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by SoftwareDev
Wed Sep 05, 2018 2:27 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Newbie to CPAP - Welcome advice and comments!
Replies: 43
Views: 22106

Re: Newbie to CPAP - Welcome advice and comments!

1. Believe it will work and trust your brain to breathe. 2. Expect some weird experiences. You will get past them. 3. Press tongue against roof of mouth to stop mouth air. It will be weird at first but become natural. At 1 week my throat felt weird. It passed. 4 Use just a nasal pillow if you can. I...
by SoftwareDev
Wed Sep 05, 2018 2:01 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: need suggestions for fragrance free soap to wash equipment
Replies: 67
Views: 9337

Re: need suggestions for fragrance free soap to wash equipment

1, Caretouch CPAP wipes 2 I have a hot water pot used for coffee and use the 208 degree water to stetilze. 3. Cleansmart Disinfectent. 4 I run a CPAP tube brush through with a wipe then run 208 degree water through and shake it. 5 I have used soap but rinse well so as not to breath it. 6. I change n...
by SoftwareDev
Tue Aug 21, 2018 5:09 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Burning smell from CPAP - Greatly reduced
Replies: 32
Views: 19200

Re: Burning smell from CPAP - Greatly reduced

Distilled water lacks any chemicals to kill microorganisms. That is why it should not risk contamination by reuse. Friend, please do not start even mild name calling. // I’m on this topic because my agency owned Dreamstation has this bad smell of a cheap hot plate. I figured it was bad design and ch...
by SoftwareDev
Tue Aug 21, 2018 12:54 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Mouth filling from inside with air
Replies: 56
Views: 101152

Re: Mouth filling from inside with air

1 week in. Fine with nasal pillow super well adjusted. But reading this because of some mouth air. I try to trust my brain knows how to breathe like my specialist taught me. But I get some little mouth bubbles that are funny. Let them out and put the tongue back and take some deep nasal breaths. Cha...
by SoftwareDev
Tue Aug 21, 2018 12:27 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: post nasal drip
Replies: 8
Views: 9608

Re: post nasal drip

I had lots of issues before CPAP. Now just a little wet drip. I was going to use a spray but did not like what I read. So just ran salt water through my nose with my nasal pot and will see how it goes tonight. I had a great sleep study and they gave me an old Dreamstation which I can Drive like a sp...