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- Fri Sep 23, 2011 2:33 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Starting to worry about myself
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1197
Starting to worry about myself
I've been losing a lot of sleep from trying to encourage my husband to wear his cpap all night. Now I'm starting to worry about my own sleeping pattern. I got to bed at 10:30 sleep until around 2 when he takes his mask off then I'm up until about 4. Then I have to get back up at 5:30. I'm starting t...
- Thu Sep 22, 2011 2:17 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Update on husband
- Replies: 20
- Views: 3983
Re: Update on husband
Thanks for all the wonderful advice everyone. So far I have only been able to get my husband to wear his mask until 3am. Tonight he took it off at 2 went to the bathroom and fell asleep leaning on the towel rack. I went in there to wake him up and when he got in to bed I told him to put it back on. ...
- Sun Sep 18, 2011 7:39 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Update on husband
- Replies: 20
- Views: 3983
Re: Update on husband
The nasal mask he wears is the one that covers just the nose area. I really hope he can get used to wearing the machine because his blood pressure is in stage 2 hypertension and they can't get it down with meds. His cholesterol is Very high also. He's only 37 years old and is unable to do a lot of e...
- Sun Sep 18, 2011 6:09 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Update on husband
- Replies: 20
- Views: 3983
Re: Update on husband
I tried to add my husbands machine, but it doesn't have it listed. It's a REMstar Pro C-flex+ His mask is Zest nasal mask.
- Sun Sep 18, 2011 6:00 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Update on husband
- Replies: 20
- Views: 3983
Update on husband
I'm really worried about my husband's mental state with using the cpap. He didn't wear it last night because he said his nose was to stopped up and he uses the nasal pillow. He told me it gives him really bad headaches, nightmares, & makes his want to cry and rip it off. He was almost in tears last ...
- Sat Sep 17, 2011 8:06 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: New here husband has apnea.
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2391
Re: New here husband has apnea.
Thanks everyone for all of the wonderful replies. As far as the headaches it has only been with the cpap machines on each of the times. He gets them at other times also but always after using cpap. He did complain about his nose burning so I think I will have him try it with heat on. I will have him...
- Sat Sep 17, 2011 4:53 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: New here husband has apnea.
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2391
Re: New here husband has apnea.
Yeah his holds water and you can select heat or not. He just puts the water in it but doesn't turn the heat on to it. I really hope he notices some difference when he gets up from the 4 hrs because he is always very tired. He will fall asleep anywhere and everywhere. During his sleep study they said...
- Sat Sep 17, 2011 4:32 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: New here husband has apnea.
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2391
New here husband has apnea.
Hi everyone I found this board while looking for info on cpap machines. My husband wore his for the first time last night so it's really new to us. He only wore It about 4 hrs. then took it off. I was up all through the night and this is what I found: he slept sound and never moved, but on a few occ...