Had 1st mistake with CPAP mask ????? Why me?

Rich03079 · Post by **Rich03079** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 4:32 pm

Had 1st mistake with CPAP mask ????? Why me?

I hate to tell you of my mistake...but got everything last Friday night, and slept GREAT!!! Saturday night was my major mistake!!!! I went to bed, and woke up with indent in my forehead of circle ????

My answer came Saturday night when I went to clean my Mirage Quattro mask....I went to clean the forehead rubber piece.....??? It was missing?
I look down on the floor, and it was there, so must have fallen off Saturday morning, and since new with CPAP did not know or had the idea to check the forehead gasket to be missing. But since the the plastic screw had no cushsion it hurt my forhead, and left a India circle mark into my forehead.

So was abashed by my error

Rich03079

Slinky · Post by **Slinky** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 4:53 pm

Ha! I'll go you one better. This was in the middle of a loaner autoPAP to better titrate my pressure.

1] DME wouldn't provide a humidifier
2] Different brand machine, my humidifier can't be used w/the loaner
3] Sleep lab only has a passover humidifier to loan me, this is in the dead of winter, nose freezes - well almost.
4] God bless fellow CPAPpers, one loans me a stand alone heated humidifier

5] Cat grabs at the hose whilst I'm making the bed, I drop the mask and break the plastic elbow
6] DME's RT swears up and down they don't have the part I need
7] God bless DME's EMT, he finds the spare part for me
8] Turns out cat had gotten claw into cushion unbeknownst to me, back to the DME
9] DME's RT swears they don't have cushion, have to order (takes them 3 weeks to get it in)
10] Finish out the loaner term w/a too large nasal cushion and LOTS of leaks

11] Give up and self-purchase an autoPAP

Snoredog · Post by **Snoredog** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 5:56 pm

well so far I'm batting 1000, I said the Quattro in my review of it

-had a problem with the elbow leaking
-had a problem with the forehead cushion popping out of the holes
-had a problem of taking too much money out of your wallet

so far I've been right on every count and still wouldn't give you $.29 for that mask

Slinky · Post by **Slinky** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 6:03 pm

Hey, SnoreDog! My hubby has a front license plate on his truck that says:

"I Love It When I'm Right".

The aggravating thing is, he usually is! Darn it!

Mask

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