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Drying hoses etc.
Hi I am new to cpap and forums (I just wrote all this pressed share and it disappeared into the ether) so I'll try again.
I have been using cpap for 3mths now, even though I knew for years I had a problem, I still live in hope that I will be told it is all a mistake and I don't have to use all this equipment, I hate it with a passion!
I now realise the only way forward is to try to make using cpap as pleasant as possible, Kath has been very helpful.
Last night I had a horrible time with a lot of water in my mask (nasal pillows), hose and the chamber under tank. It was my second night using my new hose lift and cover, so don't think it was condensation, the first night using them was great.
I had given everything it's big wash, I hung it to dry in my airing cupboard all day, which also has the boiler in so very warm, I did notice droplets still in my mask and tried to dry it with a tissue. I think the problem was there must have been a lot of water still in the ridges in my hose, I've certainly not had rainout like that before.
Has anyone else had this problem after washing hoses, if so how do you now manage to get inside dry, the weather is better today so my hose and mask are hopefully drying out properly in the air.
Any other tips for a trouble free night would be appreciated.
Barbara
I have been using cpap for 3mths now, even though I knew for years I had a problem, I still live in hope that I will be told it is all a mistake and I don't have to use all this equipment, I hate it with a passion!
I now realise the only way forward is to try to make using cpap as pleasant as possible, Kath has been very helpful.
Last night I had a horrible time with a lot of water in my mask (nasal pillows), hose and the chamber under tank. It was my second night using my new hose lift and cover, so don't think it was condensation, the first night using them was great.
I had given everything it's big wash, I hung it to dry in my airing cupboard all day, which also has the boiler in so very warm, I did notice droplets still in my mask and tried to dry it with a tissue. I think the problem was there must have been a lot of water still in the ridges in my hose, I've certainly not had rainout like that before.
Has anyone else had this problem after washing hoses, if so how do you now manage to get inside dry, the weather is better today so my hose and mask are hopefully drying out properly in the air.
Any other tips for a trouble free night would be appreciated.
Barbara
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They won't give a spare hose out initially, but it's worth asking for the old hose when it gets replaced at the end of the first year.
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Permalink Reply by Barbara Hart on
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Ok, I will try to remember that, the sister at my clinic seems very good, she has already let me keep a mask, that I didn't get on with so well, as a spare just in case Something goes wrong with the one I use.
I have had a few good nights now, personally I think it was water left in grooves on inside of hose, and possibly too much water in tank, so a spare hose would be good.
Fingers crossed the mystery is solved, I'm pretty sure it was more than condensation.
Kath Hope said:They won't give a spare hose out initially, but it's worth asking for the old hose when it gets replaced at the end of the first year.
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