Mask for stomach sleeper question

[Scott in MD]

Hi everyone.
I've been lurking and learning, but have an issue I hope someone else has faced.....and figured out !
I have a RES-Med machine and use nasal pillows with very few issues. I am also a stomach sleeper. I generally only get sick a couple times a year, which brings me to my question. What type of mask should I be looking at for when I am sick and my sinuses are clogged? Any chance I'll be able to pull of stomach sleeping with this type of mask?
Thanks for taking the time to read this.

- Scott

[49er]

Hi everyone.
I've been lurking and learning, but have an issue I hope someone else has faced.....and figured out !
I have a RES-Med machine and use nasal pillows with very few issues. I am also a stomach sleeper. I generally only get sick a couple times a year, which brings me to my question. What type of mask should I be looking at for when I am sick and my sinuses are clogged? Any chance I'll be able to pull of stomach sleeping with this type of mask?
Thanks for taking the time to read this.

- Scott

Hi Scott,

Welcome!

This thread describing the "Falcon Sleeping Position" might be helpful. As an FYI, even though it is demonstrated without using a pillow, someone else in another thread used one. So obviously, adjust it to suit your needs.

viewtopic.php?f=1&t=36738&st=0&sk=t&sd= ... 15#p319598

49er

[Julie]

And many people have a spare full face mask for those times so they can breathe through their mouths when congested but not lose the Cpap air that way.

[Scott in MD]

Thanks 49 and Julie.

I looked over the thread on the Falcon position. That's pretty close to how I sleep now, well, with the exception that it didn't show the leg kicking the wife all night (muhahaha)

I think I'll be getting a mask tonight on the way home.

Thanks again !!

[bryansong]

I keep a bottle of Afrin nasal spray in the drawer of the night stand. I am a belly sleeper that uses nasal pillows. When I get clogged up I use the Afrin.

Bryansong

[jencat824]

Scott,

I found a kind of 'off the wall' treatment for nasal stuffiness. My hubby started using CPAP in Dec 2012 & when he had a cold he wanted Vicks Vapor Rub instead of my Aromatherapy that I use when congested. Well, he liked that so well, we got a bottle of Vicks for use in the vaporizer units (the kind you put in a kids room when they are little & have colds). The stuff is definitely cheap & works for him just like the aromatherapy you can buy on cpap.com.

I still prefer the aromatherapy for nightly use, but tried his 'Vicks' for a cold & it works wonders. For use you just put some on a cotton ball, or small scrap of felt & put it behind your machine, at the place where the air enters your machine & the scent comes thru your mask. For both of us it meant better nasal breathing without having to switch masks.

Hope this helps you,
Jen