Severe ulcer from the mask in spite of daily soap, alcohol and hydrogen peroxide cleaning. Had to have it burned off with LN2. Almost two years now and still not totally healed. Pillow is infinitely better so far.

Both of these were horrific. Very painful swallowing for a month with the uvula. The deviated septum was worse. Pulling the plugs was really nasty. I now have 24/7 mucous secretions. Enough to cause burning in esophagus and stomach irritation. Anti-histamines useless. Anyone had this problem? Cat sc...

My Remstar Plus was programmed by the local vendor. The person providing instructions said the only way to change settings was by doctor's orders. I received no literature with the unit. Is this thing programmable?

Wulfman, Looks like it. Two ENT's say the same thing. cpap helps some but congestion is still bad. Drugs, inclined sleep position, walking around for a while, help also but are not good fixes. Now that I think about it, I forgot to ask if the surgery fixes the breathing cessation thing. Avgeo

Thanks for the responses folks. I have noticed that my wake up, wander the house, try to do something useful episodes are diminishing. CPAP and now really good news that I need throat and nasal surgeries.
I think maybe someone did some rotten things, using my name, and this is payback time!

Sleep study results:Severe obstructive sleep apnea. Three weeks now on cpap. Iamb working through all of the problems I see on this forum. Up to 6 hours now. This has to result in something good ( besides just living longer!). Generally what are those good things and when do folks start to notice th...