Still fighting with my *&$$#&())*&&& mask!!!

I know of at least 3 people definitely; one who's compliant. I'm pretty certain my father has sleep apnea, although you'd never get him in for a sleep study! He's had a very close call with his blood pressure, and has diabetes.

I use the ResMed UltraMirage Full Face. You may find success with it.

Now this is a scary story! I thought about the fact that I have OSA when I tested for my cdl last year. But, I only drive for field trips, so that's a little different, I guess. However, I am working on lowering my bp, because I know my doc will not sign my 2 year certificate if it's not within the ...

Sunny, I'm glad that Nuvigil has worked for you! Unfortunately, my $#^&*$@@^&**( insurance company wouldn't allow the prescription my doc wrote to be filled without "prior authorization". What is a prescription anyway, may I ask?? It is like an act of Congress to get a human being at my doctor's off...

If I am very tired, and happen to be watching tv, I may fall asleep in the recliner. Then wake up very disoriented and have to drag myself off to the bed and my friend the cpap!

K, My pressure is not really that high. I kinda played around with the pressure, and I don't think that raising the pressure is helping with the mask problem. I'm perfectly happy with my machine, although getting some data would be nice; it's 4 years old and it does what it's supposed to do. I'm goi...

Lisa,
What is TAFE?

are you still using your old mask? perhaps you need a new cushion. Actually, I've only had this mask and cushion since March. You reckon it's gone south this quickly? I went to another DME this afternoon, and their suggestion was to try a different type of mask, which I'm leery of doing at this poi...

Depends on the day, I suppose. There are days, where driving to my 2nd job, I feel like I am going to fall asleep while driving there....which is exactly one of the reasons why I had the sleep study in the first place! And, why the dr. wants me to try Nuvigil along w/my cpap therapy. But I'd sure ra...

Mary, I wear a ResMed UltraMirage FFM, Medium. What puzzles me about this whole thing is that I never really had trouble with it before until I stopped using the machine, then came back to using it. I would have a few problems, but could always resolve them. Now? Anytime I turn over I have to fix th...

I saw my PCP today as a follow-up. I have been complaining about my mask leaking, talked with the tech at the sleep lab and she suggested it was time for a new titration. I simply can't afford that right now. In any case, due to some unsatisfactory bp numbers, my pcp wants to wait on the titration f...

Not sure if I should be posting, considering I've been having such a horrible time with my mask, but......I sleep on my side, always have, even before I was diagnosed w/sleep apnea. I have back problems, so stomach sleeping is out, and back sleeping? Absolutely not! So, I tuck the hose above my pill...

I have made a commitment to try, after today's follow-up w/my PCP and my bp was elevated, once again. I've got to do something about this, because I know when I weigh less, my bp is not as elevated. Now I am in no way saying that a little weight loss will get me off of the cpap machine. I'm pretty m...

Not that I am a doc, so take this with a grain of salt.....my persistent cough from last summer turned out to be acid reflux. I started coughing in mid June and wasn't diagnosed until August. This was after a lot of different types of tests. When I went for my last check-up w/the ENT back in March, ...