CPAP use in tv shows

[quote="socknitster"][quote="Babette"]You know, it's not bothering me on the nightstand, but all this talk of cutting holes in the back of drawers is making my creativity itch. I suddenly long to do more than sew a cute fleece cover for my hose.

Who's selling those crotcheted cpap covers like your Grandma used to make for the tissue paper boxes? I think I gotta have one of those... Maybe even one of those like the toilet paper roll covers where the Barbie doll stuck out the top and the base that covered the roll was her "hoopskirt". That would be soooo appropriate for me....

I don't think I've ever seen cpap on tv other than on a medical show. I'll start looking for it now. I'm sure now that Rooster has clued me in, I'll spy some odd crotcheted mound in Aunt Bea's bedroom that will definitely look mysteriously like a cpap machine...

LOL,
B.

Oh my god you guys are killin' me! I'm loving this thread.

You know, I was thinking about this yesterday on my commute home and I thought "What a great idea a Single and on CPAP board would be". ICantGetNoSleep beat me to it. Great minds and all that...

Regarding the CPAP in the drawer. I was out of town at a conference last week. I set my CPAP up on the bedside table but in the morning I moved it down into the top drawer. Hotel maids are notorious for moving things around so that the room is set up like all the other rooms after I get everything the way I want it - drives me crazy. Anyway, one night I openned the drawer and thought "why not just leave it there and use it with the drawer open?". So I did. And after I got tired of the aroma of wood and new furniture...I moved the unit back on top of the nightstand. I'm with you on this socknitster.

And Babette is right (hey Babette!). The world is your oyster. Life's about the journey not the destination. Get off the expressway, explore the back roads and enjoy the ride. And when you find somebody to enjoy the ride with don't waste time bickering over the radio station.

TW

JennMary,

An emphatic "Ditto!" to what the others have said. I don't know how many are speaking with hindsight, as I am, but I do realize this is probably easier for a 55 year old to come to terms with than someone young. Just don't allow however you feel about this make you feel "less than" and cause you to settle for less than you deserve in a relationship.

As for me, for the last few years I couldn't have cared less because I didn't have the energy for a relationship. Besides, if I never had another relationship, I've met my quota, and another would just be a bonus. Just told my daughter last week while at the grocery store I must be feeling better, because when men spoke to me, I instinctively glanced at their ring finger and checked out what was in their cart for a clue as to how many they were shopping for.

The difference between now and in my younger years, seemed like everyone I met back then I wondered excitedly if they were "the one". Now I assume it will be a friendship only, and as friends, they would know about my sleep gear. If anything develops after that it will be with advance knowledge and presumed acceptance. I think that would beat "breaking the news".

Not gonna say Good Luck because you'll be fine!

Kathy

Ok, uncle.

I'm 24. I'll post.

All my boyfriend said was, "Oh, good, you use a CPAP? You won't snore."

Seriously, if you trust the guy enough to let him sleep next to you, then he should care enough about you to want you like breathing and stuff throughout the night. If he doesn't then he would have been scared off soon anyway.

The only affect CPAP has had on my love life is to make it better, because all the sudden I have this thing called a sex drive.

Hey how about decoupaging the CPAP, some tissue paper, a little glue, it'll be pretty. Maybe some rhinestones... Of course the tissue paper will have to match the little blue lite. Then no one will notice it as medical equipement.

Did you ever read something, and ten minutes into it realize that you completely misunderstood the topic?

OK, bear with me on this:
We are talking about the difficulties of dating and CPAP.
A few posts later, someone made a cute joke about the mask interrupting midnight sex.. "How is THAT going to interrupt .."
So far, everything makes sense.
Then Babette starts talking about cutting a hole in the back of her drawers.. WHAT!?!?
I suppose that would get past the mask getting in the way, at least.

It's true. I have a horribly dirty mind, and I love it. I can accept myself exactly as I am.
Just a dirty old man with a wonderful sense of imagination.

I hope everyone has a great weekend!
LyleHaze

jennmary wrote:Haha. This is what I am worried about. I am 26 and horribly single. You and your dad are likely getting more than I am. lol
Now I am even more nervous about dating. Cant wait till the next time I go on a romantic getaway.....and someone can see me with the full face mask and the bandaids that keep the ugly zits the mask has caused(the ones I hide with make up during the day). Then the next morning we can have breakfast with him staring at my fresh mask marks. lol LMAO.
I am actually really self conscious about this.

Since I am 49 you are waaaaay out of my league, but I would be offering to kiss those marks away on my lady if she also was a hoser.