Poll What Gear Do You Sleep With?

General Discussion on any topic relating to CPAP and/or Sleep Apnea.

Might not be complete but here goes, check what gear you typically sleep with

xPAP or some flavor (even a vent) with hose & mask
143
44%
Supplemental oxygen gear
6
2%
Chinstrap
17
5%
Mouth tape/MAD/Mouth Guard
26
8%
Papcap
14
4%
Recording oximeter
16
5%
Pap pillow
39
12%
Bed Wedge/extra pillows
29
9%
Cervical collar
1
0%
Mask padding/liners
36
11%
 
Total votes: 327

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Poll What Gear Do You Sleep With?

Post by Muse-Inc » Fri Jan 21, 2011 9:48 pm

Jazzer made me curious...all because she pondered why sleep wasn't occurring easily, then remembered how much gear she was sleeping with.

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Re: Poll What Gear Do You Sleep With?

Post by Jaylee » Fri Jan 21, 2011 9:57 pm

I have my BiPap, mask, one of those pillows to go between your knees to help keep your spine straight and a teddy bear. Yes, I sleep with a teddy bear and I am 32 years old. Before my carpal tunnel surgery I had to keep my wrist propped up on something, and now it is such a habit that I can not sleep without holding something. He is cute, too.

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Re: Poll What Gear Do You Sleep With?

Post by Cindy Lou Who » Fri Jan 21, 2011 10:46 pm

You could add sports mouth guard to the list...bet you would get some numbers there. I also sleep with a cat...or...he sleeps with me. Sweetie likes to drape his torso across my left shoulder and put his ribs against my ear. What a wonderful purr he has. Other times I'm treated to the gurgling sounds his intestines make. Enough said about that!
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Re: Poll What Gear Do You Sleep With?

Post by Amigo » Sat Jan 22, 2011 6:43 am

Cindy Lou Who wrote:... I also sleep with a cat...or...he sleeps with me. Sweetie likes to drape his torso across my left shoulder and put his ribs against my ear. What a wonderful purr he has. Other times I'm treated to the gurgling sounds his intestines make. Enough said about that!
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Re: Poll What Gear Do You Sleep With?

Post by BlackSpinner » Sat Jan 22, 2011 8:03 am

plus cat and dog

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Re: Poll What Gear Do You Sleep With?

Post by Hawthorne » Sat Jan 22, 2011 10:18 am

Well. I'm 71 and I sleep with a Teddy Bear as well! His name is Button. He really helps my arthritic wrists----and he's really cute too!!

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Re: Poll What Gear Do You Sleep With?

Post by Jaylee » Sat Jan 22, 2011 4:36 pm

Hawthorne wrote:Well. I'm 71 and I sleep with a Teddy Bear as well! His name is Button. He really helps my arthritic wrists----and he's really cute too!!
I call mine Cloudy Bear.

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Re: Poll What Gear Do You Sleep With?

Post by chunkyfrog » Sat Jan 22, 2011 4:42 pm

Hubby uses his wedge pillow--
(I only put my stuff in the poll)

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Re: Poll What Gear Do You Sleep With?

Post by Jersey Girl » Sat Jan 22, 2011 7:34 pm

I also sleep with a husband (also a hosehead) and 2 very cute, very sweet, little dogs - a pug and a shitzu.

Regards,

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Re: Poll What Gear Do You Sleep With?

Post by DreamOn » Sun Jan 23, 2011 2:49 am

On the poll, I checked:

• xPAP or some flavor (even a vent) with hose & mask
• Papcap
• Recording oximeter
• Bed Wedge/extra pillows

Under my head, I'm currently using a buckwheat hull pillow (which I absolutely hated at first, but now I love it!). And I use another pillow under my top arm (I sleep on my side). No Teddy Bear (or, um, "Cloudy Bear" ), but Mr. Sock Monkey sometimes sleeps with me. Oh, and there's a husband too. Sadly, my beloved cat was banished from the bedroom when I started CPAP 15 months ago. She woke me up too often throughout the night, and I decided that sleep had to be a priority. I do miss snuggling with her.

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Re: Poll What Gear Do You Sleep With?

Post by jlk » Sun Jan 23, 2011 7:17 am

I didn't see the option for "happy butt monkey". My grandma made me one some 40 odd years ago, don't know his fate, seen socks in a catalog a few years ago, reminded me of him. Dream On, I see some condensation in your hose, hope you don't have rainout to deal with also, there are so many things that affect sleep. john

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Re: Poll What Gear Do You Sleep With?

Post by DreamOn » Sun Jan 23, 2011 10:54 am

I had a sock monkey as a child too!

Actually, the hose had just been washed and not hung to dry yet. That photo was taken about a year ago, when I used a ResMed S8 machine and a regular hose. I use the ClimateLine hose with my S9 machine now, and I don't have any rainout. I can't even remember the last time I washed it -- maybe not since I got it in June.

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Re: Poll What Gear Do You Sleep With?

Post by sydneybird » Sun Jan 23, 2011 8:33 pm

Just look to the left and you will see what I sleep with. Sometimes I get my ear washed out too.

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Re: Poll What Gear Do You Sleep With?

Post by Jaylee » Sun Jan 23, 2011 9:08 pm

This is Cloudy Bear. He is so super cute.

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Re: Poll What Gear Do You Sleep With?

Post by snuginarug » Sun Jan 23, 2011 9:13 pm

My bear is Ward Bear. He has been known to sneak out of the house to get forties. I let him sleep with me anyway.

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