you won't be able to breathe thru the nasal mask if the CPAP is on

meant to say when the CPAP is OFF...

thanks. I did a different keyword search and did find that one of the many "backup power" threads did migrate to the topic of what goes on when the power goes off (some people said that they wake up, no problem). But some people did recommend the little alarm. It seems rather cheesy and most reviews...

I've tried to do a keyword search on this and haven't found anything, but my apologies if I didn't find an existing thread. Question: If the power goes out at night while you're using the CPAP, what happens? Do you wake up, or do you continue breathing and inhale mostly CO2? (That can't be good!) I ...

For those worried about my shortness of breath - I did check with my doctor about that. I will talk to my DME about a heated hose. And yes, I've thought about not covering the vents if I did let fly with my fuzzy wuzzy nasal mask cover idea. Thanks, everyone, for your suggestions! I'm sure I'll get ...

to "2 B Sleeping Soundly" - I thought the mask liners were to prevent facial sores and etc. - I didn't know they would help with rainout. I have ordered some from Quietus CPAP Liners, because I've also been having that issue, but they haven't come in yet. I'm using a Gecko nose pad right now and tha...

Thanks everyone! You are all so helpful. Re: the diagnosis - it was "very severe OSA" (AHI = 83), severe sleep fragmentation (AI = 86.2), severe hypoxemia (SpO2<90% for17.2% of total recorded pre-CPAP sleep time, <80% for 2.55 of the time, lowest was 82%. Re: the air conditioning - of course some ha...

Hi everyone, I'm a new CPAP user (2 weeks now) and due to the excellent info on these forums and a great DME (shout out to Home Respiratory Care in West LA - they are, as one member said, super helpful!), I'm not having too many problems. No leaks, an avg AHI of 1.27, and feeling pretty chipper duri...