Re: Marilyn, OT- sleep apnea again

[Guest guest]

At 10:19 AM 8/18/2009, you wrote:

If people need a mask how do

they travel?

What do you do when you go to a country with different voltage?

You need to take yours from home with a converter?

What a mess.

Well, the majority of xPAPs (xPAP is a generic term for CPAP, APAP and

BiPAP) come with multi-voltage power supplies, so all you need is the

proper plug converter. I haven't had occasion to do that type of

traveling with my machine. Yet.

I've taken two trips by car with my Bipap. I just pack everything up in

its carrying bag and stick it in the car and go. I grant you, it's a

nuisance, setting it up and taking it down every morning when doing an

overnight, but I'm getting used to it.

There are plenty of discussions about traveling by air with these

machines -- they don't usually count as part of your carry-on luggage.

TSA is usually familiar with them.

Most people who travel with xPAPs report what I would consider to be less

hassle than we SCDers have with getting legal food! And we SCDers are

expert at that, so I expect we'd be good at handling the xPAP hassles,

too!

—

Marilyn

New

Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

No Human Children

Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

[Guest guest]

jodah235 wrote:

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> Marilyn,

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> If people need a mask how do they travel?

> What do you do when you go to a country with different voltage?

> You need to take yours from home with a converter?

As Marilyn said, all you need is a plug converter. The machine handles the

different power types available. I've used mine in New Zealand.

They come in a carrying case that includes the machine and room for hose and

mask. I include some distilled water for the humidifier in my checked baggage.

The TSA screeners are very used to dealing with cpap machines and recognize the

cpap carrying case without needing to be prompted. They take them and do a

manual check.

Tom