Hello everyone - I've been a lurker for awhile, and due to some recent family issues and a few surgeries of my own I've put my CPAP journey on the back burner. Realizing I needed to get a good night's sleep especially with an upcoming surgery, I decided to get my machine picked up/set up. I'm having...

Well I finally found a mask I could use without choking...(I have to have the kind that fits over the nose and mouth). So, I've been given a "trial" machine to use for the next week to get used to sleeping with my mask. Once that's done I have another sleep study then I FINALLY get my own CPAP. So, ...

Thank you for the fast, informed answers. I feel 100% better knowing I'm not alone.

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Thank God, I found this site....

Hello Everyone I had a sleep study done last week, I haven't been to see my PCP yet (that appt is scheduled for Wed.). I'm well aware I have sleep apnea, at 2am the sleep tech came in and put me on the CPAP machine. I had a very hard time adjusting to it. The mask over my nose freaked me out, the st...