night time bathroom breaks

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JMyers
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night time bathroom breaks

Post by JMyers » Sat Aug 09, 2014 11:01 am

Do you turn off your machine or just unhook the hose? Not sure what I should be doing as when I unhook the hose I get a large leak warning.
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Re: night time bathroom breaks

Post by library lady » Sat Aug 09, 2014 11:08 am

I turn off the machine and unhook the hose at the connector so I can leave the mask on... then either turn machine back on after reconnecting, or if I'm so tired I forget to turn back on the machine will turn on by itself.
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Re: night time bathroom breaks

Post by Hawthorne » Sat Aug 09, 2014 11:09 am

I just unattach the hose and leave the mask on. I have "quick connects" from cpap.com on both ends of the hose. I have the machine set to "Auto off". I just get up, come back and hook and it comes on with Auto on". I have a PR System One and have the warning turned off so no sound. Just a couple of beeps when it goes off.
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Re: night time bathroom breaks

Post by Guest » Sat Aug 09, 2014 11:12 am

JMyers wrote:Do you turn off your machine or just unhook the hose? Not sure what I should be doing as when I unhook the hose I get a large leak warning.
Since it is no trouble I turn my machine off. You can see on the software how many times you got up that way.
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Re: night time bathroom breaks

Post by palerider » Sat Aug 09, 2014 12:10 pm

JMyers wrote:Do you turn off your machine or just unhook the hose? Not sure what I should be doing as when I unhook the hose I get a large leak warning.
you should do whatever you like. you can tap the knob to tell the machine to turn off if you don't like seeing the leak.
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Re: night time bathroom breaks

Post by Tatooed Lady » Sat Aug 09, 2014 1:17 pm

Personally, I go the route of pushing the button to turn the unit off, remove my headgear, do what I need, then put everything back on. My main mask is a nasal pillow, and is simple off/on, which helps, I suppose. I use SleepyHead, so when I check my graphs, and I see events, I also see a break of several minutes, which lets me know WHY the events likely happened.
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Re: night time bathroom breaks

Post by Amenite » Sat Aug 09, 2014 1:17 pm

I can't really answer this question since I have literally not awoken once to use the bathroom in the two months since I started CPAP. In comparing notes with a friend who started a few months before I did he experienced the same effect. From 1-2 trips per night to none beginning on the first night I used CPAP. This will probably change in time, but so far it's been 100% consistent.
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Re: night time bathroom breaks

Post by spmccord » Sat Aug 09, 2014 2:32 pm

I always unplug the hose and take off the mask.

Reseating the mask is a good way to prevent leaks.
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