My new CPAP: “Great job getting started, you can work up from 1 hr 27 minutes to 4 hours/night!”
Me: Guess I’ll learn how to be staringly awake for 4 hours/night.
This thing had better work miracles because I hate it oh so much.
Company called today to check on me and suggest different mask options, which is great, because the one I have comes with a permanent sinus headache and I still have not slept one minute with it on. Miss Kimberley at Apria, you are a real one!!!!
I do need one that covers mouth & nose (couldn’t tolerate nose-only for even 10 seconds at sleep study), but this one comes up so high and puts pressure on my sinuses, esp. since I’m a side sleeper. I’m trying to breathe through my nose while it feels like something is holding it shut from the top.
Phone lady suggested I look at something more like this, which would also let me wear glasses & read myself to sleep.
www.apriadirect.com/dreamwear-fu...
CPAP update: New mask is less horrible than old mask, & I have a new plan to actually possibly sleep tonight with it on my face.
(Edibles. The plan is edibles.)
CPAP progress report: Last night I made it 4.5 hours and for 2 of I was asleep = PROGRESS!!!!
(I took the drugs and the drugs are working. The drugs are working.)
YAY! I believe in you getting more used to it as time goes on! It gets better! Hopefully you will wonder how you slept without it (but it does take time, sadly)!
That style looks so much more comfortable. I'm able to do nose only but this was my backup plan because having it on the nose bridge is SO uncomfortable
Having the hose on top of your head is so much more comfortable, I don't know why they have anyone try the style you're wearing now first because it is horrible
CPAPS take SO LONG to get used to, and they make sleep so much worse before it gets better. now I CANNOT fall asleep without mine on. so... as cliche as it is, it does get better
The tube connecting on the top will make a big difference, too. The drag on my face was one of the hardest things to get used to. Hang in there, it took me a while to adjust but I’m so glad I toughed it out.
Ok, so I've tried the new one before, and the one thing I noticed is that it sits in such a way that it makes the tip of my nose feel bruised. Painfully so. Will be curious to see how things go for you!
Oh! That looks easier than my current solution. Small, rather than the medium you’d think from the measurements. (I don’t need the top strap quite so tight with the smaller mask) Silk scarf over my hair. Audio book.
Ooh the nose cushion is working for me now, but if it stops for some reason this one looks great to try. The huge triangle full face just touched too much of my skin, making me want to shriek and claw it.
I also FULLY CANNOT with anything putting pressure on that part of my face. Like they tried it on me when they were fitting me for a mask and I was like "ABSOLUTELY NOT THAT THING IS TRYING TO KILL ME".
For what it is worth, I struggled with nasal masks but could not deal with mouth covering ones and I was a mouth breather. This mask with a chin strap was what worked for me, and I was able to discontinue the chin strap in a month. www.fphcare.com/en-ca/homeca...
I'm using one from a diff company. Also a side sleeper. I found some cloth covers for the rim and it helps. Don't feel like it's stuck to me an easier to shift if I move the mask during the night.
This was in the room I met my sleep doc in and I told him it was SUCH a good idea to have all the examples visually there. I still share this photo around when folks have questions.
From what I understand, Medicare/caid stopped paying if people weren’t using, so companies are highly incentivized to get properly fitting, comfortable masks.
Yeah, they stopped paying for my brother-in-law’s because he didn’t use it enough, in their opinion. Problem is that he’s on oxygen 24/7 & they don’t have a mask that fits comfortably over his nasal cannula, which he can only remove for brief periods to shower & shave
That’s strange. Oxygen users with apnea seems like a large enough population that there should be a specific device for just that.
The “must actually use” rule came in because there was so much fraud with companies supplying without any patient service or to people who didn’t need.
Could be the problem is the shape of his face or bone structure, but even so, if someone already needs oxygen to survive, even a few hours’ use of a prescribed CPAP should be covered
You would think, but I couldn't get a new mask out of Apria at all, despite calling to switch well within the proper period. I quit dealing with them as soon as possible and just buy stuff on my own now. (I also managed not to give them a credit card number ever.)
