Welcome to the forum Jeannie, and I hope you find lots of help and information on here.  Feel free to introduce yourself to the others on this post http://hope2sleepguide.co.uk/forum/topics/welcome-from-kath-mike and feel free to start up any new ones for help you need.

Best Wishes and Good Sleep!

Kath

Hi Jeannie

Pleased to hear it's arrived, and where to place it is a matter of preference.  I have mine behind me, central to the pillow.  However some people place them at the side of the bed or even on their bedside cabinets with the base under the machine.  Have an experiment and  see which you prefer and make sure there's just enough tubing hanging down so that you can move easily to the right or the left then it will turn with you.  Once you've spent a few nights with it and decided on where you like it place, you can get the Hose Lift Bracket to get it even higher.  I have my bracket on the wall behind my bedhead, then when you go away you simply slide the hose lift out of the bracket and use it with the base it came with.  The inventor thought of everything (even base spikes for campers)