Thanks, the pad a cheek was one of the things I was thinking of that I couldn't think of that I had seen talked about that I wanted to look into.

I finally got the smaller size for the Mirage FX for her mask and it fits, yay! I really like the way it fits too, it's very flexible and comfortable for me. The forehead piece works well for me- it's small enough and not too hard. I've been holding off on getting any accessories until I found a mas...

chunkyfrog wrote:And they will probably WAIT several weeks to even order it!
You can get one from cpap.com within a few short days, or try another DME in network.
What jerks!

I don't want to do that since I'm in the middle of this right now. But geez, isn't this their job?

I got the Mirage FX for her mask in the standard size- the DME didn't know it came in two sizes. I tried it the first 2 nights and it is definitely too big and in the corners it goes towards my eyes too much and hangs over my lips. I called and talked to the DME and they agreed to send the smaller s...

I am very new to cpap- I think about a month or so, maybe 6 weeks. I'd say for me education has been very important, all of which I've gotten from here - either from threads or links to information. Not surprisingly my RT and sleep doc have been extremely unhelpful and I haven't had much information...

Spoke to DME today, and they're actually sending me the smaller size for no charge. Since the RT didn't measure or check the mask sizes before she ordered it they said it was fine. Hoping this size works because the flexibility of the mask and the small size of the forehead piece is perfect for me.

Ugh! The mask is a bit too big with the corners a little into my eyes and the bottom hanging over my lips like I was worried about. Will sleep with it tonight and see if I can make it work at all.

I think Crapria in particular drop ships everything, so the local Crapria stores don't keep much if any stock. OP's mask was probably not really a special order. I get my office supplies the same way, from a company that has an extensive catalog, but no brick and mortar store. I call one day, it's ...

I understand the hesitation completely. I'm married but I had breast cancer 5 years ago and it was hell dating with the various scars and drains after the surgeries. Then having to deal with dating someone and having to tell them you have no breasts (wearing prosthetics) and then later have fake bre...

Currently I have extensive medical bills due to cancer and neurological issues so I can't afford to buy the masks outright without insurance. Also my DME says they have to order all masks, they don't have any masks there to give me so that would mean they wouldn't take back any masks correct? Depen...

Good for you. I find your input not helpful at all as its coming across that you're superior. Again good for you. I'm still new to the sleep apnea thing and have found the sleep lab and dme not helpful at all. We were ALL "new to the sleep apnea thing" at one time. I had never heard of it before Ja...

Every DME I've spoken to will not take back any mask they've had to special order. Maybe that's why I have hardly any masks from local sources. Sleeping with a mask is the only way to determine if it will work/fit/not hurt. I have tried at least 20 masks, because my face does not match anybody's id...

I'm assuming you know that using bold and caps online equate to yelling so I'm not sure what part of my question was so stupid to make you yell at me? I've seen many people on here talk about how it took them 20 or more masks to get the right one so I was wondering how they did that. This is a foru...

*pugsy not pigsty. Stupid phone.

Hopefully the mirage will just with and I won't have to worry about this at all. But I wanted to know ahead of time. I know others on here seem to like the mirage.

Thank you pigsty and AI N! Wish my DME was that helpful with their explanation. She was super short and not explanatory at all. Maybe the mirage will work and I won't have to worry about it!