Jerry, I'm so sorry! I've only had mine a little wile but I'm finding it the most comfortable I've ever used. Compared to the Mirage Swift with a taped soggy mouth, this is heaven. I do wear it a little tight but I have my old Swift pad-a cheeks on the bottom straps. Luv the pillows on this one.

Okay, here's the 1 day update. -The first thing that I should share is that I didn't make it through the night with this mask. Actually I didn't even make it to sleep. I tried for about 1 1/2 hours, but I couldn't do it. Everything was fine except the fact that the air flow was burning the inside of my left nostril. My right side was fine, but the left side was rough. It felt like my machine was out of water, so I checked it and it was fine. I also thought that my heater may not have been working, so I tested that as well. Everything was fine. I readjusted the mask, thinking maybe I didn't have it on right and this didn't work as well. -I hope I can make it work with this mask, but from the experience last night i don't think it looks good. I'm gonna keep trying b/c we all remember what it was like when we first started using a cpap to begin with. I really need this to work because my regular mask works great until it reaches maximum pressure (18), then it'll blow straight of my face! Well, it blows in my eyes and whistles very strangely. Ok, you all have a great day! Peace!

Hi Nora, As you lose weight you will most likely need your pressure lowered. Call your doctor, you may not need to go in (maybe your HME will come out and lower it). Have you heard of an AutoSet unit (www.ResMed.com). This unit measures your breath and gives you the correct pressure on a breath by breath basis which great while you are losing weight because it will automatically adjust. The Elite model also lets your doctor and HME provider view all your info. online and adjust the unit remotely- awesome! Check out the website www.resmed.com and www.myresmed.com

Even with a ramp up, you may not need a pressure of 18 all night long. You say you have a regular CPAP. Have you tried Autopap ? Do you use a humidifier? I am just now going to a full face mask because I've been taping my mouth shut. I was using the Nasal-Aire II which is very comfortable but I still mouth breath so I'm going to try a mask I've been reading about on www.cpaptalk.com called the Hybrid. People with high pressures seem to like this mask very much. I haven't tried it yet because everywhere I called was all sold out or it was too new for them to have gotten any yet. Another reason for Autopap is that as you loose weight, your pressure may drop and Autopap will work better that CPAP with changing pressures. Just a thought.

I love my cpap! The first night I tried to use it was when I had my sleep study and it scared me with the air blowing in my face, but when the guy doing the study told me that I was only actually taking in oxygen 1/4 of the 45 minutes I'd been asleep, I freaked out. He told me that he was not supposed do the mask so early in the study, but he was seriously worried and decided to put it on me early. I had no idea sleep apnea was so dangerous until he told me afterwards that people died from it. That he was amazed I'd not had a heart attack yet from the lack of oxygen. I'd had no idea how long it would take for me to get my machine, but there was someone from the health care place on my doorstep the next afternoon. I am at a setting of 15 with supplemental oxygen at night and I won't even take a nap without my little nasal mask. The whistling... drives me around the twist. Has anyone found that their mask fits wonderfully, no leaks, no rubbing and all that one night and the next night even though nothing is changed, it's like a whole different mask? Nothing makes it comfortable, but yet, I'm scared to death to take it off. I don't have a red mark on my forehead, probably because I sleep in a recliner, but I get breakouts sometimes where the mask sits on my skin. How do you know if you need to have your pressure increased? Wow... I rambled like an idiot... sorry. Kel