The Crane Facemask is not as uncomfortable as it looks. Only wear it during the day and stick with the dental device or machine at night until an Xray shows measurable opening of airway. Losing weight also helps greatly. Hopefully it will get a bunch of us away from the doctors, the insurance compan...

The oral appliance is very effective (add the nasal strip) but let your sleep study doctor/dentist help with the decision

Google "crane facemask". This may be a way to move your jaws forward to open the airway without surgery and without causing any occlusion problems

An new alternative that may get you off the machine. It looks a bit cumbersome, (google "Crane Facemask" but it looks like all you need is a dental impression of your upper jaw and the Crane device (and better yet--likely no braces or surgery )

And no, I have nothing to do with the Company

For many its insurance paid

After 3 years with the machine I took the next step. It's not the easiest thing to do adult orthodontics, but it seems to work. What they do is expand your jaw width which draws the jaw forward and then use braces like the kids wear, to draw the jaw out further, opening the airway, and also fix the ...

I just gave up the ghost on my initial quattro cushion after 29 months, and had to buy a new one. I'm guessing if you change your cushion or hose more frequently than every 12-18 months, you've overdoing the deal and making supplies more expensive for those who self-pay. The dental device works fine...

I got tired just reading that first post. I prefer the easy way--Do what the physician says "Put it on at night and take it off in the morning" and I'll see you next July

I tried it, but that damn black knob hurt my throat

I broke a part on my mask and I noticed the auction site has very few offerings of any type?? Is it closing down?

No, they just work their butts off in high school, college and medical scool, and run up $100,000+ in student debt, just to be morons, don tey?

I did go for the dental device to use while I'm on the road. I wear both the device and mask while home just to let my mouth and jaw get used to it. I find that wearing the device alters the profile of my chin a bit, so I've had to adjust the headgear straps for the resultant leaking. When I take th...

Hi, I am a new CPAP user myself and (with the exception of a mask rash and some issues with head colds) I have had a remarkably smooth transition to nightly CPAP use. My 72 year old father in law, on the other hand, was diagnosed with OSA many years back, prescribed a CPAP machine and has never rea...

silver123 wrote:Talk to him about it clearly or with support from HR if needed.

You must be kidding?? Whining to HR?, and no doubt the lawyer is next?? and then whining to mommy??
This world is falling off a cliff

I am by no means a skinny or slim person. In fact I am overweight and I am the first to admit it but I really don't find it fair for others to judge someone diagnosed with sleep apnea and say that you wouldn't have that problem if you would lose weight. Well, that is what my boss has told me, on se...