george40,This is what I have done so far.Lower the cycler so it is now lower than mattress. It is somewhat working but not for the entire 4 cycles. So, I still have to stand up to do remaining drain in cycle 2 and 3. Actually, cycler sounds alaram when it was about 1600CC drained which is about 300CC away from the full drain.interesting that you said the 'new' cycler seems to have problem. I started with a cycler with no alarm problem. This alarm problem comes when they have to replace my old one (it was totally dead in the middle of the night on Sat. They have torush ship a new unit to me by Sat night around 11pm. A person actually deliver the unit to my house at 11 pm. Talking about total commitment from Baxer. I am very impressed.) Perhaps this new unit is causing problem.My wife thought that my cath may not be in right position since I may lifti some heavy objects that 'relocate' the cath position. (I don't think I did any heavy lifting more than 20 lbs after surgery)I am seeing the nurse tomorrow and bring up the alarm issue. Thanks for the info on new cycler issue; I will call Baxer up and see if they can ship me a new one to replace the current one.will keep you all posted.
Quote from: theone on January 22, 2009, 05:54:02 PMgeorge40,This is what I have done so far.Lower the cycler so it is now lower than mattress. It is somewhat working but not for the entire 4 cycles. So, I still have to stand up to do remaining drain in cycle 2 and 3. Actually, cycler sounds alaram when it was about 1600CC drained which is about 300CC away from the full drain.interesting that you said the 'new' cycler seems to have problem. I started with a cycler with no alarm problem. This alarm problem comes when they have to replace my old one (it was totally dead in the middle of the night on Sat. They have torush ship a new unit to me by Sat night around 11pm. A person actually deliver the unit to my house at 11 pm. Talking about total commitment from Baxer. I am very impressed.) Perhaps this new unit is causing problem.My wife thought that my cath may not be in right position since I may lifti some heavy objects that 'relocate' the cath position. (I don't think I did any heavy lifting more than 20 lbs after surgery)I am seeing the nurse tomorrow and bring up the alarm issue. Thanks for the info on new cycler issue; I will call Baxer up and see if they can ship me a new one to replace the current one.will keep you all posted.I am very happy to report that the low drain alarm seems to be going away. I had kinetics test done with 2.5% solution and that actually helps the draining caused the initial drain is much better after I had the kinetics done.And also, I have my cycler set at 85% tidal and that seems to fix the problem. My Avg Dw is 1:35 and lost DW is 0:10 for an 8 hours therapy with 4 cycles.The cycler actually is sitting higher than my bed and that doesn't seem to be the problem; it is working fine now. I am a happy camper.
IIRC Baxter Tech Support told me to leave the machine ON at the end of my run. That the machine actually only charges the battery while it is turned ON.The battery is only to preserve memory during a power outage with a MAXIMUM memory of only 4 hours. Note that Maximum number may not be anything near what you actually get depending on battery condition.There is no way to check battery state of charge.