Hi Echo, Hook ear is one of the various nick names that I went by in college. In one of my groups there was three guys with the name Matt..so the group gave us nicknames (like many nicknames, this one came after a night of general debauchery). I was HookEar because of my somewhat distinctive earring...

Hey everyone, my DME was kind enough to drop by yesterday after I complained about leaks and discomfort with my flexi fit 405. I told him I was interested in trying a nasal interface set up as opposed to a mask. My mask was making me crazy with the leaking, the pressure on my upper lip and other var...

Hey Folks, The last couple of weeks have been hellish for me. After having bad mouth leaking (which my pulmonary doc says isn't really an issue) I tried taping my mouth with surgical tape. It worked, but compliance with CPAP was even less then without the tape. The last week or two I havent even bee...

Hey Folks, I've gotten some good advice here in the past so I'm hoping to get some more. I've been using CPAP for roughly a month or so now with I would say average success. For the most part I can get through most of the night with my Flexi fit nasal mask. Typically I take it off around 5 AM or so ...

Hey All, So for the last few nights I seem to be having a problem with my Flexi fit leaking air all over the place. I spend a good 15-20 min prior to going to be futzing with it to get it to stop leaking, but all that ends up happening is I make the mask to tight. I've only been on cpap for a week a...

Ugh...Last night was terrible. I think I was having one of those nights where the mask just refused to cooperate with me. It was leaking, slipping, to tight, to loose, to low and covering my upper lip, to high and the film on the Flexi fit was irritating my nose...and t his combined with a great dan...

Good Morning everyone...I hope and suspect everyone is well rested from thier nights sleep on CPAP. My apologies for not replying on an individual basis..but the advice has been great. I've been on the CPAP for a full week now and while I'm not exactly feeling any bettter, at least I'm not feeling a...

Hello Everyone, I've been lurking the boards for the last few days and thought I'd finally introduce myself. I'm 29 years old, 30 pounds overweight with ashma (and a smoker to boot..I never said i was wise) open minded, sarcastic and cynical but very friendly, pierced, soon to be tattooed, and was d...