I saw a link to a post that gave some really good instructions for fitting a Breeze with nasal pillows.I'm kicking myself for being in too big of a hurry to bookmark that & now I cannot seem to find it by doing a search.I do not remember who wrote it.Can anybody help me?
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Rested Gal is the pro on adapting masks to make them more user friendly. Here is a former post of hers that might help you find the answer your looking for --Hope this helps.
Best wishes,
Carley
Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 11:47 am
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Ron, check out the fixes some lab rats came up with for the Breeze:
LINKS to Lab Rat Trophy awards
viewtopic.php?t=15104
I know that one of the big pluses with the Breeze is nothing at the sides of your face. But....if an extra, soft stretchy strap, or cannibalized different headgear altogether makes it work better for sleeping, especially on one's back...I say, do what will make it work!
I used the Breeze for over a year -- loved it. But I was a habitual side sleeper. One side or the other, turning over often during the night. Rarely, if ever, slept on my back. I guess not sleeping on my back was habit formed in a lifetime of no treatment. Probably I subconsciously stayed in positions (on my side) that lessened the chance of apneas.
After almost two years using cpap every single night, I found I was beginning to sleep on my back occasionally. Took that long, I suppose, for my body to find out that was ok with "cpap" going.
By then, I was using the Aeiomed Headrest mask instead of the Breeze, so sleeping in any position was easy. Had I still been using the Breeze, I'd have lab-ratted the back of the headgear off for sure.
At any rate, even after PB made the "halo" straps longer and added that little ladder like adjustment in front for those straps, I still used my own homemade strap instead. Yeah..."the leg." Kept it more stable for me than the straps that come with it.
I wear the homemade strap down even lower than in this retouched picture:
Note in the retouch, I routed the hose up. That's very important with the Breeze, imho, to hang the main air hose up where the weight of the air hose doesn't tug at the headgear if you turn over.
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Respironics Auto/A-Flex - BiPAP Auto/Bi-flex - PB 420E auto - Aeiomed Everest. Soft/w: EncoreViewer & Silverlining
Humidifier: F&P HC 150 - sleepzone.com.au "heated cpap tube"
Mask: Aeiomed HeadRest/homemade straps.
Best wishes,
Carley
Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 11:47 am
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Ron, check out the fixes some lab rats came up with for the Breeze:
LINKS to Lab Rat Trophy awards
viewtopic.php?t=15104
I know that one of the big pluses with the Breeze is nothing at the sides of your face. But....if an extra, soft stretchy strap, or cannibalized different headgear altogether makes it work better for sleeping, especially on one's back...I say, do what will make it work!
I used the Breeze for over a year -- loved it. But I was a habitual side sleeper. One side or the other, turning over often during the night. Rarely, if ever, slept on my back. I guess not sleeping on my back was habit formed in a lifetime of no treatment. Probably I subconsciously stayed in positions (on my side) that lessened the chance of apneas.
After almost two years using cpap every single night, I found I was beginning to sleep on my back occasionally. Took that long, I suppose, for my body to find out that was ok with "cpap" going.
By then, I was using the Aeiomed Headrest mask instead of the Breeze, so sleeping in any position was easy. Had I still been using the Breeze, I'd have lab-ratted the back of the headgear off for sure.
At any rate, even after PB made the "halo" straps longer and added that little ladder like adjustment in front for those straps, I still used my own homemade strap instead. Yeah..."the leg." Kept it more stable for me than the straps that come with it.
I wear the homemade strap down even lower than in this retouched picture:
Note in the retouch, I routed the hose up. That's very important with the Breeze, imho, to hang the main air hose up where the weight of the air hose doesn't tug at the headgear if you turn over.
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Respironics Auto/A-Flex - BiPAP Auto/Bi-flex - PB 420E auto - Aeiomed Everest. Soft/w: EncoreViewer & Silverlining
Humidifier: F&P HC 150 - sleepzone.com.au "heated cpap tube"
Mask: Aeiomed HeadRest/homemade straps.
Carley 
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"If God has brought me to it, He will bring me through it"--
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