Went to see the ENT yesterday and he said that he felt I did not need the surgery to clear my throat and nose. He did say however that I had a lot of congestion which I really wasn't aware of. He then proceeded to spray something in my nose and VOILA I could breathe. The air comming in my nose was a...

are you sure those air leaks into your eyes aren't just the natural "exhale" from the air vents? sometimes when i go to sleep, air from those guys goes into my eyes, but that's not a leak. Yes I am sure of that. I am aware of the air vent that is on top of it but these leaks come from around the si...

go to cpap.com and take a look at the Hans Rudolph full face mask. I just ordered it, I let you know how I make out .I should have by tommorow . I currently use a Ultra mirage ff mask and am fairly satisfied with it . I ordered the Hans Rudolph as an alternate. I have looked at it before, actually ...

use ayr gel in your nostrils and use a breathe-rite strip on your nose. for me, sometimes that works, sometimes it works, only to have my nose get clogged up again after a couple of hours. (i have a deviated septum, so for you, this may work better than it does for me.) I too have a deviated septum...

I also keep coming back to my UMFF. It seems to be the lesser of the problems. In ref to your VPAP III I hope you can tolerate a loud machine, I just gave mine up a week ago because I thought it sounded like a cracked out hoover vac. I got my Respironics Remstar last week and I have to break the sea...

You are not the only one. I have had Resmed machines like yours and now the Remstar and I don't have a clue either. I am not sure if everyone has the software or if there is a way to translate what is one the machines screen. If you find out I would love to know.

Hello, Well I think I have the right machine for me now, the Remstar APAP w/C-Flex seems to be a very comfortable machine for me. Now I am still having difficulty with a leaking mask. I think that is causing me to still snore because in my theory the APAP can't adjust properly with the leaks I am ha...

But, I really didn't like the ramp feature of my F&P since it felt like I wasn't getting enough air when I started every evening.So, I switched it off and went straight to the full 10cm pressure. Will I experience the same thing with the S8 Auto-set which is set to 6-14 cmH20, when it first "settle...

While your titrated pressure may be as high as 18, you may not stay there but only a few minutes a night, wouldn't surprise me if the machine rarely needed to travel back up to that 18cm . I agree, that is probably why I am sleeping better on the APAP's. I hope it continues to work well for me. Now...

4 is probably the default setting for an APAP. I am glad someone else had to raise the pressure to feel like they could breathe normal. Caroline, I feel like I stated the pressures of my machines incorrectly. I have had four machines and here is a list of how they were: Resmed s8 Elite: 10 Respironi...

You might drive yourself crazy by assuming that one night is gonna be the way it will continue and changing your cpap behavior because of that. Also, you seem to be doing a lot of radical pressure changing. I'm not sure that's such a good thing. I saw your post and the one above it about my pressur...

I tried the nasal mask again today and I am not so sure that the slipping was my problem now. After laying awake (intentionally) with the machine on for about 10 minutes I noticed it becoming increasingly difficult to breathe. I had not moved so therefore the mask had not either. I think my air pass...

Well in the past 2 months I have been compliant. I have been screwed out of sleep by CPAP, wasted endless money in gas and copays seeing doctors, picking up and dropping off machines and parts. Waking up way more than I ever did before. Now I can't qualify for life insurance. CPAP is affecting my jo...

Wulfman wrote:If you're sleeping well with the UMFF, why switch?

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I am switching because at the higher pressures the UMFF is leaking bad. I can reach up to 20 on nights I am really tired. I was told by the sleep lab that a nasal is less likely to leak at those pressures.

Well I tried to use the new machine the first night with the new Nasal mask I have. Well they set my minimum pressure to 4. I quickly found out that 4 isn't even adequate air for me to breathe. I felt like I was suffocating. I switched back to my UMFF mask and slept well. The UMFF mask leaked still ...