Last night... Night 3 on cpap

[Jewels109]

I slept horrible I felt like my mask was blowing air onto my forehead... Is that normal with this mask? Once I finally fell asleep my husband kept waking me up due to vibration on my night stand I guess the hose got kinked and it was making noise.... I'm not sure?!? I slept extremely well the first 2 notes and then my nap yesterday went well but last night was horrible.... Any suggestions? On how to make it better?

[RogerSC]

It is difficult when you don't get a peaceful night's sleep with CPAP. I can make at least one suggestion. For hose problems, I don't know if you have one of those holders...I have one that's really helpful. The bottom of it goes between the mattress and box spring, and it brings the hose down to you from above. So there really is a lot less chance of it kinking or having problems with it. Keeps it sorted out. Here's an example (like mine *smile*):

http://www.amazon.com/North-American-He ... s_indust_1

I like the one above, since I can use it when I'm traveling, and I like that the hose can move, isn't fixed. I move around a lot when I'm sleeping, and find this helpful. You have to look at all the pictures in the ad on Amazon to see it put together and in use.

Here's another, more popular one, I'm guessing, from cpap.com:

https://www.cpap.com/productpage/HoseBu ... ystem.html

On the leak problem, I don't have a full face mask myself, but when I was looking for one, I read better things about the Quattro than the Quattro FX. This was related to the Quattro staying in one place better than the Quattro FX and leaking less as a result. Again, I move around a lot when I'm sleeping, so I was looking for articles about active side sleepers *smile*. I'm sure that some of the full face mask users can advise you a lot more on this one *smile*.

But above all, don't panic, we all have bad nights. Try to take the longer view, that you've got lots of time to get this right so that it works for you. Things will get better, and the bad nights will be fewer and farther between.

[jweeks]

I slept extremely well the first 2 notes and then my nap yesterday went well but last night was horrible.

Hi,

This happens sometimes. I'll do the same thing night after night, and then one night, for no apparent reason, nothing works like it is supposed to.

As far as the hose goes, I find it beneficial to keep the machine below the level of my mattress. That way, any water or condensation in the hose will run back down into the machine rather than running into my nose. I route the hose up between the mattress and headboard, behind my pillows, and then up and over the pillows where it connects to my mask. This keeps the hose out of the way, it keeps it from moving around, and it gives me the freedom to move around at bit. I also have a hose cover. That way, if the hose vibrates on something solid, it shouldn't make any noise.

-john-