2500 hours on the hose!

mindy · Post by **mindy** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 7:31 am

Hi all,

I hit a milestone this weekend - 2500 hours on CPAP (11 months)

It's still a bit of a mask struggle some nights (and yes, I have a drawer-full of masks!) but overall I have more energy, feel more rested and my co-workers would probably tell you that my disposition has improved most of the time.

I have absolutely no regrets about sticking with this therapy and I much prefer it to taking pills and such. I'm still waiting for the perfect mask but in the meantime the many terrific ideas and thoughts on this forum have kept me going when the going has gotten rough.

I would love to say I have been 100% compliant as some of you have, but there have been a few nights (not many) when I threw my mask across the room and fell asleep. I wouldn't trade my cpap machine for a million dollars.

Best,
Mindy

Marie · Post by **Marie** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 8:05 am

I have 8850 hours on my cpap, 4 years worth. The only night I was noncompliant was for hurricane Rita, when I had no electricity for one night.
I haven't made arrangements yet for loss of electricity, I suppose I need to.

Marie

rested gal · Post by **rested gal** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 10:04 am

You're doing great, Mindy and Marie!

feeling_better · Post by **feeling_better** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 1:30 pm

mindy wrote:I wouldn't trade my cpap machine for a million dollars.

Best,
Mindy

I hope the manufacturers don't see this

dolphiuno · Post by **dolphiuno** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 2:17 pm

I only have 110 hours, less than a month in cpap, took off my mask one night for one hour and I started to think in the 7feet under dirt so I put it back on.

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RedThunder94 · Post by **RedThunder94** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 6:34 pm

5451.0 hours total and 100% compliance. hehe. thats on the new machine i got when my 6 month old remstar auto gave me an e-something error with about 1100 hours on it. so about 6500 total since '06. long time lol.

tbone106 · Post by **tbone106** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 9:15 pm

I have 95xx hrs, 100% compliant (I'll check to see when I started)...

Best thing I ever did for myself, getting tested..

Bookbear · Post by **Bookbear** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 10:12 pm

2 years and 2 months, 100% , just over 6400 hours

Bert_Mathews · Post by **Bert_Mathews** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 6:16 am

I'm setting at 5301 and only two days missed and that was a power outage!

That will NOT Happen to me again.....I have a BACKUP for the Backups...

BERT

2500 hours on the hose!

Have you been 100% compliant for a year?

2500 hours on the hose!

Re: 2500 hours on the hose!

I gotta check