No cuff

The Tufty One (tufty(AT)nuttree.demon.co.uk)
Thu, 7 Nov 1996 13:45:43 GMT

Hi Eric,

> Tufty,
> You can't stop the air leak while sleeping with a cuffless trach.
> You can turn up your volume just to make sure you don't lose too much
> air. I just make sure my low pressure alarm is set high enough to keep
> me from losing too much air.

I just can't seem to sleep with no cuff, even if we do turn the air up.
The following day my throat feels really sore and my stomach's full of
air. Is that just me, or does anybody else experience the same thing?

Tufty

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