Hi everyone - I have a cold - been 2 nights already. First night my pap just didn't work coz of blocked nostrils. My normally effective nose spray worked last night for about an hour then I woke up and took mask off as it just didn't work past the blocked nostrils and also felt weird with my sore th...

Thanks everyone. Meanwhile I had a bad night yesterday - viewtopic.php?f=1&t=67286&p=626253#p626253

Hi everyone - I've been on the nasal pillow for a few nights now and it's been driving me nuts because it keeps on leaking from the top end. I called the nurse at the sleep clinic and she said I might need a bigger or smaller size (mine are medium). How's that for a scientific answer? I suppose my n...

Thanks - no idea why they said that about 10cm pressure then. What's so annoying is that my CPAP machine doesn't give me data and so I can't check how much air I'm leaking in the night and how good a sleep I'm getting. When I asked the doctor she said they used to give patients machines with data bu...

Oh so you wash the nasal pillow once a week? I just switched to this from mask, which I was told to wash once a month. Washing that often doesn't make them go mushy faster?

Hi everyone, The nose mask gave me some nasty sores on the bridge of my nose so the clinic gave me a nasal pillow (Mirage Swift II) which I tried for the first time last night. Feels much less cumbersome than the mask but will have to adjust straps tonight as it easily leaked a few times during the ...

Yay indeed! Thanks for the encouragement guys. I've been in this community a week and it's been an enormous help to get through these first days. I feel all I do is take take take but hope one day I'll be able to give give give back to other novices. Signing off before I start sounding like a Hallma...

Ok thanks guys. I know what you mean by those moleskins now.

Talon - by nose bridge gel pad, you mean like this thing? https://www.cpap.com/productpage/Nasal- ... ml?src=atg

Thanks Otter. What's a mole?

I've been a week on CPAP. I had 2 bad nights and 2 good nights (where I only wake up once) and 2 nights on the weekend I drank wine before I slept and they were good nights but I feel that doesn't count because of the wine - like I cheated Last night was a good night (woke up once only to go pee) an...

Hehe Sheriff that has to be an 'award winning' DUH moment. Hey there's an idea - A hosehead awards night ... Biggest Blooper, Fastest Adapter, Biggest Whiner (wins a bottle of wine) ...

and on my cheeks to the side of my nose. I don't really want to loosen the mask because I get more leaks then. Has anyone tried this product? Does it work? https://www.cpap.com/productpage/Nasal-Soft-CPAP-Cushion.html?src=atg Meanwhile, can anyone recommend a cream or something for the sores on my n...

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Thanks - I'll see what they have in the pharmacies here. I live in Belgium.

Last night (night 5 since I got my CPAP) was terrible compared with previous nights. I could feel a leak of air hitting my left eye and I was thinking ' how is this possible with a brand new mask??' I kept fiddling with the mask and the straps and getting more and more frustrated. Would fall asleep ...