Help and advice please

General Discussion on any topic relating to CPAP and/or Sleep Apnea.
jeh
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Help and advice please

Post by jeh » Sun Dec 19, 2004 12:57 pm

I live in England and have been prescribed with a Cpap machine, but I really am struggling with moving around with the hose and the noise of the air pressure, I know it's early days as I've only used it 5 times but I am SO tired at the moment I don't quite know which way to turn, can anybody give me some advice please??!!

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rested gal
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Post by rested gal » Sun Dec 19, 2004 1:06 pm

As for the difficulty moving around with the hose - if your bed has a headboard, drape the hose up over the headboard. A surer way is to get a clamp or something to hold the hose up on the headboard. Or, a hook in the wall to hold the hose over. Think of yourself as being a fish on the end of a slack line while you figure out a way to keep the hose raised over your head. Since I knew my arrangement would be permanent, I screwed a swivel plant hanger into the wall above my short headboard. I run the main hose through a stretchy fabric-covered elastic pony tail "scrunchy" - the scrunchy is hanging on the plant hanger. Lets me toss and turn without the hose ever getting in the way or tugging on the mask.

Edie
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Off topic, I know - but...

Post by Edie » Mon Dec 20, 2004 9:09 am

rested gal wrote:Think of yourself as being a fish on the end of a slack line while you figure out a way to keep the hose raised over your head.
That's EXACTLY how I envisioned myself one morning a few weeks ago.

I woke up with a charlie horse. I was holding my foot, but couldn't get any relief. I was rolling around in bed in excruciating agony and then tried to sit up.

My headgear and hose had a hold of me and all I could see in my mind's eye was a fish on a line flopping around on a dock! That was the only time in my life I've shed tears from pain while laughing

I was truly ROLBLMAO. Of course B for bed instead of F for floor.

I apologize for going off topic, but I hope you get a good laugh from this. I still chuckle when I think about it.
I got used to wearing contacts & braces, and now I'm used to CPAP, too.