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MD727
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Try not to laugh...

Post by MD727 » Fri Sep 15, 2006 7:30 pm

Ok, this may be funny/gross so I apologize on the front end...When I go to bed at night I start out on my back (on 17cm pressure) then, when I turn on my side all that air in my stomach creates a need to burp - but with that much pressure going down my throat I'm not able to force any air back up. I hate taking off the mask to do that - but after a while it gets kinda uncomfortable....anybody else experience this???

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Post by tooly125 » Fri Sep 15, 2006 7:40 pm

At first I used to wake with pains in my stomach from all the air,now It's just in the morning that I need to burp. I don't know why the improvement but I'll take it.

As far as burping against the pressure I find it almost impossible so instead of disturbing my mask by taking it off all I do is pop the hose off burp with the mask still on then reconnect the hose.

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Post by krousseau » Fri Sep 15, 2006 9:04 pm

No laughs from me-it isn't funny-one weekend I was using my old mask while traveling and I was miserable in the morning from swallowing air-Would have loved being able to belch. I was considering checking into the ER to get them to do an EKG just to make sure it wasn't cardiac-but finally was able to get rid of it. One mask irritates my sinuses and feels like it is inflating my head-the other aerophagia and feels like my body is inflating.
PS-no solution yet

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Post by Ms Piggy » Sat Sep 16, 2006 6:27 pm

I don't know if it works for everyone but rubbing the centre of my chest makes me burb every time, sometimes it takes a little longer than others.
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Post by sleepyred » Sat Sep 16, 2006 7:48 pm

I have found out from my RT to increase my ramp time to 45 minutes. Someone once mentioned on this forum to try to fall asleep on your back. This helps for me. I also use Zantac (for other stomach reasons) and it seems to help my burps as well.


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Post by tarzan » Sun Sep 17, 2006 2:12 am

My first week, my problem with gas bloating was the gas coming out the OTHER END. I no longer have that problem, for some reason.
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Post by MD727 » Sun Sep 17, 2006 1:02 pm

decided to just go with the tooly method - disconnnet the hose and expel all the air...hey it works....


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