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by Xcat9
Fri Feb 04, 2011 1:11 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: do new masks need to be broken in?
Replies: 6
Views: 1595

Re: do new masks need to be broken in?

I guess I fall on the other side - I do think there is a bit of break in. I found with new ones - sometimes I would have to switch off masks during the night until I got used to it.

But that might just be me
by Xcat9
Sat Jan 16, 2010 11:30 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Please tell me it will get better...please?
Replies: 25
Views: 4834

Re: Please tell me it will get better...please?

So far (6 nights) I've had one brilliant night once I got the mask seated right. I've been tweaking the humidifier settings each night since to get that right. Last night I felt like I was drowning - bit too much humidity I guess. So my routine has been to go to bed with it on 10pm'ish, I make it to...
by Xcat9
Thu Jan 14, 2010 8:56 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Please tell me it will get better...please?
Replies: 25
Views: 4834

Re: Please tell me it will get better...please?

Doing better now...I switched last night to the small nasal pillow (vs. the extra small the tech said to use) and I slept the whole night with the mask on! 1/14am Made it through the whole night - switched to the small - fit so much better. leak .10L/s AHI 3.1 AI 0.3 HI 2.8 usage 7.41 hrs! Thank you...
by Xcat9
Mon Jan 11, 2010 8:17 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Please tell me it will get better...please?
Replies: 25
Views: 4834

Re: Please tell me it will get better...please?

I can't tell you all how much really appreciate this.

Thank you. Fingers crossed tonight will be better, and if not there's always tomorrow night!
by Xcat9
Mon Jan 11, 2010 2:01 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Please tell me it will get better...please?
Replies: 25
Views: 4834

Re: Please tell me it will get better...please?

Gerry - I am slow at this too...but I'll get there one day, I'm sure we both will. Rooster - I started filling everything out. It's from memory, so I'll need to double check tonight when I get in front of it. I don't have any software to use - just a memory card to share with the providers. The mask...
by Xcat9
Mon Jan 11, 2010 12:58 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Please tell me it will get better...please?
Replies: 25
Views: 4834

Re: Please tell me it will get better...please?

Thank you, Thank you, thank you!

I truly needed to hear that from each of you.
by Xcat9
Mon Jan 11, 2010 12:10 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Please tell me it will get better...please?
Replies: 25
Views: 4834

Please tell me it will get better...please?

So it's only been 2 nights with the cpap. And I thought I was exhausted before? It's even worse now. Does this happen sometimes as part of getting used to it? I admit once I'm asleep - it's the sleep of the dead. But then I start feeling suffocated and wake up to finding my mask has moved and I thin...