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by alwanna
Sun May 23, 2010 1:27 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Newbie question
Replies: 2
Views: 839

Newbie question

Reading post and wanted to know what autoset was? Just trying to learn all the terminology and what my machine can and can't do!
by alwanna
Sat May 22, 2010 12:34 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Will I ever get used to CPAP?!!
Replies: 21
Views: 3663

Re: Will I ever get used to CPAP?!!

Thanks for all the encouragement and suggestions and SUPPORT! Idid go back and fill out my profile for equipment. I have ProStar Plus with Clex, comfort gel blue nasal mask and pressure of 13 with Ramp starting at 6. I do know that I wouldn't be able to use a full face mask because I am very claustr...
by alwanna
Sat May 22, 2010 10:58 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Will I ever get used to CPAP?!!
Replies: 21
Views: 3663

Will I ever get used to CPAP?!!

First week user and I am exhausted! I wake up 5 or 6 times a night adjusting and fuming and feeling desperate. (I use a nasal mask) Sometimes I wake up feeling like I am choking. Many mornings I wake up belching I suppose from swallowed air. I try exhausting myself during the day in hopes of sleepin...
by alwanna
Sat May 22, 2010 9:46 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: OT: Panic/Phobia Support
Replies: 20
Views: 3205

Re: OT: Panic/Phobia Support

I too have suffered from a bridge phobia for many years! I have had to drive many a bad bridge in my life, two crossing into St. Louis from IL where I grew up and the Sunshine Skyway Bridge in Florida where I lived many years. I wish I could give you a certain way to cure the phobia. Mine wanes and ...
by alwanna
Tue May 18, 2010 1:29 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: a Newbie thank you!
Replies: 4
Views: 1113

a Newbie thank you!

Just wanted to say thanks to such quick responses to my first posted question! I am so thankful I found this site I have been sruggling emotionally with the thought of living with this hose nose for life. Kinda afraid I will never get a good nights sleep again. I hate the mask. I have TMJ and it see...
by alwanna
Tue May 18, 2010 11:17 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: has anyone used the CPAP bed pillows
Replies: 9
Views: 1511

has anyone used the CPAP bed pillows

I am a newbie. Got my CPAP last Tuesday and haven't had a good nights sleep yet. I have a nasal mask and am a side-sleeper/stomach sleeper. The mask is in the way!!! I was wondering if the pillows made for CPAP users work.