my power will be off for a whole night
my power will be off for a whole night
Hi
I just found out that the power company will be turning off our power for a whole night (8pm to 5pm). I do not have battery back up, nor do I have the money to buy one. I do not know what to do. I can go a whole night with out cpap.
I just found out that the power company will be turning off our power for a whole night (8pm to 5pm). I do not have battery back up, nor do I have the money to buy one. I do not know what to do. I can go a whole night with out cpap.
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Re: my power will be off for a whole night
I don't know if you can, but I would stay with a family member or friend, or rent a hotel room. Maybe make a party of it!!!
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Re: my power will be off for a whole night
Call your power company and ask for assistance. You are on medical equipment. If they don't want to help call your local agencies for help. Try you radio station too.
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Re: my power will be off for a whole night
BlackSpinner wrote:Call your power company and ask for assistance. You are on medical equipment. If they don't want to help call your local agencies for help. Try you radio station too.
The paper said that if you have medical equipment you should already have power back up.
Re: my power will be off for a whole night
I probably would first consider if I had any friends or family that I could just spend the night with.
If that wasn't an option and I didn't have money for a motel room then about all I would have left available is trying to sleep upright if at all possible...like in a recliner ...and/or maybe using a cervical collar to help keep the airway open.
If that wasn't an option and I didn't have money for a motel room then about all I would have left available is trying to sleep upright if at all possible...like in a recliner ...and/or maybe using a cervical collar to help keep the airway open.
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Re: my power will be off for a whole night
Did you mean 8PM to 5AM? In that case with no other options you could getting some sleep earlier in the day and then staying up until the power comes back. There's a good chance they won't have it off for the entire time they're stating either, maybe you'll get lucky and whatever they're doing will be done quicker than expected.
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Re: my power will be off for a whole night
And to keep things in perspective - how long did you have OSA before you got a machine?
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Re: my power will be off for a whole night
Maybe you can ask the Red Cross to let you sleep in their emergency shelter.
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Re: my power will be off for a whole night
Or F.E.M.A, will bring out a generator and set it up in the backyard. jim
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Re: my power will be off for a whole night
1. Sleep on your stomach.
2. Sleep sitting up (in bed, leaning against headboard; or sleep sitting in a comfy chair.)
2. Sleep sitting up (in bed, leaning against headboard; or sleep sitting in a comfy chair.)
The OSA patient died quietly in his sleep.
Unlike his passengers who died screaming as the car went over the cliff...
Unlike his passengers who died screaming as the car went over the cliff...
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Re: my power will be off for a whole night
Or stay up all night, then go down to the office and rag on them until the cops come.
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Re: my power will be off for a whole night
Best option is to sleep sitting up unfortunately it's only one night. Sorry there isn't a better option other than what has already been suggested throughout this thread