I use the same mask, and I have a tube of Lanisoh. It works wonders when my nostrils get irritated. It's pure lanolin, and I put light coating on in the morning and in a couple of days the irritation is gone. I got it at Walgreens in the baby section (nursing mothers use it).

James

I wash the inside and outside of my pillow every morning with a baby wash. The first set only lasted for a month, but this current set is going on 2 months.

TheTwinsMom1 wrote:For me it was at least at the six month mark. I too, thought it would never happen.

Sounds like patience is key. Good to hear.

Hi, Just wanted to pop in and say I just made one year on CPAP. I have been totally compliant and am feeling so much better. So newbies, there is hope. I never thought I could feel awake again and not feel as though I needed to sleep all the time. I can say I am no longer needing daily naps just to...

And since the gerbil on the wheel can trigger the wake up, is there a way of insulating yourself from that noise? Move the gerbil cage? Have some white noise in the room you sleep in? ... I suspect he's talking about the metaphorical 'gerbil wheel' the mind sometimes finds itself on at 3am. Whiteno...

Chin strap worked for me. It took a couple of nights to get used to, but it wasn't as bad as the CPAP.

I wonder how much doctors really know about the actual machines and what it's like to use one when they constantly leave patients on an auto range of 4/20cm or even 4/12. I know of almost nobody who can actually breathe below 6. It's a wonder you can keep the mask on with such a low start pressure....

Took to the machine within a couple of days, and haven't really had much problem sleeping. Went in for my titration study in mid-February, and they determined that my ideal pressure setting was 10. The doctor kept me on the auto CPAP with a setting window of 4-12. I go to bed between 10:00pm and 10...

You have a data capable machine and I think it would be very helpful to look at the data to see what's going on. I'm wondering if you are having leaks or your AHI's could be under better control with a tighter range of pressures, but there's no way to tell from the limited data available on the scr...

BACKGROUND: I did my first sleep study at the end of December. Went back to the sleep doctor, in early January, to get my results, and was diagnosed with severe sleep apnea (when sleeping on my back, side was no problem). Went home with an auto CPAP machine, and nose pillow mask that same day (setti...