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Permalink Reply by Mary Z on February 20, 2012 at 9:15am

I sleep sideways.  I have used a regular pillow, tried the buckwheat pillow, and settled on an inexpensive memory foam pillow.  The memory foam pillow has a bit of a crease (as I said it was inexpensive from Target) between the lower part for the neck and the higher part for the head,  My mask fits very nicely right in that crease.  If you try the mask and have trouble with a regular pillow- experiment.  Buy a cheap pillow and make your own cutouts for the mask.  It's a great mask.  Once adjusted I rarely need to make changes.  To take it off I undo the clips at the bottom of the mask. and just slip it over my head.  The only cleaning I do is unscented CPAP wipes, though a washing with a mild soap and warm water is fine, too.  I wear the large and the headgear is too big so I wear a kufi hat (just fits the crown of the head) under the straps.  I bought small straps and they worked fine, but I found the other arrangement to be more comfortable.  If the straps are too big you could try something like that (google Kufi- Amazon has them, too.  You only need an inexpensive one.) The Kuki caps come in crocheted cotton and are not hot in the summer.   I have no vested interest in the FitLife, or Respironics,  I just love this mask.  As it's not inexpensive, if paying OOP cpap.com has sales and you can buy the return insurance.  If You get one from your DME make sure you can return it within 30 days and switch if it doesn't work for you.  It's perfect for me as I have chronic problems with nose bridge breakdown and the skin there is thin so a mask that rests there does not work.

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Permalink Reply by Rita Butler on February 20, 2012 at 10:09am

Thanks, Mary.  I ordered one from Amazon for much cheaper and you can return it if it doesn't work. 

I ordered the small size before I saw the video on Amazon.  I'll just have to wait until it gets here to see if it fits my face.  Did you try the small size first?  The video shows how it should fit and how to make the straps fit.

If I make you a friend, does that mean we can email each other?  I'm not sure how to do it though.

Thanks, Rita

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Permalink Reply by Mary Z on February 20, 2012 at 11:25am

If you make me a friend we can send messages to one another through the forum.  I tried the small first, though it worked for me it was really too small and left almost permanant marks on the sides of my face.  I am not petite and guess my face is regular woman size.

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