CPAP is my friend

Res-Med S9 Elite - My first CPAP and currently been using it for one month. Feeling like a million bucks since day 1.

Congratulations Beatlejoose, that's really great news and a prove that not always CPAP is a terrible nightmare. Nice!

Please edit your equipment list, that could be helpful for some one.

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Beatlejoose wrote:Res-Med S9 Elite - My first CPAP and currently been using it for one month. Feeling like a million bucks since day 1.

First couple of days are great. I remember the morning after the first night on my own machine everything looked and felt surreal. The air seemed crisper, the colours more vivid, sounds more distinct. Just bizzare. Amazing what having a good night sleep after months/years of deprivation will do for you.

Unfortunately it doesn't last then you have to deal with scuba diving in your sleep with equipment that feels like it was made by monkeys for monkeys. It breaks, it wraps around you, you get leaks and other issues and it is generally a pain. You have to deal with arrogant equipment suppliers (across town) and doctors (long wait to see them), idiotic rules about who can and can't set your pressure, and people who don't understand that a night without the machine can in fact be a very big deal. Or at least that is how it was for me. At those times it is important to remember how you felt and where you'd be without the treatment and stick with it.

Lots of luck. Without CPAP I would have lost my job, I would not have met my wife, and if I was fool enough to keep driving I'd have probably killed myself or someone else.

Come on and join the forum and fill out your profile unless you just stopped by to say hello.

Great attitude. IMO, how much we hate or love cpap is a conscious choice, and I firmly believe that attitude and mindset is 90% of the battle with cpap. If you choose to have a good attitude, then you'll enjoy the therapy and get the most out of it. It doesn't mean you'll be problem free but a positive attitude helps make it all easier.

And conversely, if you choose to have a bad attitude toward sleep apnea and the therapy, it will make everything so much worse and uncomfortable.

Keep up the good work!