Welcome to our forum Cathy, and hope you find it helpful on here.  Look forward to interacting with you.

Best Wishes + Good Sleep!

Kath

No lucky her!  She's a great comfort though and I wouldnt be without her now!  Wishing you good luck with your new mask, I know you haven't been impressed so far and I'm glad that my sucess has given you the confidence to have another go - I hope I've helped a little and I'm sure this forum will help a lot - it certainly helped me. Lots of useful information and support on here and Kath has been just brilliant! I wouldn't be without my CPAP now, I've left it off a couple of nights and have really noticed the difference the next day - it's my new best friend next to you and Honey!  Best of luck Sis, happy sleeping zzzzzzzzzzzzzz

I know what you mean I'm also a side sleeper and have the same problem with the leaking mask, try yawning with it on or twitching your nose (like Samantha from Bewitched years ago used to do); I find it helps me, might help you too... also a good tip to try, lie down when you put the mask on to go to sleep - your face changes shape when you lie down and sometimes the mask loses it's seal because of this.  Keep on trying though - it really IS worth it! x