I have been using my Res Med cpap with nasal pillows for the last two weeks. The AYR gel works wonders and I do it before putting on the mask. I have also noticed I am sleeping longer and feeling much better in the mornings with more energy. I was wondering what the readers on here thought of the pig mask thought about trying it out? I do like nasal pillows but you can get sore.
I actually had a pretty good sleep with Res Med Cpap nose pillows mask last night. I even too the suggestion of reading with it on but that did make it harder to fall asleep. Once I got to sleep really got about 6 good hours of sleep feel great this morning. Thank goodness no more headaches. I noticed last night I did not fight the cpap machine. I almost got any wrestling match with the headgear. It kept getting twisted but after like 20 minutes I got it fixed right. lol Also I am cleaning my nose pillows every day in water and a little dawn. Every day I pour out old distilled water from humidifier box and replace each evening. Am cleaning things too often or is good practice? This weekend I plan to clean everything and sanitize my humidifier box with 1 to 3 white vinegar. Clean everything else in Dawn and lukewarm rinse and drip dry. Any suggestions in this area?
ken I am 58-year-old male who recently had his first sleep study done. I have not gotten the official results but they did have put cpap device on me around 2:30 am. I could not tolerate the full-face mask but did fine with the one that covered my nose and nose pillows. I got woken up a few times so my quality of sleep was not the best. The tech told me that I had more then 15 episodes where I oxygen dropped to an unsafe level. That is all she could tell me because she said the doctor has to read the sonogram and call me in 5 days. Also found out he was on vacation and no results till after Labor Day.
Needless to say did not sleep well at all Saturday night. For the past several months I have had bad headaches in the morning and felt short of breath from task like unloading groceries. I also snore very loudly that is what prompted me well let me say my wife and my friends who had to hear me this past April on a men’s retreat. Sunday morning I woke up feeling horrible and I also thought I was having a heart episode.
My wife said we are going to the emergency room. They did a full work up on me and did a Lexi-Scan, which came back negative for any heart issues. Since they admitted me they did give me a full-face mask cpap. That is all the resp. department carried. I did not make it even two hours and took it off it totally freaked me out. Then sleeping with out anything they woke me an hour later and the nurse said they were going to have to put O2 on me because my levels dropped to an unsafe level.
The next afternoon the doctor was checking me out of the hospital and said to follow up with my regular doctor and wait for official results. My wife who had stayed with me spoke up and said, “Can't you at least send him home with a bottle of O2? The doctor said, “No because insurance would not cover it without official results.” My wife said, “What if he has another episode of low O2 then what? “ Did you know his O2 dropped to unsafe level Sunday night into Monday morning? “ No he said so he checked and sure enough it was charted. He said, “We will try to get you a loaner cpap machine.”
The good news was I was able to get and it was nose pillows. I guess I so tried Monday night that I did not have any issues with it and was able to keep my mouth closed. I felt better on Tuesday but tired from all my tests. But Tuesday night I had more trouble getting to sleep and kept feeling like I had to make my myself breath consciously through my nose. Finally after about 30 min I got up and took a sleep aid and was able to go to sleep. I was wondering if any of you had any suggestions to falling asleep with the nose pillows cpap?One thing my tech did when she demonstrated with my loaner was set it on gradual pressure increase from 5 to 10. I would appreciate your suggestions? Once I am asleep I do great it is just getting there!
