RE: Full face mask vs nasal pillows - advice needed
(06-14-2012, 05:23 AM)johns019 Wrote: So it doesn't have to be a bi level machine to ease the exhale?
Bi-level machines can ease the exhale to just about any level you want to set. EPR on a CPAP or APAP can only ease it by 1, 2, or 3. I think those numbers are in centimeters of water, but I've never seen that stated officially anywhere.
Sleepster
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RE: Full face mask vs nasal pillows - advice needed
(06-14-2012, 07:30 AM)EyesWideOpen Wrote: Then I tried a nasal pillow, even though I knew that I was a mouth breather. As it turns out, once I started getting enough air through my nose, and the snoring was taken care of, I stopped opening my mouth.
Did you, or do you, have to wear a chin strap?
Quote:I still get a little congestion and I use a nasal gel on the end of a cotton swab and run that around inside my nose before bed, to cut down on the dryness caused by the rushing air.
What do you use as a nasal gel? I use HPA Lanolin.
Sleepster
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RE: Full face mask vs nasal pillows - advice needed
I talked to the resp. therapist today - she said that they are planning to set me up with a BiPap Respironics System One.
I'll be researching that this weekend 
RE: Full face mask vs nasal pillows - advice needed
(06-14-2012, 05:51 PM)johns019 Wrote: I talked to the resp. therapist today - she said that they are planning to set me up with a BiPap Respironics System One.
I'll be researching that this weekend
Make sure you get the BiPAP Pro. The BiPAP Plus is a brick, meaning it won't record the data you need to evaluate the effectiveness of your therapy.
Sleepster
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RE: Full face mask vs nasal pillows - advice needed
(06-14-2012, 05:58 PM)Sleepster Wrote: (06-14-2012, 05:51 PM)johns019 Wrote: I talked to the resp. therapist today - she said that they are planning to set me up with a BiPap Respironics System One.
I'll be researching that this weekend
Make sure you get the BiPAP Pro. The BiPAP Plus is a brick, meaning it won't record the data you need to evaluate the effectiveness of your therapy.
I only see BiPAP S/T and BiPAP autoSV Advanced.
Maybe I need to look into their site more.
RE: Full face mask vs nasal pillows - advice needed
(06-14-2012, 06:18 PM)johns019 Wrote: I only see BiPAP S/T and BiPAP autoSV Advanced.
Maybe I need to look into their site more.
For some reason, they do make it hard to compare the vast array of different machines they make. I guess they want to appear mysterious.
Look at the Philips Respironics System One line.
Sleepster
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RE: Full face mask vs nasal pillows - advice needed
(06-14-2012, 06:18 PM)johns019 Wrote: I only see BiPAP S/T and BiPAP autoSV Advanced.
Maybe I need to look into their site more.
There is a PRS1 BiPAP PRO, BiPAP Auto, BiPAP S/T, and a BiPAP autoSV Advanced.
I don't see anything about a BiPAP PLUS in the System One line, but there might be one. There was an M series, but perhaps they didn't continue PLUS in the PRS1 bilevel line.
There is a BiPAP AVAPS that looks like the System One machines, but they may not use the System One name for AVAPS.
I presume the BiPAP PRO collects good data, and the Plus, if it exists, doesn't.
Get the free OSCAR CPAP software here.
Useful links.
Click here for information on the main alternative to CPAP.
If it's midnight and a DME tells you it's dark outside, go and check it yourself.
RE: Full face mask vs nasal pillows - advice needed
RE: Full face mask vs nasal pillows - advice needed
(06-14-2012, 08:58 PM)archangle Wrote: I presume the BiPAP PRO collects good data, and the Plus, if it exists, doesn't.
I guess the Plus doesn't exist. My mistake.
I have the Pro and it does collect good data.
The Auto is only a little bit more expensive. Sometimes I wish I would've gotten that one instead.
Sleepster
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RE: Full face mask vs nasal pillows - advice needed
Thanks again for all the help - this has become my most visited website 
I'll ask if I can get the Auto, but I imagine the insurance company gets the final say.
I also see that Respironics (apparantly the company my sleep study facility deals with) sells the comfortlite 2 nasal pillow mask.
Going to be researching that compared to the Resmed Swift FX.
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