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by ChainSaw
Fri Aug 08, 2008 10:38 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Want larger mask-wider
Replies: 4
Views: 922

Want larger mask-wider

I started CPAP two years ago with a ResMed Ultra Mirage mask. I needed something to go under my chin so switched to Fisher and Paykel Flexifit 431. I'm reasonably happy with it, but I want something larger, and wider. This thing interferes with the way I like to wear my mustache. Someone from Nation...
by ChainSaw
Tue Mar 20, 2007 9:28 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Humidifier
Replies: 7
Views: 1566

Thanks for all the feedback. Actually I live in New Mexico at 7200 feet. I've always needed to sleep where it is cool. I can control my bedroom temperature by leaving the door ajar. The rest of the house is heated.
I'm calling my doctor this morning.
by ChainSaw
Mon Mar 19, 2007 11:43 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Humidifier
Replies: 7
Views: 1566

Humidifier

Am I the only one using CPAP that has no humidifier? My doctor, also a CPAP user didn't prescribe it. I thing i am not having problems but wonder if a humidifier adds to the comfort of the treatment. I might add that I sleep in a room that sometimes is below freezing. I kind of dread my first summer...
by ChainSaw
Wed Mar 14, 2007 11:11 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Apneapedia?
Replies: 8
Views: 1618

This site has been invaluable to me. I am a newcomer and most of the posters seem to be. I suspect that when I have had all my questions answered I won't come here as often. The basic questions and the answers posted by those it the know will be pretty much the same and essential to those just getti...
by ChainSaw
Tue Mar 13, 2007 12:54 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Prednisone
Replies: 19
Views: 6155

Thanks Pat.
by ChainSaw
Tue Mar 13, 2007 12:50 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: About Full Face Masks
Replies: 12
Views: 2460

I am only into my Fisher 431 for 5 days (after 3 months in the ResMed Ultra Mirage) but I am sold. With the old mask it seemed that I slept only until I woke, then the noise of escaping air would not let me go back to sleep. The 431 has a better seal and tho I am a bed thrasher I wake up and lay the...
by ChainSaw
Mon Mar 12, 2007 12:51 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Prednisone
Replies: 19
Views: 6155

I will not knock prednisone for its benefit physically, however, I found that I said things that made perfect sense to me, at the time, and didn't seem inflammatory at all. These same things were very unsettling to my ex-wife. Yes she divorced me. I said things like, 'I really don't know if I love y...
by ChainSaw
Fri Mar 09, 2007 11:01 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: problems getting seal with activa and breeze is uncomfortabl
Replies: 12
Views: 2909

I just changed from ResMed FF mask to a Fisher 431. It doesn't go up as high on my nose, so any leakage won't blow on my eyes. It also covers my chin and goes under my chin so I won't need a chin strap.
I've only had it two nights and am already singing its praises.

by ChainSaw
Wed Mar 07, 2007 12:23 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Trouble with leakage around eyes
Replies: 4
Views: 1103

Trouble with leakage around eyes

I have been using CPAP for three months. I use a Ultra Mirage Full Face Mask by ResMed. My problem is the slight leakage (usually toward morning) close to my eyes.
Are there masks that cover both nose and mouth but fit lower so as not to leak on the eyes?