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by xenablue
Tue Jun 11, 2013 8:48 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Can't find suitable mask
Replies: 20
Views: 2743

Re: Can't find suitable mask

Initially I had a problem with my mouth falling open during sleep, but it's so worth using a chinstrap to have the freedom of nasal pillows. I don't like ANYTHING covering my face - not even bedclothes, so getting used to a mask was a biggie for me. It took me 18 months to wean myself off the chinst...
by xenablue
Tue Jun 04, 2013 7:52 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Important Message for our forum owner...
Replies: 27
Views: 3032

Re: Important Message for our forum owner...

Ok, I'm a day late... but
HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOHNNY!!!

This is by far the best CPAP forum EVER and coming here saved my life and my sanity without a doubt.

Thank you!

Cheers,
xena
by xenablue
Thu May 30, 2013 8:54 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: My Zeo site is gone.
Replies: 16
Views: 2968

Re: My Zeo site is gone.

This is very disappointing that Zeo just disappeared of the face of the earth. The software to show the data is a huge issue, but I also thought about replacement sensors/headbands. I found a site where you can make your own - cheap - if anyone's interested. At least you will still be able to use yo...
by xenablue
Tue May 07, 2013 5:52 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Anyone having trouble getting into 'myzeo.com'?
Replies: 16
Views: 3827

Re: Anyone having trouble getting into 'myzeo.com'?

I just tried to access myzeo on my laptop and it wouldn't accept my pw. I even tried clicking that I lost my password and got the same response. Not happy about this at all. I'm going to my neurologist on Thursday and she wants to see what the Zeo can show her about my sleep quality.. GRRRRRR xena
by xenablue
Tue May 07, 2013 5:47 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: infosmart users please help
Replies: 9
Views: 1098

Re: infosmart users please help

Same here mgaggie. I have an Icon, and the software but it's a bear to try and use. I didn't think SH was ready for the Icon as yet - unless I missed something recently because I haven't been around much.

Cheers,
xena
by xenablue
Fri Apr 12, 2013 11:52 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: moisture in mouth
Replies: 11
Views: 1300

Re: moisture in mouth

Are you sure your mouth isn't just falling open during sleep? I have this happen occasionally and I'm getting plenty of humidity.

cheers,
xena
by xenablue
Fri Apr 12, 2013 11:50 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Greetings
Replies: -1
Views: 34

Re: Greetings

Hi and welcome! Firstly, to your last comment - it doesn't matter what the heck your respiratory therapist "doesn't really want you to do" - if a full face mask (FFM) is what works better for you than any other type of mask, then that's the one you should use. You'll find rather quickly here, that w...
by xenablue
Fri Apr 05, 2013 8:55 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Okay, so tell the truth...
Replies: 42
Views: 5037

Re: Okay, so tell the truth...

I wipe my machine over every week with a damp cloth. Wash my mask and hose monthly (unless I'm sick, which I haven't been for many years). The hoses take forever to dry, so I have back ups, use a new one after washing and hang the washed one on a hook behind the door in a spare bedroom. Made the mis...
by xenablue
Fri Apr 05, 2013 8:44 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Pretty in Pink - My new machine almost a reality.
Replies: 7
Views: 746

Re: Pretty in Pink - My new machine almost a reality.

I have Van Gogh's Starry Night on my machine - LOVE IT!

I don't put any of my CPAP stuff in the dishwasher to get food flung all over it and coming from several generations of a water-shorted family, I refuse to run the dishwasher anything less than full.

Cheers,
xena
by xenablue
Wed Apr 03, 2013 2:40 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: How Many Of Us Actually LIKE PAP ?
Replies: 65
Views: 4636

Re: How Many Of Us Actually LIKE PAP ?

I'm thinkinglike many other responders. I HATE going to bed every night with a mask strapped to my face, tethered to a machine. I HATE that it often wakes me up because I've turned over and the tubing is pulling on my mask, or dislodged the pillows etc. etc. I LOVE that there is a good amount of air...
by xenablue
Sun Mar 31, 2013 1:30 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: THE GREAT PILLOW EXCHANGE
Replies: 1624
Views: 768830

Re: THE GREAT PILLOW EXCHANGE

I have several nasal pillows for Swift FX - 3 SMALL and 2 EXTRA SMALL. The pillows have never been used, but have been stored in the original little zip-close bags in a plastic tote for about a year. They are all still very white, and we have no pets and don't smoke. I would like to exchange these f...
by xenablue
Wed Mar 20, 2013 2:25 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Mouth Coming Open Question
Replies: 16
Views: 1635

Re: Mouth Coming Open Question

I WAS a mouth breather pre-XPAP due to sinus issues. I now happily use a nasal pillow mask after weaning myself off a chinstrap (this took over a year), but I LOVE LOVE LOVE not having something clamped across my sinuses. This was counter-productive in the strap across my forehead and the pressure o...
by xenablue
Wed Mar 13, 2013 2:51 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Is it OK to offer extra equipment here?
Replies: 27
Views: 2475

Re: Is it OK to offer extra equipment here?

kaiasgram wrote:Can we guess which board you got kicked off of?
LOL
by xenablue
Thu Mar 07, 2013 4:22 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Aliases
Replies: 132
Views: 8097

Re: Aliases

It's none of anyone's business what my identity is on the internet - my employers know I have OSA and other illnesses so that's not an issue - it's a privacy issue. If people don't like my anonymity on the forums I belong to, then that's their tough luck. I come here to learn, share what I've learne...
by xenablue
Tue Mar 05, 2013 9:26 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: alternating masks
Replies: 15
Views: 2355

Re: alternating masks

I alternate between masks - currently I swap out Swift FX, Swift LT, Aloha, Opus 360. The Opus 360 is my least fav, the Aloha my most fav with the Swifts in the middle. Why? Because I can... because, like wearing the same clothes, I like to change it up... because using the same nasal pillows contin...