de lure of de MASK

Just about, exactly, a year ago, today, I'm pretty sure,
I was ~1mth, give or take a day or two, into my cpap journey.

I was desperate for every shred of information on this therapy I could get.
So, I stopped into chat quit abit. It may have been the second or
third time on a Sat. night, much like tonight, Someone asked me,
"What's going on?"
I answered,
"It's Sat. night and I'm sitting in a cpap chat room.
You do the math."

This being very similar to that Sat. night, I find myself reading a 7 page
post on a new cpap mask. I found it to be a very good discussion and
a wonderful evaluation.
....and then toward the end, there it was, in all it's innocents ......

DoriC wrote: I keep thinking, "if it ain't broke, why fix it",
but then again "the grass is always greener on the other side"! Such a dilemna.

.....uh oh, the seed is planted.
Could this mask be "The Mask"?
Now I have to go back and reread the entire 7 pages of posts.
Sat. night shot for sure.

socalmonkey wrote:I just came back from picking up a prescription from my doctor, specifically for the FitPack (since I know how the game is played).

I read this and suddenly think,
'yea, I'm ready to order a new mask next week,
I'll get on of these.....coool!'

Then, logic and reason flood my mask intoxicated mind.
A DME won't see one of these masks for....Lord only knows when.
Get real.

Then I realized that I was a victim of
de lure of de MASK

I have chronicled my Odyssey of the mask,
looking for the perfect mask, but this was different.
I am getting excellent therapy through my UMFF.


.....and anyway, this mask will not work w/my Papcap,
.....no way I'm going back to neoprene......

So goes another Sat. night on cpap.

Yep. Another Sat. night spent in an internet forum.
But I guess it's better to not have a life, and to be alive
than it would be to have a life, just to lose it.
Or, uh, something like that.


jeff, that guitar-playin', carbonman-readin', Satruday-night wastin' freak.

Sounds like you need a woman!!

jnk wrote:Yep. Another Sat. night spent in an internet forum.
But I guess it's better to not have a life, and to be alive
than it would be to have a life, just to lose it.
Or, uh, something like that.

I know exactly, pretty much, for sure, mostly, at least ball park, what you said.
Only you could make it that plan and clear.

jnk wrote:jeff, that guitar-playin', carbonman-readin', Satruday-night wastin' freak.

rubymom wrote:Sounds like you need a woman!!

WOW.....that sounds good.
Do you know where I can find the algorithms to do the kind of math
I will need to work that out w/my wife?

Ah yes, the timeless seduction of the mask!

It's certainly got a hold on me, from the moment I saw it.

The lines...

the marketing hype...

and hope for a better mouse trap!



I won't rest till I have you!

socalmonkey wrote:Ah yes, the timeless seduction of the mask!

It's certainly got a hold on me, from the moment I saw it.

The lines...

the marketing hype...

and hope for a better mouse trap!

Duuuude, step back.
Maybe there's a 12 step program we can get you into.

socalmonkey wrote: I won't rest till I have you!

....and I'm counting on you to give your DME, NO REST ,
until they get it for you.

RAGE on the machine.

carbonman wrote:

jnk wrote:Yep. Another Sat. night spent in an internet forum.

rubymom wrote:Sounds like you need a woman!!

WOW.....that sounds good.
Do you know where I can find the algorithms to do the kind of math
I will need to work that out w/my wife?

And just when this Saturday night was starting to get interesting.

CB, I've read your Odessey of the Mask a few times and when remembering our own Search for the Perfect Mask, I'm beginning to talk myself out of this new temptation, but I'm leaving the door open just a little. BTW, when I told hubby I was thinking of a new mask for him, he said "Huh"?

I wonder if there are any secret religious cults out there that worship CPAP masks.....

The mask, ah, the mask
Lure of perfection persists
No leak, good sleep, now!

We all seem to be on the Holy Quest for "The Church of the Never Tired" & All hail the "Never Leaking Mask of Nirvana!"

Alas, it is a quest.

Who was that masked man?

I think we all could throw one hell of a Halloween party!!!!


Rick

Aw rats!
I'm disappointed.

From the title of this thread, I thought you were going to show us how you made some FISHING lures out of old mask parts.


Den (recently retired and needing to do more fishing)

When I'm wrestling with my mask, trying to get rid of the "burps", "raspberries" and other offensive complaints; or when I read a post where someone is experiencing exasperation trying to follow the simple directions from someone who never wore one night after night, I get a picture of Jim Carey frantically struggling with "The Mask!"

rogelah wrote:...Jim Carey frantically struggling with "The Mask!"

Great image! Gonna remind myself of that when I'm struggling!