Nostrils sore

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SleepingUgly wrote:I feel like I have to wash the pillows daily because the Lansinoh is on them, but maybe I don't (?).

I could see this as back when I used the Lansinoh it got rather yucky looking. I used to wash the pillows every day anyway but as time went by I got lazier and lazier and I realized that it made no difference in my data and since it was just my nose, it just wasn't a big deal to me.

I agree with Robysue, the velcro will probably be the first to go. While mine is fine now, I can see where it can weaken.
Wonder if just wiping the Lansinoh off would work if you did that one day and washed the next.. sort of alternating, wash one day and wipe the other.

I am not usually one for "comfort" issues because I honestly haven't had the problems some of the others have had. I didn't mind the silicone pillows against my nose, I never had any sores develop. I will tell you that I won't be without that barrel cozy. If it wore out and I needed one a month, I would get it. It has spoiled me big time. First night, I knew I was hooked within 5 minutes. There are just some things that are worth the extra cost.

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lars4life wrote:I hear a lot of mention about "barrel cozies" for nasal pillows. My Swift FX seems to work
great just as I bought it. What more do cozies offer if one is not having problems?

I originally bought the barrel cozy to try to help prevent the rain out I was having in the nasal pillow itself from my own breath. All other parts of the mask had already been wrapped with fleece. For this problem the cozy did its job.

Once I put it on and wore it I immediately liked the feel of the soft fabric against my nose. Now I didn't hate the silicone feel, it's just that the soft fabric is soooooo much more comfy. My Swift FX did work just fine without it. I just found that I liked the added comfort.

Hi, I must be one of the lucky ones. I've been using nasal pillows for over 3 months now with no problems. I don't use any kind of gel,I found the pillows worked much better without the gel,once I found the correct size.
Seems to me the gel made them leak worse and I didn't like the way they felt with the gel on them.
I just use a little saline spray before going to bed and have no problem.
Best of luck to you.

There seem to be a lot of Swift FX users on this thread, so I'll ask this here... I'm feeling a lot of air blowing around my face, which is bad for my dry eyes. I don't feel a leak at the pillows, but I'm wondering if the way I have the hose routed toward the headboard (with the Hose Boss), the vent is hitting the hose and ricocheting back in my face. Are any of you Swift FX users using a hose management system, and if so, how is your hose routed?

My hose is routed back towards the head of the bed too, with my Hose Boss, but it is headed down towards my chin first, then curls back up, beside my head, to go above my head, and I use a Swift FX for Her.Yes, I feel a rush of cold air from the hose exhaust port, but it does not bother my eyes since it is not aimed or bounced back towards my face. I mostly sleep on my sides, and I notice the exhaust air makes my arm cold, the arm that is nearest to the hose exhaust port, so I just cover that arm up with a light blanket. My suggestion is to try moving the hose so that the air is not hitting anything to bounce back in your face. Curl the hose to the side of your head, & back up towards the Hose Boss. If the exhaust air flow hits your arm or chest, a blanket helps to deflect it. Some others have suggested you loosely cover the exhaust port with a piece of gauze or cheesecloth, to help deflect some of the air, but don't cover it with something that is airtight or the exhaust won't have anyplace to go. I don't know what happens when the exhaust gets backed up, but I imagine it would eventually cause the machine to malfunction or the motor to burn up. Maybe some of the more mechanical-minded hose-heads know and will chime in.

codinqueen, when you say it curls down before it goes back up... Isn't that amount of slack enough that if you turn from side to side, it requires you to rearrange the tube? I had it so there was only enough slack that it didn't pull on my mask, but any more than that, it seemed that I couldn't turn from side to side without the hose needing rearranging.

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I have not noticed any difficulty with turning from side to side, but I am a heavy sleeper, so it is possible that if the hose needs rearranged that I just do it in my sleep without really waking up. We have just put a 3" orthopedic memory foam with pillow-top protector topper on the mattress, and I find I don't toss and turn as much since we added that luxury. I sleep more soundly, and my hubby has not reported me removing the mask in my sleep at night since we got it a few weeks ago. I find myself in the same position as I went to sleep in, when I waken most mornings, with my mask still on and I am refreshed. Maybe a new mattress topper would help a lot of people with their sleep issues. Our California King mattress is about 20 yrs old and we can't buy a new one due to expense, but this topper is giving our mattress new life, and really helping us toss and turn less, therefore affording us better sleep.
I think the hose turns with me because it is mostly above my head and the little bit of slack that is curling down beside me rolls with me on the rare occasions that I turn over. I have also heard of a mask that actually attaches to the top of the forehead, so the exhaust blows up and not down, but I don't know which one that is.It is soon time for me to get a new mask, and I am tring to find one that looks like it will work if/when I have a cold and my nose is too stuffed up to breathe through it. I am considering a hydrid of some kind, but plan to only use it when necessary. I like the Swift for Her now that I am used to it and know where/how to position the nasal pillows (not totally inside my nose, just barely entering the very tip of each nostril). Maybe you need to look into getting the mask that has exhaust that you can aim where you want it or that goes up to your forehead. I hope you find the right position for the hose, or the right mask soon.

codinqueen wrote: I like the Swift for Her now that I am used to it and know where/how to position the nasal pillows (not totally inside my nose, just barely entering the very tip of each nostril).

How do you control how deep it goes in? That would seem to be more a function of size of pillow, no? And I wonder how to keep it in if it's barely in there in the first place...

SleepingUgly wrote:I'm wondering if the way I have the hose routed toward the headboard (with the Hose Boss), the vent is hitting the hose and ricocheting back in my face. Are any of you Swift FX users using a hose management system, and if so, how is your hose routed?

Honey, you can just tie that hose around me when we are in bed. I won't mind a bit. wink

SleepingWithUgly wrote:

SleepingUgly wrote:I'm wondering if the way I have the hose routed toward the headboard (with the Hose Boss), the vent is hitting the hose and ricocheting back in my face. Are any of you Swift FX users using a hose management system, and if so, how is your hose routed?

Honey, you can just tie that hose around me when we are in bed. I won't mind a bit. wink

I was planning to tie it around your neck... I'm sure you won't mind a bit (afterwards, anyway).

SleepingUgly wrote:There seem to be a lot of Swift FX users on this thread, so I'll ask this here... I'm feeling a lot of air blowing around my face, which is bad for my dry eyes. [snip]

That's my gripe with my Swift FX, and why it isn't my primary mask. The vent on the FX blows air down the length of the hose instead of straight out, like my Opus 360 does. The result is you have to deal with all the richochets off of the hose, one's hands, and bedding and suchlike.

SleepingUgly wrote:
I was planning to tie it around your neck... I'm sure you won't mind a bit (afterwards, anyway).

Oooh! Now you're talking, honey. You never told me you could be like that.

SleepingUgly wrote:
How do you control how deep it goes in?

Let me take care of that, baby.