Like dreamstalker, I taught myself to not breathe through my mouth. Unfortunately I don't have the problem of lost weight changing anything yet, so it still works for me. Hold your tongue up against your soft palate and consciously breathe through your nose. After a while it just happens....at least...

Sounds like the pillows are too small......Just my gut feeling on first read.... I used a headrest for about a year and was using the large pillows and had some leak issues unless it was cranked down -- if you have to crank down a mask there's something wrong!!!!!!!!!! Guaranteed!!! I switched to th...

Awwww....come-on.....The card I have is perfectly good and has never had any issues.......I really don't need a new one, and I don't want my ins. co. billed for it if I really don't need it..... I will say that it's 2.5 years old........Is there something I need to know that I haven't gleaned from h...

Hey Melissa.....I had the same problem with the upper teeth being sore in the morning...... What I found was that the lower part of the headgear was too tight......I also had the wrong size for the first 6 months.... If you have the option you may want to try the Activa LT. It's the same style mask ...

I change my filters about every 3 weeks or so, but I live on a horse ranch that's on a dirt road. I get a new mask every 3 months or so. The ComfortGel I had needed a new gel/seal after about three months -- I presently use an Activa LT and I've had it for 3 or 4 months and the seal is still good - ...

Jeff's right -- Titration is supposed to be the most important part of the whole shebang....... Mine was useless!!!! I don't know how they titrated me at the pressure they did, I can't breathe at that low pressure...I was titrated at 5cm.....I'm on an auto at 11-15cm......I thought I was going to su...

I knew there was a good reason I keep coming back here........

No new card Gumby.....She didn't even look to see if the machine had a card in it.... Just looked at the reports - well, glanced at them. She had the whole 15 pages in her hand for about 10 seconds or so.... I think there's a note in my file that I don't "need" their help....just supplies. Really th...

So...here's the updated skinny...... Had my get together with DME today and it was very pleasant...... I pulled my data yesterday and printed the report and when she got my machine out of the bag, plugged it in I mentioned that the "screener" had said they were going to pull my data. I said that it'...

Wow!!! How timely!!!! I'm going to DME tomorrow (tues) to get fitted for a Quattro -- I need a FF mask for allergy season and the HC431 is junk!!! BUT!!!!!!! I've been having leak issues around 4-5am with my Activa LT for about the past 3-4 weeks.....after reading this last night, I changed the head...

After my sigmoid colectomy the doc gave me Ambien for sleep.....After doing the research and noting all the weird side effects I decided that it was ok to use, but not nightly. Now, being an "Old Hippie", weird side effects from drugs can be very fascinating - I'll leave it at that. I do use the Amb...

Agree that with a data capable machine and the software to adequately analyze the data you shouldn't need a sleep study repeat for at least 5 years, if then. I'm one that used to obsess over "the numbers", but after a year of "No Change", feeling good, and the numbers being good I don't worry about ...

Ha!!! You're probably right Joe -- I'm already on my guard for that one!!! I'm not "badmouthing" my DME, quite the contrary - My DME is pretty decent as DME's go. Since I don't pay anything for anything, I have no idea of what they bill the insurance company, but there's not a lot I could do about t...

So, I called for my every 3 month supply "issue" the other day and let them know I wanted to try the Quattro FF mask so I have something for allergy season that will work (the HC431 I have is a piece of s....Well you get the picture).... I mentioned that I didn't know what size so I would need a fit...

Congratulations Lisa!!!! Hope you have many many more!!!!

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