I'm still here. :) Fighting the good fight. I am still using the Dreamwear Full Face - it seems to be getting a little easier, though I'm not sure that Sleepyhead reflects that? I don't know what all those spikey things are....but the AHI is much lower using this mask than my old nasal pillows. I wo...

I think I have two more weeks? I will call tomorrow and ask. I feel like if ONLY I could get it adjusted just right, I'd be good. I am currently using the medium frame (breathing tube thingy) and the medium mask. I tried the Small frame (breathing tube thingy) and the medium mask. The small frame co...

OK. It was EVERYTHING I could do not to cut this Dreamwear full face mask up into a MILLION TINY PIECES last night. But THIS report? THIS is confusing! It's the lowest AHI I've had! The sounds this mask makes on my face is, I'm sure, audible to those walking by outside. It "motorboats" with EVERY.SI...

what the heck is causing the bubbling type sounds from the side of that full face mask? really, really wish I could make that work - but that thing is strapped down TIGHT on my head to reduce that "motorboat" effect. i DO feel ok this morning, though.

yikes. no, i didn't - so the entire night was set to nasal pillows.

Oh, Pugsy. You won't be happy to see this big gap - last night was tough. I decided I'd try the @!%! dreamwear full face once more before I return it. As you can see it leaks like CRAZY - and I mean it makes BIG bubbling sounds that come out over my cheeks. It's awful. Didn't help that I was VERY co...

Ok. So I promise I won't post every morning but your feedback is greatly appreciated while I get this whole thing figured out. Last night it looks like a leak woke me up - got up to go to the bathroom and fell asleep without the mask on. Then put it back on at 5 I think? But never really fully fell ...

I'll tell you after my coffee. No, kidding aside. I felt really good yesterday - like AWAKE all day long. I'm a little tired today but I haven't gotten going yet. Overall I do feel ok though.
Kara

Ok. So this is better, right? I swear I had increased the min to 10, but it doesn't look like it here. I took the mask off for a bit in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom and must have started to fall back to sleep, but I did put it back on (yay!). I woke up at 6am, took the mask off but ...

THANK YOU, THANK YOU both! I will raise that minimum tonight, stick with the Swift FX and see how tonight goes. I actually feel ok, and awake this morning and that's good. :) I have to remind my self that even this AHI is a HUGE improvement on my untreated 61 AHI, right?! :) I was initially on anoth...

Changed range to 9-20 last night as recommended (i thought i had raised that min but I guess I didn't?). But my AHI was higher last night, with two "CAs" which I didn't notice before (though that first one I was likely still awake). I'm using the old Swift FX for her with the heated hose that I got ...

How does this look? Used my old Swift FX for her mask, min pressure set to 9. Had a weird thing happen that never happened before, got up to go to the bathroom (that's not the weird thing - that's a normal thing!) and when I put the mask back on and turned the machine on again (I turned off that aut...

Stupid question - the filter is the little white rectangle, right? Cause that's in there. And it's not a Dreamstation - it's a ResMed Airsense 10 Autoset. Sorry for any confusion. Going to bed now!
Kara

No, it was the machine telling me there was no filter, but I know that one is installed (I looked at it). Not sure that really matters. Sure am grateful for all the guidance. Kara

Changed my min pressure to 9 on my new machine - that feeling of drowning or suffocating has REALLY been bothering me - especially when I've had sleep apnea for 5 years and didn't feel like that before. Have not returned the Dreamwear full face mask yet - will try it tonight and see if the higher mi...