Drew - You sound like me when I started. Before getting on cpap I slept on my stomach and often with my mouth open. My initial tests were with a full face mask and I could not tolerate it. I tried the Mirage Swift Nasal pillow mask, which was much less claustrophobic to me. To wear this mask I start...

I agree with Snoozin - - when my nasal pillows are perfectly placed, I don't feel any air. I often move them to get some leakage so that I can confirm that the air is working.

When my DME rep came to deliver my machine etc. I noticed he had the wrong mask - - my Dr., at my request, had prescribed a swift pillows mask. The rep's first response was that a swift pillows mask could not have been ordered because it would not work with a pressure as high as mine, which is 12. I...

After reading a number of posts, I am curious about the difficulties some people have with setting the pressure on their machines. Is this something that is generally difficult to do correctly or is it just that many of the DME's will not leave the instruction books for the machines. Is it a perceiv...

[quote="Goofproof"]If you get the pro 2,C-flex with smart card you are ok for data, if you get the pro don't accept it.

Hi all. I am new to the forum and to the CPAP club in general. First, let me day that this forum has been very helpful answering a number of my questions. But I still have a few. I have a question regarding the "smart card." Exactly what does it monitor? It seems from some of the posts that folks re...