I hate taking medicine, but I am grateful for my CPAP. Before I got started on it, I would wake up some days unable to move. My sleep study showed 120 events an hour and my oxygen saturation dropped as low as 60%.
I just today got around to replacing the headgear strap and silicon face cushion for my mask and found great prices and service with cpap.com (FYI). You might take a look at the site and see all the different mask options in case there’s one that might suit you better. All the masks fit all the machines.
I understand a lot of people have a terrible time adapting to the mask, but the fact in my case is that I literally cannot breathe without one. In fact, I can’t even exhale now that I’ve gained some since getting mine initially. So, I personally for my own sake could give a shit about whatever torture I’d have to endure.
I did have a friend (who was skinny as a rail) who had sleep apnea and couldn’t adapt to the mask. Finally, they took another look at her sleep data and realized she did better on her side. So her solution was to sew a giant styrofoam ball onto the back of a super snug t-shirt and that kept her off her back.
I hope you find something that works. Good luck.