Oh Sharon, do I know how you feel! I have been a Cpap user for almost 2 yrs now. The first six months were hell. I am a mouth breather, so they recommended a full face mask for me... my claustrophobia had me yanking it off in panic every night. Long story short between my DME and my taking matters i...

in the frustration and aggravation? Oh how that is often the case, Ive learned. Wished Id found this place sooner. LOL. Lucky for you, you have and you have all of us to sympathize with! Believe it or not, the nostril soreness will go away. I didnt think it would, but it did. Which lubricants have y...

Oh how I feel your pain. At least you are understand why you are panicking. I on the other hand, had a duh moment. It took nearly three weeks of waking up in the middle of night and tossing the mask (the various incarnation of it.. I went through 4 before finding something I could work with) of in c...

Just another suggestion: if it is contact irritation Ive found that KY liquid works quite well (waits for the guffaws to settle) I actually found the suggestion on another site when I was researching switching to a nasal pillow system since any type of face mask and me were NOT agreeing (my masks en...