Sleep Apnea Support Group

Sleep apnea is a common sleep disorder characterized by brief interruptions of breathing during sleep. People with sleep apnea partially awaken as they struggle to breathe, but in the morning they may not be aware of sleep disturbances.

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everythingsfine 08/30/2007

A friend of mine emailed me a link to this today, it's some new sort of funky mask that has no real face mask, it's like the kind that goes under your nose, but instead of headgear, it's held in place by a built-in mouthpiece. It's called "cpap Pro". The site is cpappro.com It looks interesting. I'd try it but I'm a mouth-breather so I don't know if it'd work. Plus, I don't know if insurance would cover it. Interesting, anyway.

deleted_user 10/08/2007

It looks a lot like my headgear but comes from below and is held in place by a mouthpiece. It still has nasal pillows. I suppose they must take impressions of your teeth? If not, I wouldn't buy it or your teeth could move.

patriciarose07 10/16/2007

Thank you for your post as I would have never found something worth trying to get a good nite sleep.

God Bless you today and always....:)

lenox62 10/16/2007

I tried a couple masks with the nose pillows, gave me nose bleeds. I'm a "side sleeper" maybe they poked where they weren't supposed to poke?

deleted_user 10/17/2007

Thanks for the post .. it helps .. to keep up on the latest in CPAP technology ..

deleted_user 10/21/2007

Im a mouth breather too and was told that I didn't want to open my mouth while I was using it. They said that it would give me gas and be bloated. I have that anyways so don't notice a diff when using it. Well, I haven't used it in a lonnnnnng time. Because of the smell that it had the last time I used it.

deleted_user 10/22/2007

Thankyou for the address
I had a look & am now trying to find out if its here in Australia or not as my hubby may like this one better.
Again Thanks :)

deleted_user 10/28/2007

When I got my machine a month ago, I was told specifically not to get the under the nose kind. Because it really doesn't work as well as a nose mask or full face mask.

deleted_user 06/05/2008

Lenox62, were you using a humidifier? If not, maybe your sinuses were dry. I'm also a side sleeper so this type of headgear is perfect for me. I may try the CPAP Pro myself. I have to have met my $500 deductible with insurance, so basically I have to cover this type of stuff.

deleted_user 06/05/2008

I just received my CPAP two days ago and really wanted this mask. The supplier approved by my insurance would not order it for me. I ended up with the opus nasal pillow mask, which is ok. I am saving money to buy the cpappro myself. I think it would be great to teeth grinders like myself!!

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