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5 hours ago, LovableLisha said:


They gave me a small mask then a big mask and both are terrible. I wake up every morning with red eyes because of the air blowing out the sides. They won't change it for me any more emoji20.png . I'll have to talk to tgem about the auto cpap sounds more doable. Thanks hun emoji1.png

Yeah that is what happened to me as well. Fortunately I had some dollars in my FSA so the last two masks I just purchased on my own and wouldn't you know the fourth one is the one that worked LOL. I can only use nasal pillow masks, the kind where the plugs go in your nose, I can't use the other kind. Res Mes Swift LT or Res med FX Bella work best for me. A similar but cheaper one is called Aloha. google: ( the cpapshop . com ) with the word (the) they are really nice people and will help you as much as they can over the phone.

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I was told to bring mine, I "forgot" it. I knew I wouldn't sleep anyway and just no. The respitory therapist came I said nope, all good. Mine is really mild too. In hindsight I should've brought mine as I was Very bradycardic, dipping into 20s sometimes but mostly 30-low 40s. It probably would've messed up the oxygen and besides I didn't sleep with those alarms going off every ten seconds. I was oxygen from 3 pm until 5 am

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If I know I will be sleeping at the hospital I bring mine. I've used it for 4 years it is super comfy to. Me I can't sleep with out it

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Oh, I can't sleep without it anymore. I ripped it off one night when I was really congested and I only lasted twenty minutes before I woke up with a dry, sore throat from snoring. I put it back on. Once the air starts blowing I don't have any trouble. And of course, there's the fact that it *works*. I had trouble sleeping with the mask one time after I'd been using it for about a month, and I was miserable the next day.

You might try loosening some of the straps. Sometimes it can be too tight. There are also pads you can buy, or just take some soft fabric and cut it into a ring that will cover your mask and leave just enough of a hole to put your nose through. The extra padding is supposed to help with leaks.

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Thank you hun I'll have have to try that idea.

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Yeah that is what happened to me as well. Fortunately I had some dollars in my FSA so the last two masks I just purchased on my own and wouldn't you know the fourth one is the one that worked LOL. I can only use nasal pillow masks, the kind where the plugs go in your nose, I can't use the other kind. Res Mes Swift LT or Res med FX Bella work best for me. A similar but cheaper one is called Aloha. google: ( the cpapshop . com ) with the word (the) they are really nice people and will help you as much as they can over the phone.

That's what I think I'm going to habe to do because I hate wsking up with a Migraine and dried eyes every morning.

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I was told to bring mine, I "forgot" it. I knew I wouldn't sleep anyway and just no. The respitory therapist came I said nope, all good. Mine is really mild too. In hindsight I should've brought mine as I was Very bradycardic, dipping into 20s sometimes but mostly 30-low 40s. It probably would've messed up the oxygen and besides I didn't sleep with those alarms going off every ten seconds. I was oxygen from 3 pm until 5 am

Yikes! I'm sorry you went through that hun. Thank you for sharing your experience.

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If I know I will be sleeping at the hospital I bring mine. I've used it for 4 years it is super comfy to. Me I can't sleep with out it

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I don't know how i can get use to it lol

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