CPAP CRAP

[captain_slinky]

I wish I were having a better time using my CPAP machine. I have to strap it to by face and let it blow air in my nose all night long, but unfortunatley I rarely go more than 4 hours with the thing on me before I end up ripping it off and getting some REAL sleep without it.

I just get way too restless and it's really uncomfortable. And the fact that the setting get all messed-up every time I rip it off my head. Not my fault - I'm 90% asleep when I do it!

So we got the doctor to prescribe a sleep aid to supposedly let me avoid waking-up in the middle of the night, therefore depriving me of the chance to rip the stupid thingee off my head and get a full night of sleep under my belt.

Unfortunately, I woke up about 5 times last night, each time I had the stupid CPAP mask ripped off my head and lying on the bed next to me in pieces. And so I spent most of the night re-attatching the device to my head and trying to get back to sleep - FOR 10 HOURS I DID THIS!!!

Comments

[sasjhwa.livejournal.com]

Duct tape? At least you would wake up when you tried to rip it off! Heh Heh

[tigernach.livejournal.com]

maybe you need a different mask. they have several models...

[captain-slinky.livejournal.com]

I'm beginning to think that's exactly what I need... I'll be calling them on Monday to see about that.

[tigernach.livejournal.com]

you really should. my dad and brother both use various versions of cpaps, so see what they can do to make it work for you.

[nani-ka.livejournal.com]

baeleth has one... maybe he knows the magic secret?

[captain-slinky.livejournal.com]

If I remember correctly, his magic secret is to just not use it :(

[supernovame.livejournal.com]

I think I remember, from the doctors that i talked to about it when my wife was going to have to have one, there may be different machines that will work, but there can also be different settings they said. So maybe a different setting will help? I think I have some cpap stuff saved somewhere still, not sure though. So it is sounding like a CRAP machine more and more eh?

[captain-slinky.livejournal.com]

Maybe not the machine per se, but at the very least it's The Mask. I layed in there for TWO HOURS last night waiting to fall asleep, fixated on how much pressure was beig applied to my upper lip and how uncomfortable it was.

Need to go and see the doctor for a follow-up anywho...