Emergency! No CPAP machine!

I just flew in to visit relatives and left my CPAP at home. My apnea is pretty severe and I really can't sleep
Without one.

I am having someone go to my home and send it to me. But I may be without it for a night or two. Are there any solutions any of you would recommend? I am in Dallas, and money is not really an issue. I can even buy a new machine. But it's evening and I am not sure what to do

Are there temporary or stop-gap things I can purchase at a drug store? Or locations thag have these machines available?

I've done a search and found no info so I apologize if I am breaking protocol or posting something folks have see before. Please point me in the right direction if so.

Thanks so much

I have thought about this very scenario, as it could happen as easily as a power failure.

My plan (and this is not a recommendation, just what I would do) is to sleep upright in an easy chair or a high-backed sofa. Head kind of balanced, and lower jaw dropping w gravitational pull. Sort of like one might do as a napping arrangement in a 737.

I would also go for minimum sleep time, and only when everything was back online, a big swandive into xpappian dreamland.

. Good luck to you.

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I did the same thing in early October. First time without the machine in 6 years. It was an uncomfortable night, but I made it through and drove home 500 miles rather than spend another night off. Good luck. Hopefully a member in Dallas that has a spare machine and can help.

You might want to change thread title or start a new one with the city name in it.

Are you in Canada? If so, you can get a Snoreguard over the counter (e.g., at Shoppers or Rexall.) I use one when travelling instead of CPAP. It doesn't work as well as the machine, but it's better than nothing.

I don't believe it is available in the US (they require a prescription.)

Sleep in a recliner sitting up as much as possible.

Ditto, recliner...

here is one with a phone number call and see if you can get it

http://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/hab/4765531977.html

What about Craigslist? Get a backup.

Tatooed Lady wrote:What about Craigslist? Get a backup.

a backup doesn't do any good if he doesn't take it with him on a trip which is what he did.

Jay Spice wrote: I am having someone go to my home and send it to me. But I may be without it for a night or two. Are there any solutions any of you would recommend? I am in Dallas, and money is not really an issue. I can even buy a new machine. But it's evening and I am not sure what to do

fwiw, these people rent cpaps: http://www.respiratoryassociatesdallas.com