A new newbie

[buckeyeman]

Hello all! I've been a long time lurker but this is my first post. Let me start off by saying this is a great site. A lot of very knowledgeable people on here willing to help out. A little history about me. I am 49 and 5'10" and about 210 lbs. Not fat but a little bit of a belly because I like my beer! I'd like to be at around 190lbs. Was at 227 about 8 months ago. Anyway back around March of 06' I decided to get a sleep study because I was tired of being tired, plus my wife hadn't been getting alot of sleep for years. I've been on bi-pap since May of 06'. I was on a full face mask but just hated it. That's when I found this site and saw the Hybid mask. I decided that I had to try it and paid out of pocket for the Hybrid and now have around 5600 hours useing this mask. I use the large cushion and large nasal pillows. I have several sets of the small and medium sets available that I'd like to trade for the large ones. I have excellant insurance so that's not a problem for me, but I'd like to help anybody out that could use these sizes. If anybody would like to make a swap just pm me. Happy sleeping to all!!

[echo]

Hi Buckeyeman, welcome to the forum! Well we can definitely use pro's like you around on the forum (not for lack a few awesome pro's here already)

I would suggest putting a post here on the "Mask Roulette" thread if you want to make some trades: viewtopic.php?f=1&t=19546&p=291688&hili ... te#p291688 The thread's gotten a bit long but it works

Happy sleeping to you too

[Slinky]

Welcome, BuckeyeMan. I take it you are one of those Ohioans. I'm a Michigander. There's room enough for both here tho. I'm on a bi-level too. Haven't been for very long tho. I have a Resmed VPAP Auto and Humidaire 3i integrated humidifier. Its always good to see another bi-level PAPper here as we are in the minority.

[buckeyeman]

Thanks echo for the tip, I'll throw a post on that thread. Slinky, I was started on bi-pap from the beginning and was wondering why you have been on it only recently.