Trying to love Quattro

jdm2857 · Post by **jdm2857** » Mon Sep 27, 2010 4:31 pm

SleepyT wrote:I can't use my Quattro either. I posted (on a separate thread) about how I wake up dizzy after using it...and my AHI is way higher than normal. Wulfman turned me on to another thread about how it is possible the mask doesn't clear out as much CO2 as it ought to when used at lower pressures (my pressure is .....so I am immensely disappointed as I thought the fit of the mask was comfortable. I had the leaks under control...and wanted to have Quattro as a backup mask....but....OH WELL!

Have you considered adding vent holes to your Quattro? The plastic is easy to drill (just make sure that no plastic shavings are left in the hole). I would add very small holes rather than enlarge existing ones because you can easily go back by plugging the new holes.

jdm2857 · Post by **jdm2857** » Mon Sep 27, 2010 4:34 pm

chunkyfrog wrote: I need a chin prosthetic about 3/16" thick.--or a big-ant nose cushion.
Rather put something on my chin, though.

You might try using silicone ear plugs to fill the gap at your chin. Just knead one (or two), and form it into the required shape.

LoQ · Post by **LoQ** » Tue Sep 28, 2010 8:28 am

brain_cloud wrote:Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And Summer's lease hath all too short a reign

Will Sonnett? I loved that show!

LSAT · Post by **LSAT** » Tue Sep 28, 2010 12:25 pm

jdm...you replied..."Have you considered adding vent holes to your Quattro? The plastic is easy to drill (just make sure that no plastic shavings are left in the hole). I would add very small holes rather than enlarge existing ones because you can easily go back by plugging the new holes."

The Quattro already has over 30 small vent holes...many people feel that too much air is being released now.

LoQ · Post by **LoQ** » Tue Sep 28, 2010 2:32 pm

LoQ wrote:
brain_cloud wrote:Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And Summer's lease hath all too short a reign
Will Sonnett? I loved that show!

Oops! Sorry, I was confusing that with the Sonnets of Will Shakespeare.

Ruby Vee · Post by **Ruby Vee** » Tue Sep 28, 2010 4:33 pm

trytryagain wrote:I so much want to love my Quattro. I also have the activa LT, but so far I am preferring the Quattro (comfortwise). I'm new at this so I'm not sure how I am suppose to feel after 7-8 hours with my therapy. I am not feeling very refreshed in the morning and my face looks like h3LL. I am fighting the leaks most of the night and feel them mostly up towards my eyes. I have to adjust the mask pretty tight to avoid the leeks, but then I have the marks and puffy eyes. I just tried a remzzz liner it felt comfortable but it was tough getting it into place. Then if I wake to use the bathroom, I have to start all over again. I'm using a fleece forehead liner and I purches the strap fleece liners also. The forehead one works great but the strap ones make it difficult to adjust the straps during the night. My DME therapist is coming for a home visit on Monday. He will bring masks for me to try. I don't know whether I should keep at it with the ones I have or try something else. Any recomendations? (No pillows, can't do them).

The REMzzzs liners work great for me, but the directions they give you for applying them are too complicated. I lay on my back, put the REMZZZs liner on my face in the approximate position, and then clap the mask on over it. It takes an extra second and works just as well as when I tried to follow the directions!

Jaylee · Post by **Jaylee** » Tue Sep 28, 2010 9:27 pm

brain_cloud wrote:
But in general I don't have to try to love the Quattro. I love the Quattro with a deep and intense love. Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And Summer's lease hath all too short a reign, but my Quattro rocks!

You can even make CPap masks sound dreamy and romantic.

echo · Post by **echo** » Wed Sep 29, 2010 3:15 am

oh my, i think i too now have a secret crush

ps i am swooning if you couldn't tell. jaylee, no one can compete against HIM (swoon, swoon)

Jaylee · Post by **Jaylee** » Wed Sep 29, 2010 7:00 am

echo wrote:oh my, i think i too now have a secret crush

ps i am swooning if you couldn't tell. jaylee, no one can compete against HIM (swoon, swoon)

I am sorry, but no one else is allowed to have a crush on my Cloudy. Secret or otherwise. The line to be infatuated with him begins and ends with me. You can go get in SWS's line, though. His vocabulary is also hot. But he is no Cloudy.

SleepyT · Post by **SleepyT** » Wed Sep 29, 2010 6:41 pm

jdm2857 wrote:
SleepyT wrote:I can't use my Quattro either. I posted (on a separate thread) about how I wake up dizzy after using it...and my AHI is way higher than normal. Wulfman turned me on to another thread about how it is possible the mask doesn't clear out as much CO2 as it ought to when used at lower pressures (my pressure is .....so I am immensely disappointed as I thought the fit of the mask was comfortable. I had the leaks under control...and wanted to have Quattro as a backup mask....but....OH WELL!
Have you considered adding vent holes to your Quattro? The plastic is easy to drill (just make sure that no plastic shavings are left in the hole). I would add very small holes rather than enlarge existing ones because you can easily go back by plugging the new holes.

Yes...I will either get brave enough to do that...or will clean up the mask and give it away....

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