Hello Dr. (Censored),

What I am about to write here is a tad vitriolic, but please understand that I bear none of it towards you or Dr. (Censored). I am writing this at 4:35 in the morning, after YET ANOTHER sleepless night full of trying and struggling and failing to get this god-forsaken pile of scrap metal to work on any consistent basis whatsoever.

These machines are absolute pieces of shit. I have worked with many computers in my lifetime, having fixed some of the most obscure computer and IT problems you could imagine. But these BiPAP and CPAP machines are on a whole different level. The solutions always change. What worked yesterday to fix whatever issue there is at hand (and by Jove there are a TON of them, more on this in a minute) will fail to work the next day. Air leak on the mask? Yesterday, tightening the straps worked to prevent that. Today? No luck, no matter how hard I tighten the straps to prevent the air leak, even to the point that my face hurts, my eyes will still get blasted with air at exactly the most inopportune moment, i.e. JUST WHEN I'M ABOUT TO FALL ASLEEP! Oh hey, I guess I just needed to untangle the straps. Nope! That only works for ONE NIGHT FOR SOME REASON. Untangling the straps and tightening them again doesn't FEEL LIKE WORKING TODAY, so PFFFFFT, HERE'S A BIG FAT FART DIRECTLY INTO YOUR EYEBALL AS YOU'RE ABOUT TO FALL ASLEEP!

Another example is the dry mouth problem. Yesterday, increasing the humidity level worked to prevent dry throat, but today? NAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! Get ready to wake up every five fucking minutes to drink water! Hope you like disappointment! And the nose itching, CHEEZUS CHEDDAR CHRIST, SAVIOR OF WISCONSIN! Nothing EVER works to fix that! I just have to hope I'm LUCKY enough that I fall asleep before my nose itches, but that is a very slim chance considering the myriad of other problems this stupid piece of shit machine introduces into my sleep schedule!

Dr. (Censored), I just want weight loss surgery at this point. I don't care if it requires a specialized diet, I just can't deal with this ever-shifting maze of problems that never stops and never gets solved and no progress is ever, ever, ever, EVER made that doesn't disappear the following day! Someone needs to take this machine away from me before I start playing the 60's Batman theme with a mischievous glint in my eye and a baseball cap on my head...

Edit: One of the major problems I'm having is that the AirTouch mask is the only one that doesn't cause my face to flare up. I've tried another mask that works well and doesn't have these problems, but it doesn't have non-silicone face lining. That thread is here. https://www.reddit.com/r/CPAP/comments/sgji0w/any_alternatives_to_airtouch_mask/