Hard to exhale!

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kentoboo
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Hard to exhale!

Post by kentoboo » Mon Jan 17, 2011 9:38 am

I put a new set of pillows on my mask last night and laid down and came out of the bed right away. I could barely exhale! I put the older set back on and everything was fine. Has anybody else experienced this with a new set of pillows?

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bap40
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Re: Hard to exhale!

Post by bap40 » Mon Jan 17, 2011 9:57 am

Maybe you got the pillows on backwards? Maybe they are not the right ones or right size.

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Re: Hard to exhale!

Post by kempo » Mon Jan 17, 2011 10:38 am

Check close to see if the inside cones are pushed down.

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Re: Hard to exhale!

Post by jbn3boys » Mon Jan 17, 2011 12:43 pm

I would fidget with them a little ( check what the previous two posters had said), try again, and if it's the same problem, I'd take them back to the DME and explain the problem. (I'm only on my second set of pillows, so it hasn't happened to me...yet!) But I have had my pillows put on incorrectly, or my headgear twisted, and that can make it very uncomfortable.

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