Anyone here miss sleaping without the cpap?

Just a quick addition to Laura's taping method:


I found that taping horizontally did not work for me. I had to run the strips of tape vertically over the lips. Otherwise, I woke up with a strip of tape on the top lip and a strip of tape on the lower lip...and an open mouth.


One MAJOR difference from any of the other postings: smear milk of magnesia on the skin that the tape will touch. Allow it to dry. Then tape, turning the all-important corner down, and the morning will be pain free. Somehow this allows enough adhesion to do the job, while lessening any irritation.

[quote="Bookbear"]I think all of us (in some part of our minds) would want to be able to just lay down and go to sleep, no muss, no fuss, no hose.


There have been times that I have been forced to "sleep" without my friend "Big Mac". This force has mostly been due to power outages, working extra shifts and not being able to get home, and car camping where there was no electrical hook ups.

I have to admit that its down right terrifying.

The whole reaon I went to a doctor for help was that I knew I was waking up not being able to breathe and that my lifetime snoring habit was getting worse. And it wasnt long after being partnered with BIG MAC that I figured out that what I was feeling in my throat was the total relaxation of the soft palate and this was beginning to happen in even my short times of relaxation practices.

Just months into this new way of sleeping did I really begin to understand how much I needed MAC. Now whenever I have trouble breathing (extreme allergies) or even think of quiet rest I hook myself up. Its true - WHENEVER I feel like I need to just lie back and rest (not nec. to sleep but rest) I DO hook up to MAC.

There are times I LLLLOOOONNNNNNNGGGGG for the days to be TUBE free - I hate the yanking of my neck or the tubing wrapping around me or the stupid raining down into my nostrils, or the forceful (and sometimes very painful) pushing of air through my tender nasal passages. Yet in the end I must think that I am so very blessed to be able to breathe.

Great post grandmom4ever! Especially the last sentence:
"Yet in the end I must think that I am so very blessed to be able to breathe."

I'm very big into comfort, so here are some links that might help you with the first two problems you mentioned:

grandmom4ever wrote:I hate the yanking of my neck or the tubing wrapping around me

LINKS to Hose hangers and methods of managing the air hose
viewtopic.php?t=10640

grandmom4ever wrote:or the stupid raining down into my nostrils

LINKS to discussions about the Aussie heated hose - to prevent rainout
viewtopic.php?t=530

About this last problem:

grandmom4ever wrote: or the forceful (and sometimes very painful) pushing of air through my tender nasal passages.

What pressure have you been prescribed and what machine and mask are you using?