CPAP Negatives

Pirateghost · Post by **Pirateghost** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 7:55 pm

I've read about all the positives, and they are very convincing. As time goes on though, I seem to keep reading about more and more negatives. How many are there?

I so far know of:

- Ear problems.
- Eye problems.
- Gas problems.
- Spending too much money on gadgets.
- TMJ

So, my heart will be fine but I will be blind and deaf and will fart and burp all day long.

6PtStar · Post by **6PtStar** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 8:11 pm

Yep! In reality most do not have all things at once! We might be blind or deaf or burp and fart all day!

Jerry

Snoredog · Post by **Snoredog** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 8:20 pm

it causes gas??

An elderly couple was attending church services. About halfway through, she
leaned over and whispered to her husband, "I just let out a long silent
fart. What do you think I should do?"

He replied, "Put a new battery in your hearing aid."

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Son takes his elderly father out for dinner. He seats his father on one side of the booth.

His father starts to lean to the left. The server quickly props him up with a cushion.
His father starts to lean to the right. Server props up the other side.
His father starts to lean forward. Server sticks a cusion between Dad's belly and the table.

Dinner proceeds. Son asks father, "how is everything?"

Father replies: "Food's ok, but they don't like you to fart here."

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Little rich Barb had a date and while waiting for her date to arrive had the urge to pass gas but knew she didn't dare do it in the house but she had an idea. When her date arrived they headed to his car, he opened the door for her to get in and then closed it. She immediately let it fly and opened the window to fan it out. About that time her date got in, closed his door and turned to her saying, "Barb I'd like you to meet Ben and Sally, we're double dating tonight".

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pulled in a grocery store.
He had just cut a 10 on both sides of the scale, looks back and here comes an older couple with their cart up the isle. He & wife cut around the corner to next isle cause this has ID written all over itself.
As the older couple troll up the isle the ole man stops dead in his tracks, comments to wife " Well I hope ta H. you feel better now!

alnhwrd · Post by **alnhwrd** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 5:19 am

The negatives are experianced by a few. The positives are experianced by many. Therefore, the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few, or even the one.

Wulfman · Post by **Wulfman** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 9:19 am

alnhwrd wrote:The negatives are experianced by a few. The positives are experianced by many. Therefore, the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few, or even the one.

Live long and prosper.

Pirateghost,

I haven't experienced the things on your list. As far as the "Spending too much money on gadgets", I got the right combination in the beginning, so I took the extra money I would have spent on different masks and purchased backup machines, masks and supplies of what works for me.

My blood glucose levels seem to have gone up since being on CPAP, but they may have done that anyway. Most of the other things that show up in blood analysis seem to have gotten better though.
I never have had a "WOW" moment like some have experienced......my progress has been slower and more subtle.

Life is full of "trade-offs".......and we ain't gettin' out alive. Hang in there.

If you're fartin' and burpin', you know you're still alive.

Den

mindy · Post by **mindy** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 10:19 am

Compared to the host of nasties we can get from low o2sats, I'd say the problems we *do* have are a small price to pay

Mindy

bee · Post by **bee** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 1:01 pm

I just recently took a few months off of using my cpap machine and just last week ended up in intensive care ! That was a bad idea I felt really stupid ! Luckily nurses and doctors took good care of me and now Im feeling much better So I reckon it is best to keep up with the machine although I had a hard time and couldnt handle it at all made me feel suffocated and I would panic and tear the mask off in my sleep and put off going to bed til really late and get pink eye and a cold nose cry and be depressed about the noise or it ! Still I think you do get used to it takes a little time and its a whole lot better than thealternative !

mindy · Post by **mindy** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 1:07 pm

bee,

You're right that it does take time. I'm at about 8 months now and some nights are not great; but overall I am feeling better and have more energy than before CPAP.

If you're panicking with mask, have you tried wearing it when you're up so you can get more used to it?

Mindy

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 1:59 pm

Hey! You forgot the excessive sneezing.

elliejose · Post by **elliejose** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 2:30 pm

As long as I use my heated hose, keep my humidifier setting as high as it will go and warm the water I put in the humidifier before using it , I never get the terrible sneezing. Omit any one of the three things and I do.

filbert · Post by **filbert** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 12:21 pm

The only negative to CPAP for me is at night my wife calls me "Darth Vader".

Bearded_One · Post by **Bearded_One** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 12:41 pm

Unless you count CPAP machines as being "gadgets", I haven't had any of the negatives on your list -- and I have been on CPAP for about 14 years.

lvehko · Post by **lvehko** » Sun Apr 20, 2008 1:42 am

Do we really need a thread to list the negatives of CPAP?

- Permanent facial reconfiguration due to mask trenches
- Minimal sex life finally killed off for good due to spouse laughing uncontrollably at bed partner
- Hard to fantasize that you're a pioneer / great outdoors-person / survivalist / explorer on another planet when you're sleeping in your tent hooked up to one of these babies
- The cost
- The annoyance
- The burping

etc.

I will, however, list one unexpected positive:

I *look* a great deal better when I sleep with my CPAP than when I don't. I wake up looking somewhat refreshed (despite the strap marks), without bags under my eyes and bloodshot eyes.

Yes, vanity is what keeps this gal 100% compliant!

M.

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