We've been using the same pressures for years, despite a dramatic change in our shapes. The "middle age spread" turned into elderly disaster with each of us gaining over 50 pounds. You'd think our respiratory therapists would check out our pressures and effects a little more closely at our annual vi...

I'm so glad CPAP is working for you! Keep up the good work.

Another "no" and "no". I'm with the soap and water folks and replacing filters when they need replacing. I like keeping the dough in savings. If SoClean was something that we need, don't you think our health insurance would cover it? But we don't and they don't and that pretty much answers all quest...

You might want to try this technique which addresses mouth breathing. I picked this up on another forum about 6 years ago, when I started using my nasal pillows mask. After you mask up but before you turn on your machine, close your lips, press your tongue against the roof of your mouth and rest the...

While in the hospital, I'm asked not to use the dental appliance that I wear each night for TMJ syndrome. The staff fears I may swallow it or that it might get in the way should I need to be put on a ventilator. This appliance is really quite large - much bigger than the bite guards, plus it's rigid...

My insurance provides replacement after 5 years of great compliance. My first machine - a PR System One broke within a year of starting on CPAP (the on-off button fell off). My insurance replaced it with a brand new machine (another PR System One). My husband got a new ResMed Airsense 10 this spring...

Alternatively, you could use a dab of AYR nasal saline gel in each nostril. You can pick this up at any drug store. It's an O/C and comes with Aloe Vera in it - very soothing and healing. I apply mine with a Qtip.

Wow...that's a long time to wait for your surgery. Does your insurance allow for second opinions? If so, maybe you could get one and if that doc also suggests surgery, you could press for as early a date as possible. Impress on the 2nd doc why you must have your surgery ASAP, and that your condition...

Thank you all so very much. I feel better just knowing that our CPAP support team has grown bigger and better overnight. I like this new paradigm! I checked his mask and neither of the inner prongs are inverted. I had another look at his data to see how deep he's going into leak territory. When the ...

Hi everyone: I'm new to this forum, but not new to CPAP. I enjoyed trying to help others on the ASAA forum for the 3 years before it disbanded. We've been CPAPPin' to ourselves in the 3 years since then without any problems until this August 5th to present, when Hubby's mask leaks went through the s...

i sleep with my mouth shut wat does a hybrid mask do and also my whole life i slept with my mouth shut wouldnt it be hard to sleep with it open Hi again nayan6842: It's good that you sleep with your mouth closed and yes, if you are used to sleeping with your mouth closed, it would be very hard to s...

palerider… I'm so sorry if I offended you. I can see that you've had many years on this forum and many posts that would hardly qualify you as an "amateur" in the realm of offering advice on a forum such as this. When I wrote about "amateurs", I was referring to amateurs in the field of medicine - wh...

Hi Rob k: With your overbite and troubles with bringing your lower jaw forward, a dental device is likely in your future. The type of dental devices that move your lower jaw forward and then back in a 24 hour period may not be appropriate for you because they can substantially strain your TMJs. Goin...

Thanks CPAPSteve for telling your story. It is very inspiring.

Make sure you communicate the changes you have made to your pressures and treatment to your doctor so that it may be entered into your medical record. There are great benefits for you in the doing of this.

pyater…. There's also the matter of your medical chart. Your clinicians are not paying attention to any of the pressure changes you are doing unless you bring it to their attention and it gets charted into your record.. Nothing will get charted before you next meet with your clinician - even though ...