Where are most cpap machines made? I would have thought that their production lines would fairly easily adapted to start making ventilators. The world needs someone to step up and start doing it, and it seems like a lot more work for Ford than for Philips Respironics or Resmed, even if their factori...

Thanks Jas,
That makes sense.
Jo

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This is the mask and a close-up of the side showing the non-matching arrows. I bought the parts separately because I couldn't find the full mask anywhere that would ship to Israel. Now it occurs to me that maybe one part is an older version than the other. It all seems to fit together fine so I'm gu...

My new mask arrived a couple of weeks ago and I love it! Firstly I can finally sleep on my front again. Secondly I don't wake up tangled in the tube if I change positions. Thirdly my AHI has dropped dramatically from an average of 4-5 down to about 2. What that actually means is that some nights I a...

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please keep us up to date on whether you can stomach sleep and so forth.

oh! and please up date this thread rather than start a new one. thanks!

and good luck.

Thanks, will do.
BTW, new mask arriving Feb 25 not March 25

Hi all, Thanks for all the advice. Zonker, I'll be on the lookout for the results of your experiments with termeric etc. As I understand it Vitamin D3 is a mixed blessing. It's not good to have too much of it either, and I do get enough, because I live in a hot country and I take a mutlivitamin whic...

Hi Zonker, You wrote remember what i said? lower your minimum to the point where aerophagia isn't a problem, then gradually increase. I did remember, but when I said what a lousy night I had the first time Pugsy said: How about a very small reduction in pressure minimum instead of such a big drop al...

Thanks Pugsy,
Yes I think I'll try reducing the minimum pressure from 10 downwards slowly instead of from the bottom up. Sounds less likely to totally disrupt my sleep.
And thanks for the mask suggestions. I'll look into them.
Jo

Hi Cpapian, Thanks for your suggestions. I haven't tried a nasal rinse but I have tried sprays etc. and nothing made much difference. I have heard people say how marvelous a neti pot is, but it sounds horrible to me! In terms of the drugs, I don't take a sleeping tablet more than once a week so I do...

One more point for info. My problems are worst when I'm on my back. Bad when I'm on my side. Better when I'm on my front. I like to sleep on my front, but I can't do that with my current mask. I still have a problem on my front but it's milder. Without the machine I used to start on my front and the...

Didn't get back to sleep. Here's the charts for last night. As you can see, it doesn't look terrible at all. But it definitely felt it. I had a much smaller amount of gas than I've had recently, but still some (although I ate late because of the concert, so that could also have caused it this time.)...

OMG, I made the change. Worst night for years. Woke up after 3 hrs breathing shallowly. Pain in chest and head. Eventually dragged myself to the bathroom, no energy to move. Got my breath back and decided I should try again (maybe I was on my back a lot). Went back to sleep for another couple of hou...

Thanks Zonker, that's really encouraging!

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Right. I'll give it a go. (I'm in Israel which is GMT+2 so I haven't had a night since you first responded )

Hi Pugsy, Thanks for the quick response! I started off at min 7 and max 10. (The technician didn't change it from what it had been when I was (not) using a nasal mask). It wasn't helping me at all so I upped the pressure to 8, which still didn't make much difference, so then I upped it to 10 and cha...