Pulmonary specialist says wont release me for surgery because I am only 70 percent compliance I have allergies and some nights the mask is just so suffocating any one else have this set back? Just sucks this is my last thing before we send to insurance for approval:(

wow. I didn't know anything about a pulmonary specialist having a say about anything! I know what you mean by the suffocating though. I wake up most mornings with mine off and don't remember a thing as to what happened. Will he gave you a chance to make adjustments? Try a different mask maybe? I find that swabbing the inside of my nose with sinus rinse on a qtip (sorry if this grosses anyone out) helps me to breathe better. What I don't understand is my surgeon said DO NOT USE YOUR CPAP RIGHT AFTER SURGERY because he doesn't like all that pressure blowing down into my gut. So i don't understand why your 70% compliance should even be an issue. Let us know what happens!

How does he even know you aren't using it as often as you should? Does he check? That's a little ridiculous! Those things are so uncomfortable!

There is a computer chip where they know everything i have an appointment on the 21 so i will have a chance to talk to him.

They have this gel "Ayr" that I use when using the CPAP. I just got a new machine, so I doubt they would get a reading from the sim card. However, they were happy with the number of hours logged with the old one. I have the nasal pillows, and for some reason, my left nostril is sore. Going to use a new pillow ( only been using this one for 3 days ). But the Ayr makes the mask soothing. I hadn't used it in almost a year and went to Wally World last night and bought a tube.