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zenda · 01-08-2011, 09:50 PM

Hi

OK .. I'm on CPAP too, since November 2009, and have fought with the identical problem.

All my life, I have been a flat-on-my-face stomach sleeper, varying only to get in the kind of positions you describe.

Check the gear:
This is the machine I am using
ResMed - S8 Escape? II

Here's the general mask page.
ResMed - Masks

Here are the ones they had to offer at the hospital.
ResMed - Hospital Full Face

I'd started with the full face mask and felt like a cross between WW1 gas attack and Bondage session.

So I went on to the nose only mask
ResMed - Hospital Nasal

Nose-only mask has been number 1 help when it comes to getting closer to my prefered position. Side-of-head against pillos is now no problem at all. Flat on stomach is something I don't do often now .. but with careful pillow positioning, I can hang my nose and nose mask over the edge of the pillow.

Number 2 is Latex Mattress ... it allows a far greater range of positions whilst providing precise support. I'm not referring to memory foam, or to matresses which have a layer of latex. I am referring to a big 10inch deep latex matress. Unlike memory foam, it gives instant response to your position choice or position change

01-08-2011, 09:50 PM	#6 (permalink)
zenda Crazy Location: London, England	Hi OK .. I'm on CPAP too, since November 2009, and have fought with the identical problem. All my life, I have been a flat-on-my-face stomach sleeper, varying only to get in the kind of positions you describe. Check the gear: This is the machine I am using ResMed - S8 Escape? II Here's the general mask page. ResMed - Masks Here are the ones they had to offer at the hospital. ResMed - Hospital Full Face I'd started with the full face mask and felt like a cross between WW1 gas attack and Bondage session. So I went on to the nose only mask ResMed - Hospital Nasal Nose-only mask has been number 1 help when it comes to getting closer to my prefered position. Side-of-head against pillos is now no problem at all. Flat on stomach is something I don't do often now .. but with careful pillow positioning, I can hang my nose and nose mask over the edge of the pillow. Number 2 is Latex Mattress ... it allows a far greater range of positions whilst providing precise support. I'm not referring to memory foam, or to matresses which have a layer of latex. I am referring to a big 10inch deep latex matress. Unlike memory foam, it gives instant response to your position choice or position change