Success story and travel question

Hang Fire wrote:You can post for days, but at the end, the function of a CPAP will still be to create a pressure in the airway. This is not a "gentle breeze".

some people actually, believe it or not, give a shit about understanding how things work.

if you, and others don't, that's completely up to you...

in the end, the function of a microwave oven is to heat up your food, but knowing HOW it works can enable you to use the tool better, and understand why some things happen, that don't happen in your toaster oven.

palerider wrote:...
some people actually, believe it or not, give a shit about understanding how things work.

if you, and others don't, that's completely up to you...

in the end, the function of a microwave oven is to heat up your food, but knowing HOW it works can enable you to use the tool better, and understand why some things happen, that don't happen in your toaster oven.

A microwave oven doesn't heat up food. It creates microwave radiation. To say it heats food is as stupid as saying cpaps create a pressure.

CapnLoki wrote:A microwave oven doesn't heat up food. It creates microwave radiation. To say it heats food is as stupid as saying cpaps create a pressure.

You have to use the nuclear option when dealing with PailRider. teehee

Hi Purples!!
I'm soooooo delighted to read your initial post - probably because I am in exactly the same position.
When I first realised sleep apnea and CPAP might be on the radar, I was literally worried sick - really ridiculous in retrospect! I was doing everything I could to avoid it - trying all sorts of crazy things!
When I finally got myself together and decided to do a trial - within about 5 seconds I was relaxed with the machine and now, about 5 weeks later, I don't even notice the gentle breeze! I wake up in the morning, grab my iPad, check my emails, play about on Facebook and then realise, oh - maybe I should take this off now!! I too can't believe I am feeling like this after such a short period of time - and I will write something in the success stories part too.
Using CPAP has literally changed my life in 5 weeks - and my diagnosis was only borderline sleep apnea with an AHI of less than 4. I'm getting so much more of out my days - I'm just back to the way I used to be and in five weeks I've lost as many kgs, without changing anything else!
Anyway - yea, so I totally understand - and I don't care if it's a breeze or pressure or what it is - I just know that I don't notice it!!! I had a few initial weeks of getting a bit nervous at bedtime and trying to delay going to bed - that's totally gone - I go to bed and I'm sleeping almost instantly!
So, on the travel thing - I've just (last week) flown from the UK to Australia. I don't have a travel CPAP, and I knew I was never going to get to sleep on the plane - so I ended up changing my flights to have a night in Singapore and a proper sleep to break it up a bit. I fly long-haul pretty regularly and I have never noticed anyone using CPAP on a flight. I'm not sure if I'll ever get to a position where I'll use it either - I'm not sure what the person sitting next to me might think (do I care, well - probably, yea).
It all makes perfect sense to me now that I know I had sleep apnea issues - but even 10 years ago I remember going skiing in France and staying at a high-altitude resort - could I sleep, noooooooooo chance! It was horrible - just kept waking up struggling to breath and didn't know why. I guess I have the same issue on planes - lower air pressure, easier for blockages - bang!
Do please let me know how you get on with it - I have another long haul coming up and need to think about how to play it!!!
And thanks again for posting - you reminded me how happy I am to have found CPAP