I hate CPAP.

General Discussion on any topic relating to CPAP and/or Sleep Apnea.
otrpu
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Re: I hate CPAP.

Post by otrpu » Wed Jan 20, 2016 1:24 am

Yes. I've always thought it's a horrid solution to the problem. But, it is a solution. Been on it since 2003. Wish I'd been diagnosed a couple decades earlier. At least the machines don't sound like vacuum cleaners anymore. Keep with it. Pretty soon it will become second nature.
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otrpu

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MichaelWD64
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Re: I hate CPAP.

Post by MichaelWD64 » Wed Jan 20, 2016 2:46 am

I love CPAP. I feel so much better than I did before getting on it. At first I did have some "I feel like an invalid", I'm only 51. I got over it though.

It helps that I pretend I'm in a spaceship hurdling toward Alpha-Centuari. Makes sleeping with a mask almost fun.

MWD
Got on CPAP 2015, AHI 147. Much better now. Have central & obstructive apnea. Smoked 30 years, quit when got on O2 & CPAP. I'm not on O2 during day anymore, only when I sleep, into CPAP machine. Ahhhh....oxygen! Refreshing!