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CPAP - Not my friend.
Posted 06-22-2008 at 08:51 AM by MicheleK
I've been assigned a CPAP machine to use for a week to get used to it. I can't freakin stand it!!! OMG
It's the kind that covers the nose and mouth, and it's VERY annoying. I tried the nose pillows while I was at my first sleep study, and my mouth always drops open during sleep so I'd wake up like I was choking.
Plus, they gave me a "loaner" that is for smokers (yes, I smoke...I know the picture of good health, right?)...it smells like SHIT.
I don't know what to do, I know I need to use this thing...apparently my sleep apnea is pretty darn severe. (288 events per hour, but my oxygen levels never drop below normal...go figure).
I have an appointment to take back the loaner tomorrow, I think I'm going to ask to try the nose pillows again, this mask is just to freakin weird.
It's the kind that covers the nose and mouth, and it's VERY annoying. I tried the nose pillows while I was at my first sleep study, and my mouth always drops open during sleep so I'd wake up like I was choking.
Plus, they gave me a "loaner" that is for smokers (yes, I smoke...I know the picture of good health, right?)...it smells like SHIT.
I don't know what to do, I know I need to use this thing...apparently my sleep apnea is pretty darn severe. (288 events per hour, but my oxygen levels never drop below normal...go figure).
I have an appointment to take back the loaner tomorrow, I think I'm going to ask to try the nose pillows again, this mask is just to freakin weird.
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Hi Michelle,
I have sleep apnea, too, and sometimes it just takes time to get used to the CPAP. For some people it takes months, and some take to it right away. I hope you can work it out. Some people get chin straps, or tape their lips shut, which sounds awful to me.
Anyway, good luck.
DebbiePosted 06-22-2008 at 08:08 PM by serenity55
