently have about 15 years of non-stop CPAP use under my belt.  I've never had even one night where I wasn't connected to my machine.

After you vote, feel free to comment below...

HOW ABOUT YOU??  Take the POLL and let's find out!

Eat-popcorn
It will be 5 years in two weeks. I just looked up my usage on my machine and i have logged 14,171 hours. It took me a couple of weeks to get adjusted to using my cpap. Now I don't want to sleep without it.
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Posts: 8,263
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Joined: May 2012

Machine: Resmed AirSense 10 AutoSet For Her
Mask Type: Full face mask
Mask Make & Model: Resmed f20
Humidifier: Resmed Integrated humidifier
CPAP Pressure: 11/14 CmH2O
CPAP Software: Not using software

Other Comments: I started CPAP in 2008. Totally blind since birth.

Sex: Female
Location: Missouri, USA
#22
03-05-2019, 09:39 PM
RE: How LONG have you been on CPAP?
I haven't missed a night since2008 when I started CPAP.
trish6hundred
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Posts: 6,897
Threads: 95
Joined: Feb 2012

Machine: ResMed A10 VAuto
Mask Type: Full face mask
Mask Make & Model: F&P Simplus
Humidifier: HumidAir and SlimLine Hose
CPAP Pressure: MaxI 13.6 | MinE 5.4 | PS 4.8
CPAP Software: OSCAR

Other Comments: Diagnosed 2011. Conquered aerophagia.

Sex: Male
Location: Houston, Texas
#23
Wink  03-05-2019, 11:21 PM
RE: How LONG have you been on CPAP?
I've been on CPAP since November 2011. That's almost 8 years!

Without it I wonder where I would have ended up after 8 years. Probably in an institution. Unsure
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Posts: 1,853
Threads: 142
Joined: Feb 2012

Machine: ResMed AirSense 10 Autoset
Mask Type: Nasal pillows
Mask Make & Model: ResMed AirFit P10
Humidifier: ResMed HumidAir
CPAP Pressure: 10 - 18
CPAP Software: SleepyHead

Other Comments: CPAP-ing since 1995; Type 2 Diabetes; Asthma; Gout; Klinefelter's Syndrome; Gilbert's Syndrome

Sex: Male
Location: Indianapolis Metro Area
#24
03-06-2019, 01:13 AM
RE: How LONG have you been on CPAP?
24 years of continuous use!  I have never slept a night without the CPAP since my first one was issued to me in the winter of 1995.  oldman
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