Numerous sources on line including Amazon. Have you tried them?

Nb. N95 is the US standard. KN 95 is the Chinese certification.

I like Well Before: https://wellbefore.com/products/kn95-disposable-fda-ce. You can get them with adjustable loops, as well as in different sizes and colors.

MaskC - they are having a huge sale right now, too.

^Brilliant!

I did as girlnamedgalez suggests when that was the only ones I could find during the height of the pandemic (when folks had twigged to the need for N95s).

Give some thought to where you want the knot to rest, when you are cutting the straps. I cut mine so the knot would be at the bottom of my ear, not behind.

I've been ordering KN95s from https://bonafidemasks.com/ for the past few years and really like their products and prices. I get the Harley masks that have foam across the top edge.

I‘ve been very pleased with the masks that i purchased from https://bonafidemasks.com/powecom-kn95/

Alternatively, if you have a needle and thread, or simplw sewing machine, you can just sew/tack the elastic, avoiding any knots. I sometimes do this with my around the head masks because sometimes the elastic isnt fastened well.

I hope you find some good solutions, chisue. I also hope you’re doing well.

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Thanks all! You're the best!

I may try to convert the masks I have, but now I have some guidance on which brands would be good to order.

Petalique -- You're kind to ask. I'm doing well in general. A little low this weekend after my monthly infusion at the cancer center on Friday. The stuff keeping the MM at bay is wrecking my poor skin. It doesn't help that my skin developed for a woman 30 pounds larger than I am now! ( Don't you wonder about all the skin left when people lose 100 lbs on those diet commercials?)

Here's wishing you all the best, chisue - and you reminded me of this story from This American Life some years back. One of their producers lost over 100 pounds and talked about how much loose skin she had left - so much she had multiple surgeries to remove some of it.

https://www.thisamericanlife.org/589/transcript

Thanks for the update, chisue. Sorry to hear the rx is messing with your skin. Is it drying out you skin? How many days does the Rx treatment messed you up? Do you feel blah for days after?

Thirty pounds less wouldn’t seem like much extra skin, but to you, it might feel awful or uncomfortable. Yes, carolb, some people who lose 100 or more pounds can have annoyingly sagging skin. For those who can get surgery, that must be an enormous relief.

Wishing you the best, chisue and it must be so exhausting nd difficult to cope with the illness AND the treatment. Medical research is always in a race to find effective and better treatments. Hold on. I hope you have a good support system — perhaps others w MM or similar, family and friends. And I hope you can continue with your interests and activities.

Sometimes I come across articles on various conditions like MM. You likely are on top of new info, but if you’d like, I will try to post links to any I come across. The costs of being ill can be immense. I recently wanted to treat itchy milia and the doc wrote a prescription for something called TRETINOIN. The pharmacy said it needed approval from inssurer. Cost without insurance is about $186. The cheapy insurance said my CO-PAY would be $145. Yikes. I’ve never used it, don’t know how effective it will be or even how long that supply of ? ounces would last. I might need to invest in a salt or sand blaster, or brillo pads.

Would it be worth a trip to Mexico or Canada? LOL

Tretinoin is a prescription-strength retinol. You could start with any of the OTC versions (Neutrogena and Roc make good, inexpensive ones.) They do wonders for skin texture and appearance, although can be a bit drying and irritating at first.

Also wishing you the best, Chisue.

Thanks, Bookwoman. I already told pharmacy that I would cough up the $. I am trying to address these milia —keratin bumps on my forehead and face that itch like crazy. I have taken a sharp needle and shelled out some and I’ve considered using a soft-roufgh face cleaning pad, but someone at the derm clinic advized against doing that — potential for scarring. I hope the Tretinoin is strong enough. Unfortunately, I already have dry skin.

I hope the expensive T stuff works. I will keep the OTC products in mind. Thanks so much for suggesting that work around.

Thanks for help and well-wishes. I'm always happy to see the KT jump in to assist.

As for expensive prescription drugs, there's some hope that the US government will catch up with other first world nations and do some price control. The oral drug for my MM treatment (Revlimid) is ridiculously overpriced, even the generic (lenalidamide). I pay $3200 Ain January for 28 capsules 5mg. The infusion is the Big Money, paid by Medicare (AKA all of us taxpayers) because it's in-hospital Part B. That's $40K each month -- just the drug. MM isn't some rare disease; Big Pharma is raking it in.

After a Friday infusion, I'm mostly very fatigued until late Sunday or Monday. Often the fatigue fights with the steroid 'upper'. Exhausted and Jittery all at once! The sore tongue and skin troubles are a result of the accumulation of side effects over the five years of my treatment. And, I'm old! Skin adequate for 130 lbs. will never fit my 95 lb. current self, and I've lost two inches in height.

Still, I think I'll skip the drastic 'alterations' recorded in the interesting clip Carol B gave us!

Best wishes for you, chisue, given the realities.

I remember hearing, years ago, that two heads are better than one, and it's true also that twenty-two (or so) are even better, as we often find here at the kitchen table!

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Oh, my, chisue!

Assault on your wallet and your body, tongue and skin.

Want me to send you some high calorie cookies or paté? Or some size 6 jeans?

I wonder if you lost 2 inches in height from something like osteoporosis or collapsed vertebrae. I hope you had height to ”spare.”

So a Friday infusion wipes you out for 2 or 3 days? Do you sleep, read, watch TV or movies? Well, at least the rx is keeping you going and I do hope you can feel well enough to spend time with family and friends between treatments. I also hope that you have gotten to enjoy some of the gorgeous fall color. Mayb not the artic weather that recently dipped into the country.

I notice our slate colored Juncos are back for the winter — I always welcome their arrival and winter is just part of New England.

I hope you have a good weekend! Hugs!

I've been pleased with these, although I paid more for them. I don't know why they're so much cheaper now.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09TNJ79MV