NateS wrote:
No - I have NOT given up on my AirFit F10 FFM. I will keep working on it until all issues are resolved, and I am confident they will all be eventually resolved if I stick with it, keep being very observant, and keep getting advice from fellow cpaptalkers.
But I need to switch back to my other setup with the Wisp from time to time to let my girlfriend catch up on her sleep and rest and sometimes me too.
In fact, I think there are other cpaptalkers who switch back and forth from time to time for various reasons.
Best wishes, Nate
Despite all my previous bravado and optimism, I am afraid I have to give up on the AirFit F10 and call it a day (or a night )
For the past week or so, I have been starting out every night with the AirFit F10+Remzzz but, as the leak alarm starts sounding off and wakes both of us up, and I can't find any adjustment that will stop the leak alarm for more than a few minutes before it goes off again over and over, I have to turn off the machine, take it off and switch to the Wisp+headband over my mouth. Here's a good example of what my charts have been looking like with the break in between to switch from the AirFit F10 to the Wisp:
It's very easy to see the big difference before and after the break caused when I switch masks.
In addition, the Remzzz excess, which has to stick out of the AirFit F10 mask when the instructions are followed to stretch it, result in the top of the Remzzz mercilessly tickling my eyelids no matter how I try to arrange those liners, which pretty much equals the annoyance with the Wisp of having the sweatband slip down from my mouth as the night wears on.
In addition, I went to the concept of a full face mask because I couldn't stop the mouth dryness and yet I get the same mouth dryness with the AirFit F10 as I got with the Wisp and other nasal masks. And for the latter, I recently discovered a solution, quite by accident. After messing around with all the goopy gels and gummy products, plus the lozenges which irritated my stomach, I found that if I just make the sucking motions I made with a lozenge, without anything in my mouth, within seconds my mouth re-moisterizes itself in the same way as it did with the lozenges! And of course this works with either mask.
So I guess it's goodbye to the AirFit F10, which I deliberately kept long past the return period because I was determined to master it. I have a family member who sounds like he'd be interested in my passing it along.
Best wishes, Nate
Central sleep apnea AHI 62.6 pre-VPAP. Now 0 to 1.3
Present Rx: EPAP: 8; IPAPlo:11; IPAPHi: 23; PSMin: 3; PSMax: 15
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