when I try to sleep my cheeks puff out. this happens weather I am using a nasal mask( resmed) or a full facial mask. ( resmed). When I first started using cpap I had all the hope in the world that this was going to make a major difference in my life. IT HASN"T!! Infact my life is worse than ever. I've had to buy all my own equipment because of changes in insurance. I am so tired of people telling me what they think is wrong and all the time the aren't even listening to what the problem is! I just want to sleep like a regular person. I don't want my cheeks strained out painfully, waking me up every hour or so. I can,t afford to purchase any more masks at $150.00 or more. I've heard from a few people who say I'm not exhaling all the way. Well if I'm not exhaling all the way by now I never will. Isn't there anyone out there who has had this problem and found a solution that worked. I am so frustrated at my situation that I am alienating my wife and family. My doctor has no answers for me. He says you just have to work it out , buy another mask ,have another $1700.00 sleep study. Buy a more expensive machine. I am out of money and patients. I haven't had a good nights sleep in over twenty years. I was promised by everyone and their brother that was the answer to all my problems. and with in a month I would be a new man. Well it has been three months and things are getting worse not better. I'm willing to listen to any ones idea or solution. I was on another forum and all I got was two post by people who agreed with each other. Funny thing each one of them had made over 2,000 posts each. Seemed to me that they like to see their names in type because they sure hadn't any answers. And please no poems. I just want to get a good night sleep so I can stop being such a jerk!