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CPAP (Phillips recall) and Cancer

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@snowie

@johnra Hello, I have used the Dreamstation for about 3 yrs and have a small one for travel. Just found out about this issue tonight when I saw a post on Facebook. Upset that my Dr did not contact me. Have not received a notice from Philips either. Thank you for starting this thread btw. @emyliander in December of 2019, my ENT found a very enlarged Thyroid nodule, looked very bad. Went to MD Anderson and had biopsy done and it was non cancerous. I had another biopsy done this past April, and again non cancerous. It is very concerning. I am glad I found this thread. Thanks again @johnra

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Hi @snowie, Welcome to Connect. I also have had a Dreamstation CPAP and a Dreamstation Go CPAP machine for a couple of years. I think this came out very quickly and there are over 3.5 million CPAP and BiPAP users affected in the United States which is the only country currently affected by the recall. My Mayo doctors were not aware either and the doctors are really not your primary point of contact for a CPAP machine unless they are the ones that sold it to you. I think patients reporting the recall to them raised the awareness and now I have received several letters about the recall from Mayo Clinic since I purchased my original Dreamstation from the Mayo Clinic Store. I registered both of my CPAPs with the Philip's recall site and have not heard back from Philips other than they acknowledged that I registered the devices for the recall. Now waiting to see what their repair/replace action plan will be.

I already went out and purchased a ResMed AirMini CPAP which I like much better than my Dreamstation Go. I did have to buy a hose adapter so that I could use a standard CPAP hose and any mask I wanted vs what it says you can use.

Happy to hear the nodules were non cancerous. Did you register your device for the recall? Here's the link in case you haven't registered yet - https://www.usa.philips.com/healthcare/e/sleep/communications/src-update