Thought that tag line would get you.... after lugging my new cpap machine all over the world for five weeks ( was diagnosed and got the machine 2 weeks before my big holiday and told I HAD to take it with me...) consequently my stats were all over the place. different temperatures, humidity etc etc, only staying in one place four nights at the most, and not ‘in tune’ with the whole deal of my diagnosis, it was a bit of a nightmare. Some nights I couldn’t even put it on (ahem, may have had something to do with over consumption of alcohol...maybe), other nights I would wake up feeling like I was drowning from rainout, to tear the thing off my face. Back home, got my humidity and temperature under control and started having good nights - AHI down from diagnosed 18 per hour to 4 - 5 per hour, and although still not feeling like I was going to burst with energy, certainly felt sharper during the work day.
Last Friday I had an appointment with the sleep therapy clinic to see how I was doing. I asked them for a large nose mask, as they had given me a small to start off with (lasted one night) and then a medium. I still felt like it wasn’t right. First night with large nose mask, AHA less than 2!!!! Woo hoooo! Maybe I am finally getting the hang of this thing- so to any newbies out there, enjoy this forum as I have (and will continue to do) and hang in there. It won’t happen overnight but it will happen....
