New C-pap user

sloizeaux · Post by **sloizeaux** » Tue Sep 26, 2006 6:36 pm

I just got my perscription for a C-pap. In a way I am flying high !! I didn't realize what I was missing until my split sleep study and I was put on a c-pap machine during the 2nd half of the night. I have not dreamed or slept so deeply since high school ( 29 years ). But I am also concerned - the sleep lab tests came back and I am having a very serious and difficult time sleeping. Now - CIGNA tells me it could be as much as 10 business days until they can get me my equipment. That SUCKS !!

bdp522 · Post by **bdp522** » Tue Sep 26, 2006 7:25 pm

It will be well worth the wait! I had my first study done in April and didn't get my setup until the end of August. So 19 days is not very long at all.

Brenda

amos · Post by **amos** » Tue Sep 26, 2006 8:13 pm

Hang in there. This is one of the most awful times of your life. I went 19 days between the titration study and cpap. I wish those in charge realized the total misery that we live in during this time.

NyNurse33 · Post by **NyNurse33** » Tue Sep 26, 2006 8:21 pm

I waited 8 months, my choice (DOH!!)<~~~~kicks myself Welcome, this is a great forum and the people are so helpful and knowledgeable. But I miss my dreams, has anyone seen them?

CollegeGirl · Post by **CollegeGirl** » Tue Sep 26, 2006 11:18 pm

I'm one of the few untreated apnea victims I know of that still dreamed. In fact, I woke up so much at night, I remembered *lots* of my dreams (on average, 8 or 9 a night). I had severe, untreated OSA but I was still dreaming. Bizarre.

quilterB · Post by **quilterB** » Wed Sep 27, 2006 5:59 am

I have also always been a very vivid dreamer. That has seemed to stay the same before and after treatment started. I often thought my dreams were part of the reason for the excessive tiredness. I figured that was why I woke with headaches so often.

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