My husband had his sleep study last night. He said the tech/therapist(?) came in around 1AM and "put that stupid nose mask on." I'm really glad he finally had it done. I've known he's had sleep apnea for years and it was kind of odd for me to be dx'd and get treatment before him. He'll hear from DME...

I woke up before my alarm this morning...Swift and headgear lying on my pillow. I don't know how I managed to get it off. I went to bed quite late last night so was no doubt overly tired. Everything was comfortable when I fell asleep and I don't remember waking or getting up. I'm hoping I was so tir...

Does anyone know anything about this test? What I am really interested in is whether having untreated/undiagnosed OSA--with the resultant sleep issues and fatigue and brain fog, etc.--might possibly cause anything unusual to show up in a non-sleep EEG (specifically a quantitative EEG but I assume th...

Natalie, I know what you're going through. My youngest two are twins. I was put on hospital bedrest (after being on bedrest at home the whole time) at 25 weeks when my son's membrane ruptured. We were able to keep them in for 5 more weeks. Because he didn't have enough fluid to "practice breathe," m...

It's not just post op that's a problem. The reason my husband was originally scheduled for a sleep study (which I mentioned he was forced to cancel) was because of a problem when he had some minor surgery. They gave him Versed pre-surgery. Lucky I was in the curtained area with him because he was fl...

Something else...do you have a heated humidifier? Mine is integrated but I googled your machine and it's not. If you don't have one, GET ONE. I can't even imagine doing this without it. The humidity seems to "soften" the air pressure and is really helping my chronically stuffy/sniffly nose.

Snore, I just started with the machine on Tues night and seem to be a lucky one where everything's gone fairly right from the get go. Your masks--with the nose pain--sound like crap. Do what you can to get through the weekend and then maybe ask for a Mirage Swift nasal pillow? That's what I started ...

Since I learned all about "rainout" here, I already had a plan to try. I'm a knitter and wool is a natural insulator. I've started knitting hose sweaters for both myself and my husband (his sleep study is Weds. night, my bet is he'll end up being titrated the same night) from some lovely hand-painte...

Thanks! How I got here (fat) and what I'm doing about it? I'm 5'3" and weighed 134 when I met my husband in '97. In '98, I had twins after a pregnancy on bedrest. In '99, I had a hysterectomy and other surgeries. Shortly after, my body went into surgical menopause (at age 36) but, for a couple years...

Since I've recently joined you ranks of cpap tx, may I join you in the loser's corner as well? I've been kind of slacking since mid-Sept (when I walked 60 miles in the Chicago Breast Cancer 3-Day ) and I reallyneed to get back in the groove to reach my goal. I've lost 63 lbs since May 19th. **happy ...

Darn it, I registered before I posted. Don't know what happened but--I HAVE A NAME!