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by Wideeyed
Thu Aug 10, 2006 5:58 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Testing ComfortLite2 Mask
Replies: 4
Views: 4304

[quote="oldgearhead"]If you can't tape, you had better go to a full-face mask. The CL2. like all
nasal pillow masks, will either blow your mouth open or blow you up like a
blowfish.

by Wideeyed
Thu Aug 10, 2006 3:44 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Testing ComfortLite2 Mask
Replies: 4
Views: 4304

Testing ComfortLite2 Mask

Just an update on my status---called my DME looking for the Respironics strap someone had recommended to modify a Breeze headgear to eliminate mouth leaks. (Had already tried 2 different chin straps to no avail!). He brought me a complete kit (ComfortLite2 headgear w/pillows & nasal covers). Last ni...
by Wideeyed
Mon Aug 07, 2006 6:43 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: memory foam pillows?
Replies: 7
Views: 2694

Re: Papillow

bdp, I also use a papillow and find that sleeping face down, with my chin firmly planted on the lower "arm" keeps my mouth closed nicely and my mask is still well positioned into the curve. To position this way, I push the lower "arm" up slightly as I bury my chin on it. Can anyone provide some inf...
by Wideeyed
Sat Aug 05, 2006 2:58 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: NoseBreathe Appliance
Replies: 9
Views: 3026

NoseBreathe Appliance

Wideeyed, have you been taping over your entire mouth, or just putting one strip of tape on? If just one strip, how long a strip, and where have you been placing it? Horizontally? Vertically? If you've been taping completely over your mouth, has a corner or edge of the tape been working loose, lett...
by Wideeyed
Fri Aug 04, 2006 8:42 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: NoseBreathe Appliance
Replies: 9
Views: 3026

NoseBreathe Appliance

Can anyone give me pros & cons of using above referenced device? Am new user desperately trying to overcome air coming out lips---even when mouth taped! Thanks in advance---new CPAP user since July 11, 2006.