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Sleep Apnea and adjusting to a CPAP machine: Tips?

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@lolaemma

Wow! John you too! Actually I had five sleep studies before the final was read and reported correctly to my doctor. I have obstructive sleep apnea and sleep with my mouth open. One nostril is partially blocked right up to my skull scar tissue started building up right after my nose was broken. My brother knocked me down onto my back and while I was stunned ripped the black 50's phone off the wall and broke it on my face. The medical profession experimented for years with stentorious
Snorers. Snoring drew a number of complaints from any one in hearing.Forty years later my chronic fatigue forced the primitive testing. 1993 finally there was something else to torture me with. Twenty years later I received head gear and face mask that fit and made a real seal that fit my face quietly. I have the dream station with the same mask Air Fit 20 large. You sound like a candidate for a BiPap. Ask your doctor to verify that you are a mouth breather. I have been sleeping better and quieter. It is easy to take off and put back on but it's better to turn it off if you are coming back to it soon. The newest head set has several adjustment Velcro straps. Don't suffer. Check it out.

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@lolaemma, I have the newest ResMed headgear with the AirFit F20 large full face mask. It is easy to take off with the magnetic clips at the side of the mask and is easy to adjust with the Velcro straps. My AHI has averaged 3.3 for the past 90 days with the exception of the night I tried the Evora Nasal mask. Then the AHI was 5.5. I don't think a BiPAP would buy me anything since the Dreamstation Go is Auto CPAP which adjusts the settings on a breath by breath basis if I'm not mistaken. Thanks anyway though! Most of my "internal in my thoughts debate" is over whether a septoplasty to fix my deviated septum would help and if so do I really want to go through the pain 🙂

I complain a lot about the mask because it seems like it should be more comfortable. It took me 4 different masks until I finally settled on the F20 and it works really well for me so I should just leave it at that. I know a lot of members have struggled with masks and I'm sure it's because no two faces are alike as far as a fit goes.