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Mask advice please!!!
Hi everyone,
Been on Cpap since Oct 2010, (Papworth clinic cambs - have been great), currently REMstar pressure 13. Have 7 masks - yes SEVEN, and still struggling like mad. I am not giving up as since being on CPAP for the first time in my life I sleep right through the night, which I didn't do even as a child, and the black circles and pain under my eyes have gone.
Currently have -Quattro Mirage, Quattro FX, Liberty, Comfort Lite nasal, Swift FX, a fisker paykel ful facethat goes under the chin, and a nasal one by respironics that I don't know the name of! I started off for several months using the Mirage with lots of cotton wool padding over my nose and REMZZ liners. Had the headgear and cushion changed and no matter what I do I cant get it to seal, take if off, start again, loosen straps, tighten straps etc. I had high hopes for the swift, but the nasal cushions hurt the inside of my nose and I can only endure it for a couple of hours. The Quattro FX is great and the one I am currently enduring but it ends up in my mouth, leaving tram lines and indents on my face, giving me a large permanent wrinkle under my left eye (for a 39yr old female is no fun) and is pressing on my lower gums and making them receed!!
I have fibromyalgia and a lot of facial pain and think I am going to end up using a total face mask......
Looking at the sleepweaver... does it really seal?? Is it worth the money because I have wasted so much already? Papworth won't supply this as in their trials no-one can get it to seal effectively. And finally has anyone got any tips or advice? Sorry for the long post!
Kind regards, Nikki
Been on Cpap since Oct 2010, (Papworth clinic cambs - have been great), currently REMstar pressure 13. Have 7 masks - yes SEVEN, and still struggling like mad. I am not giving up as since being on CPAP for the first time in my life I sleep right through the night, which I didn't do even as a child, and the black circles and pain under my eyes have gone.
Currently have -Quattro Mirage, Quattro FX, Liberty, Comfort Lite nasal, Swift FX, a fisker paykel ful facethat goes under the chin, and a nasal one by respironics that I don't know the name of! I started off for several months using the Mirage with lots of cotton wool padding over my nose and REMZZ liners. Had the headgear and cushion changed and no matter what I do I cant get it to seal, take if off, start again, loosen straps, tighten straps etc. I had high hopes for the swift, but the nasal cushions hurt the inside of my nose and I can only endure it for a couple of hours. The Quattro FX is great and the one I am currently enduring but it ends up in my mouth, leaving tram lines and indents on my face, giving me a large permanent wrinkle under my left eye (for a 39yr old female is no fun) and is pressing on my lower gums and making them receed!!
I have fibromyalgia and a lot of facial pain and think I am going to end up using a total face mask......
Looking at the sleepweaver... does it really seal?? Is it worth the money because I have wasted so much already? Papworth won't supply this as in their trials no-one can get it to seal effectively. And finally has anyone got any tips or advice? Sorry for the long post!
Kind regards, Nikki