Everything we ever needed to know about BiPAP we learned in ten minutes.
Muchas gracias to Peggy and Cyndi and the entire team in the Pulmonary Medicine department at Santa Clara Kaiser. Throughout the duration of my personal ALS experience in regards to the astronomical number of doctor visits I’ve accumulated, it is their department I enjoy going back to time and time again.
Since I tend to be a mouth breather (ha ha) when asleep, Peggy switched out the more highly touted nasal pillow face attachment I had been told was better for the old school, traditional over-nose-and-mouth-combo mask. The difference between the two devices was rather pronounced: The former transformed me into even more of a saliva monster than I already am and the latter was, in the immortal words of Goldilocks, just right.
I will tell you right now, this thing is going to take a little time to get used to. Don’t expect me to make it through the night for a while, okay Fehmeen and Peggy and Cyndi and even our friend R-Lean the RT.
I would appreciate any advice or or even an amusing anecdote from any member in good standing of the sibling-hood of the ventilated BiPAP. Thanks for your (life) support.
The Adventures of ALS Boy 
No BiPAP experience here, but the night my hard-headed, hard-snoring man finally started using a CPAP machine was wonderful!
Have heard that it helps to use imagery to keep your mind in the happy place of your choice, instead of on whatever discomfort the mask might produce. Imagery said to be particularly helpful right before falling asleep. Perhaps you’d like to visualize the Chicago Cubs winning the World Series?