Will this feeling ever go away?

You're not alone, Mellie.
I can't say it better than they've all said - just add another one to your count.

Friends - you are all wonderful!

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DCTom wrote:Believe it or not, my wife is turned on by my CPAP. We do more than cuddle when I have it on.

No, wait, I must have misread what you....

I think he's talking about watching television, or listening to sports on the radio.....

Luckily for me my CPAP is turned on by my wife when I fall asleep reading LOL

What an uplifting thread this is!

I, too, am new to using CPAP. I was feeling depressed about it, but my husband said to me, "Hey, you do what you gotta do!" When he leaves for work early in the morning and I'm still in bed, he comes over and kisses me goodbye on the cheek while I'm wearing the mask. It does help to have a supportive spouse. Like someone else said, there is nothing "attractive" about being connected to a hose, BUT "you do what you gotta do" to be healthy and alert!

Happy Hosing!

It is as important as breathing, oh, that's right it is breathing.

I knew nothing about any of this until my sleep study, the masks they tried felt so claustophobic that I opted for the Breeze. One year later, am compliant at 95%+ with an average of 7+Hrs. Was it easy. No, but Yes, especially in comparison to finding out I had cancer four years earlier, it was a cakewalk. Has it been easy, yes, because I was told that it was going to solve a many, many years long problem. I travel with it regularly. I trust it. Its regularity actually helps me go to sleep.

It will become part of you if you let it. Remember, it is not as bad as a lot of other things.

I have to post on this subject as well. I resisted wearing my CPAP for a long time because I thought it would inhibit spontaneous... um.... affection. When my wife and I talked about it I TOLD her what my problem was. She understood... she simply said, "Ok.... it won't inhibit anything" and that was that. I STILL don't feel exceptionally glamorous. My oldest son calls me Lord Vader. My younger one calls me Robo Cop. But you know what? I'm sleeping better.... I'M DREAMING! (I had stopped dreaming as far as I know for about 5 years)... and my wife sleeps better too! I had real problems trying to sleep with all that gear on, but I started using a cpappro which is just a mouthpiece with nasal pillows and that made all the difference for me. The hose goes down my front instead of up so I can actually put on my cpap and still have my glasses on and watch the news and if I fall asleep, it's already on! Best of all... no head gear. I would wake up in the middle of the night and rip my headgear off because it was waking me up. My nephew wears headgear just fine. So I guess we just do whatever it takes to get back to a normal sleep pattern.

Anyways... my wife put it in very simple-to-understand terms for me. She said, "Look... this is what it is. And if you don't wear this, you could die. And if you think I'm going to choose that option over having you around for a while longer, you're wrong."

Thank you all! YOU GUYS ROCK!!!! I am happy that I had a place to come and get things off my chest. I know it was vanity talking. But you are right! Being here in a health way is better than the way I feel I look in my mask. Some of the comments made me laugh! So, I am now going to get ready for bed. Me, my book, my PJ's, my dog, the cat and yes, my MACHINE! oh yes, and my husband. LOL!!