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Hi Ruby The past 4 nights I’ve slept ok without the CPAP machine I’m beginning to wonder if they have made the correct diagnosis? I’ve just had an angiogram yesterday to check heart valves aren’t blocked and got the 👍 so it’s nothing to do with that. I have two doctors in my family , my sons an anaesthetist and son in law it a GP one saying I should be getting the best sleep ever and the other is the opposite, just goes to show you can’t always expect the correct answer from a doctor eh. I’ll find out more next week after my follow up appointment and let you know what the outcome is Thanks again for everyone’s comments

Hi All Thank you for all your comments and things to try . I’m back at the hospital on the 7th of March so I will ask all the relevant questions you have all kindly contributed. The last two days the air pressure in my body in the morning has been so painful I was unable to stand up straight until I managed to get rid of the unwanted wind. I’m going to try a night off it tonight to see if it makes me feel better tomorrow. Thanks

Hi lugnut I don’t really understand what you are explaining when you talk about the pressure figures or what the AHI actually means as I have no access to that information on my “ResMed Air series10 machine” . I’ve just noticed most of those on this forum live in America and therefore I can only assume you have all had to purchase your machines yourself ! I live over the pond in England and the hospital provided me with my machine after I was diagnosed with sleep apnea, the controls for me to use are restricted I can only view the hours used per day with a smilie face if the seal was good or an unhappy face if bad also the pressure (usually 4 millibars) on start up. I’m guessing the data is stored either on a memory card or possibly online via WiFi back to the hospital . Sorry to sound thick but what was the reason for the liner as I’ve only had this machine two weeks and no one mentioned any liner at the hospital. Does anyone wake up in the morning absolutely blown up with air? To the point of being really being really uncomfortable? It then takes around half an hour to get rid of the sed wind through natural ways lol,!

Thank you Sierra and Ruby for taking the time to respond to me I do appreciate it. Your right it is an Air Sense 10 model but the screen shows me “pressure 4-20 “ not the same as yours , when I turn it on then stabilises at 4 millibars (not 4 bar) as I said earlier . I take on board you suggestion of a nasal pillow but I move about that much in bed I doubt i will be any where near it when I eventually wake. The last few days I’ve struggled with it leaking adjusting the mask then tightening the straps and before you know it it’s 2am which is ridiculous . I’m supposed to be getting better sleep! . I’m sure the equipment is correct I’m wondering about you suggestion Sierra about the nasal pillow mask air fit p10 i’ll Try that as I normally breath using my nostrils anyway. I don’t actually have a snoring problem it’s just I move and twitch a lot in bed and keeps the mrs awake as well to the point she no longer sleeps with me. I’ll look into you both suggestions and respond with some feedback Thanks again for your comments

Hi all I received my ResMed cpap device around 10 days ago and I’m determined to master it however as on a previous forum I can’t sleep with it either ! My main concern is the air seal and the noise it makes every time the seal is broken it wakes me up . ive tried adjusting the straps to the point it is tight and uncomfortable but even then it still escapes ive averaged 4.5 hours a night since I got it and most of them hours I’m struggling and juggling. With the mask. So I end up taking it off . And bizarrely that’s when I fall sleep! The pressure is 4 bar is that normal ? Any words of wisdom would be greatly appreciated as I have to go back to the hospital next week for a review