Re: CPAP Usage Dependency?
Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2018 8:04 pm
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Re: CPAP Usage Dependency?
Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2018 8:25 pm
Re: CPAP Usage Dependency?
Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2018 11:51 pm
the replies here give me the heebie jeebies! I can assure those here (but more importantly to myself) that I am good at sticking to the program. Appreciate all the feedback.
Trying to convince other family members to either get their CPAP right away or to get their sleep study done to get a CPAP machine as they've been feeling rather dumpy in more recent years and are constantly tired.
Trying to convince other family members to either get their CPAP right away or to get their sleep study done to get a CPAP machine as they've been feeling rather dumpy in more recent years and are constantly tired.
Re: CPAP Usage Dependency?
Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2018 12:03 am
You need to make a PSA showing that they can go horseback riding, go swimming and other fun activities all while using CPAP! And fashion masks, maybe in prints and solids. Chrome plating for Daft Punk fans. A fashion runway show with models wearing different, attractive mask types...
Re: CPAP Usage Dependency?
Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2018 12:36 am
haha I'm sure after seeing the pictures that I shared with them with my mask on that they said "absolutely not wearing that things on my face"! Looks like some crazy bondage looking things going on your face! I guess it can be seen that way since there are all these straps, strap covers and then I have an anti-leak strap to boot on top of that too.Stom wrote: ↑Fri Aug 10, 2018 12:03 amYou need to make a PSA showing that they can go horseback riding, go swimming and other fun activities all while using CPAP! And fashion masks, maybe in prints and solids. Chrome plating for Daft Punk fans. A fashion runway show with models wearing different, attractive mask types...
It can be overwhelming and last night I actually had a claustrophobic episode in my sleep and I was trying to take the mask off but couldn't b/c of all the extra junk attached on the outside + the fact that I was half asleep and not all there to realize what I was doing until I got everything off only to remask up 2 seconds later and fell back asleep!
Re: CPAP Usage Dependency?
Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2018 12:55 am
Just tell 'em they can have one of these... and of course, will look like the model wearing it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MylY6a6KXMY
Re: CPAP Usage Dependency?
Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2018 1:00 am
My parents told me that I look like a hospital patient hooked up to a breathing machine and that is not a good look... I said to them that it ain’t a beauty contest and that I have to do what I have to do to stay healthy. There is no changing their views. They’re old and naive. I just hope my siblings realize they are slowly killing themselves. One sibling knows they have moderate to severe apnea while the other isn’t sure yet since he hasn’t done a sleep study yet.palerider wrote: ↑Fri Aug 10, 2018 12:55 amJust tell 'em they can have one of these... and of course, will look like the model wearing it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MylY6a6KXMY
Re: CPAP Usage Dependency?
Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2018 1:02 am
Just tell 'em that you look absolutely stunning, in the dark.CPAPSteve wrote: ↑Fri Aug 10, 2018 1:00 amMy parents told me that I look like a hospital patient hooked up to a breathing machine and that is not a good look... I said to them that it ain’t a beauty contest and that I have to do what I have to do to stay healthy. There is no changing their views. They’re old and naive.palerider wrote: ↑Fri Aug 10, 2018 12:55 amJust tell 'em they can have one of these... and of course, will look like the model wearing it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MylY6a6KXMY
(you do look a bit scared in your profile pic, truth be told
)Re: CPAP Usage Dependency?
Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2018 10:19 am
Severity is a funny thing (for Sleep Apnea and probably for many other diseases). The clinical indicators can be severe and one can be asymptomatic or nearly so, whereas one can have a mild case (per clinical indicators) and feel awful!CPAPSteve wrote: ↑Wed Aug 08, 2018 7:49 pm
.. . . Much to my surprise, I tolerate treatment very well and I just told my family doctor yesterday that despite having a very low borderline apnea value that I feel a LOT better using CPAP.
It was more of a curiosity question since I haven’t actually slept without my CPAP since I started treatment.
Re: CPAP Usage Dependency?
Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2018 11:16 am
Hahaha it was me being silly with a deer in headlights kinda look.palerider wrote: ↑Fri Aug 10, 2018 1:02 amJust tell 'em that you look absolutely stunning, in the dark.CPAPSteve wrote: ↑Fri Aug 10, 2018 1:00 ampalerider wrote: ↑Fri Aug 10, 2018 12:55 amJust tell 'em they can have one of these... and of course, will look like the model wearing it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MylY6a6KXMY
My parents told me that I look like a hospital patient hooked up to a breathing machine and that is not a good look... I said to them that it ain’t a beauty contest and that I have to do what I have to do to stay healthy. There is no changing their views. They’re old and naive.
(you do look a bit scared in your profile pic, truth be told
Re: CPAP Usage Dependency?
Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2018 12:45 pm
I TOTALLY agree with this. And I have been wearing hard contacts daily for almost 30 years. Just get used to both and call it a day.CPAPSteve wrote: ↑Wed Aug 08, 2018 8:32 pmGlasses - Yes I 100% agreechunkyfrog wrote: ↑Wed Aug 08, 2018 7:51 pmIt's a lot like glasses.
Without my glasses, I can't see worth crap.
Without my cpap, I am unable to sleep and breathe at the same time.
Just plain miserable without my "crutches".
Re: CPAP Usage Dependency?
Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2018 1:00 pm
I feel better/younger at 71 than I did at 41.
It's all about GREAT SLEEP.
What I wear at night stays in the bedroom.
Only the positive effects go out with me--and I look (and feel) FABULOUS.
It's all about GREAT SLEEP.
What I wear at night stays in the bedroom.
Only the positive effects go out with me--and I look (and feel) FABULOUS.