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- Sat May 12, 2012 6:04 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: 8.5 UNINTERRUPTED Hours
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1422
Re: 8.5 UNINTERRUPTED Hours
This is awesome! Your post proves that full face masks can be more comfortable than nasal ones. Congrats!
- Fri May 11, 2012 6:38 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Blister on nose: wear mask anyways or skip a few nights?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4732
Re: Blister on nose: wear mask anyways or skip a few nights?
I tried the Gecko and it made the mask leak like crazy. I ended up cutting it to make it narrower (bye bye 25$!) and that still didn't help. Even thin gauze causes leaks…
- Fri May 11, 2012 12:10 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Blister on nose: wear mask anyways or skip a few nights?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4732
Blister on nose: wear mask anyways or skip a few nights?
Hi everyone, I've been on CPAP for 10 days and I have full face mask. I've never had any problems with it, except on the bridge of my nose, where a red mark progressively appeared and has now turned into a blister-like acne button. I tried putting various kinds of padding, but they all create major ...
- Fri May 04, 2012 7:41 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Encouragement to those struggling - my positive experience
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2850
Encouragement to those struggling - my positive experience
This could come as a surprise to a lot of you, but I am a newbie and I love my mask! I'm not kidding - my full face mask creates this very comforting feeling. As if it were my little bubble. It's hard to explain. I got the CPAP only 4 days ago. The first night, I must admit that it scared the hell o...
- Thu May 03, 2012 8:50 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: I am ashamed of my cpap?
- Replies: 43
- Views: 9816
Re: I am ashamed of my cpap?
Thanks, Fredboy. That was quite helpful!
- Thu May 03, 2012 8:01 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: I am ashamed of my cpap?
- Replies: 43
- Views: 9816
Re: I am ashamed of my cpap?
I am new to CPAP as well and wonder: what if we DON'T have a partner now? How will we ever find one?? After all, it is much easier for a spouse or someone you has been with for a long time to accept this stuff, rather than for someone you just met and to whom you have to tell them that you will be u...