thanks Dynnak, i went ahead and switched it. but now i am getting more leaks from my mask that i know of, and the mask is just not working. of course my dme billed my insurance for another mask already so i will have to wait having 2 liberty masks, one large and one small!! i am just soo frustrated ...

I don't know if i have the right mask setting on my machine, and i have leak rates of .44 ish most of the time. i just wondered which one i should have it set at. i am still having high hi numbers and so i plan on going to see my dme this week to figure out what is going on.......i am frustrated to ...

I am in my third month of cpap, and i feel like crap still. my ai's are real low, with my hi being anywhere from 35-45, with under .40 leak rate. this is at a pressure of 12 with epr at 2. why am i not getting it right? boy, i didn't use cpap for 3 nights straight and i crashed and burned today, cou...

Tears of sadness for your loss, our pets love us like no other, sounds like you treated each other well......

I have another question to my replyers---wouldn't the sleep study that I had show if I had a heart problem? My brother was diagnosed today with congestive heart failure himself...and I know he has sleep apnea but untreated. my friends have noticed i have had problems catching my breath after going u...

I am having a bad time lately. Last night was the worst. i told myself i would keep my mask on if it killed me, as i have been somehow taking it off during the night and not getting the sleep. Well, last night i woke up several times feeling like i was suffocating. I checked for kinks, that everythi...

thanks guys, i didn't know if that number was high, but if i want to get it down to under 4 then it must be! I can't get another machine, well, actually, maybe.....i seem to remember that my insurance is actually renting it for the first month or two....anyway, I am ggoing to go back to my dme to ge...

Ummm, i don't think my machine is an "auto". It is the elite SII cpap. I don't have the software, I am reading it off the screen every am. I can take the card it to have it printed out, but I had done that just before I switched masks, and he said to wait a month to do it again. maybe trying to save...

My hi is consistently in the mid to high 20's, with my ai being under 1, and my leak rate being .26 thereabouts. so what am I doing wrong? I am at a 12 pressure, with a ramp of 30 mintutes, and I use the liberty mirage mask. I am really happy with my machine, but i am still not feeling great or even...

Very interesting info everyone. I dont' move near as much when i do sleep. The past few nights my liberty elbow thing broke and i haven't made it through the night, but that's another story. Anyway, I have actually been walking the dog a little more, and I am a college student who usually takes the ...

I started cpap over 3 weeks ago, and guess what? I have gained almost 5 pounds to go with it!! I thought that it was supposed to hlep you lose weight and all that. This is an unacceptable effect, but I don't know if it would be from the cpap. I have lost 20 lbs in the last year, and so now I can tel...

[quote[/quote] Thanks for the info. I finally called the DME and they sort of were trying to find out if the mask was under warranty. I told them I could get a new mask every month anyway, and that this one said not for patient use, etc. She finally came back on and said they didn't have one but the...

I went to my DME to get a new mask, and he gave me a liberty full face, and it said stuff like "not for customer use" and "do not sell". so when i went back because i had a scvere leakage problem, i saw another liberty, and found that mine was nice and yellow even though i had had it for 1 week. soo...

Awwww, that is sooo cute!!! Ya gotta love the puppies though. Mine did pull my hose and machine to the floor and got a good scolding, so now I have to close my bedroom door whenever i leave the house. They make up for it with their unconditional love though, everyone needs a little of that....