Just got over a cold myself. First, I have a TOTAL FACE mask in the drawer for such occasions when mouth-breathing is a must. Afrin nasal spray will open those nasal passages immediately... just be careful to stop using it as soon as possible because it is highly addictive.

jim, thank you so much for your support. have you always used the nose pillow type mask? cheers david While I have never turned my machine off in the middle of the night as you say you do ( I FORCED myself to keep it on all night), I have been through many, many, many different masks. I started wit...

Hang in there. Most of us had a hard time getting used to this "new way of sleeping." Strange sounds, trying to exhale against a hurricane and tugging on hoses every time your head turns can be maddening. Rest assured, that "magic night" - the night you sleep all the way through - WILL come. I've be...

Perhaps I have accidentally changed a setting, but I sure can't find it. For eight months, when I put my SIM card back in (after a trip to the computer for downloading to sleepyhead), my ResMed AutoSet S9 would show "Reading Card". Now, suddenly, every time I put the card in, a screen comes up askin...

If you're waking with a dry mouth you can bet that at some point during the night your mouth opened (even if just a bit). For me, it tends to happen during dream state. Take a look at your numbers in Sleepyhead. If the leaks aren't horrible or if the mouth-leaking sessions are short and your AHI is ...

bump!

When I first began with cpap, I had a virtual brick (ResMed S9 Escape Auto). About 17 days into it, I convinced my DME to take that back and give me an S9 AutoSet. I downloaded Sleepyhead my very first day with cpap. To make a long story somewhat shorter, NOW when I look back over my Sleepyhead data...

Happy birthday chunky frog...today is MY birthday, too. (All the great people are born on June 2)

Ok...solved the mystery. The smell was coming from the ResMed "heated hose." I reached around the back of the unit...twisted the hose so the machine reverted to just providing levels of humidification and NOT heating the hose. *poof* the smell went away. A few days later, I turned the hose back on a...

I had the exact same problem with the pressure sore on the bridge of my nose. There is now a permanent scar there. Interestingly, it was the Mirage Quattro that did it to me as well. I tried moleskin, I tried the Gecko gel strip, I tried bandages, the problem just kept getting worse. In the end, the...

The graph has a timeline...I just note the time and make it a part of my narrative. For example, I might note "the two events between 10 and 10:15 can be ignored as I was wide awake."

Ncgncg, If I must poke holes in my skin or head to use a mask then that is one mask I will NEVER buy!!!

I have had success with the FitLife TOTAL FACE mask. It rings your entire face and makes no contact with the bridge of your nose.
At only 10 cm/h20 the total face mask can fill a little "smothery," but it is an alternative.

You will most likely NEVER have a zero. It just doesn't happen...not even for those who don't suffer with apnea. The general rule is, if your AHI is 5 or below, your therapy is working. If you awaken to taking a deep breath (as if you've been holding your breath) you've probably had an apnea event a...

NOTHING helped the bridge of my poor nose. I tried bandages, Gecko pads, moleskin and more. Before the first week was out I had an open pressure sore that ultimately took 2.5 weeks to heal. ( Pressure sores can be serious problems.) Ultimately, I discovered nasal pillows and once I learned to not op...