Several years ago I tried to do a sleep study but it was in a hospital environment and I couldn’t sleep. It didn’t work.
A little over a year ago I did a sleep study at home, you out on a power ranger looking glove and attach a little monitor to your chest and sleep at home like you normally would. The test resulted in me being diagnosed with severe sleep apnea and I was ordered to use a CPAP.
After receiving my CPAP I used it for a couple weeks but couldn’t manage to keep it on for more than a couple hours. It was uncomfortable and I just couldn’t adjust to having a mask on my face while sleeping.
A couple weeks after getting my CPAP I had a massive sinus surgery. I wasn’t allowed to use the CPAP for two weeks after surgery, needless to say I didn’t go back to using the CPAP. FWIW- Sinus surgery saved my life but the recovery was the most excruciatingly painful thing I’ve ever been through, I wouldn’t wish that sort of pain on my worst enemy. The sinus surgery helped with the apnea so not using the CPAP wasn’t a huge deal.
For whatever reason my apnea has gotten severe again. I was falling asleep in the middle of the day and came close to dozing off a few times behind the wheel, my kids were in the car once when this happened and that was enough for me to go to the Dr.
My Dr. got me setup with a new mask fitting, the new mask is called a pillow and it only sits over my nose. They also got me a heated hose that creates warm humidity when you have the pillow on. The new setup works, I fall asleep fast and the best way I can describe the new setup is extremely pleasant.
The first night I used my new setup was a bit rough. The mask was easy to deal with but the headgear attached to it was still a bit of an adjustment. It’s now been a week and I’m sleeping a baby.
If you have apnea a CPAP will change your life. I wake up a completely different person now. I feel energized in the morning and couldn’t take a daytime nap if I tried. I can’t remember waking up feeling the way I do since my 20’s. After this week with the CPAP I can’t imagine my life without the thing going forward, it’s amazing.
If you snore you should do a sleep study. If it determines you have apnea you should get a CPAP and use it. The thing is seriously a life changer and according to my Dr. a life saver, apparently most people with severe apnea die of cardiac arrest at a relatively young age.
All that being said, who else has had a similar experience? What mask do you use? I’m using the pillow mask now but am curious about the nostril mask.
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A little over a year ago I did a sleep study at home, you out on a power ranger looking glove and attach a little monitor to your chest and sleep at home like you normally would. The test resulted in me being diagnosed with severe sleep apnea and I was ordered to use a CPAP.
After receiving my CPAP I used it for a couple weeks but couldn’t manage to keep it on for more than a couple hours. It was uncomfortable and I just couldn’t adjust to having a mask on my face while sleeping.
A couple weeks after getting my CPAP I had a massive sinus surgery. I wasn’t allowed to use the CPAP for two weeks after surgery, needless to say I didn’t go back to using the CPAP. FWIW- Sinus surgery saved my life but the recovery was the most excruciatingly painful thing I’ve ever been through, I wouldn’t wish that sort of pain on my worst enemy. The sinus surgery helped with the apnea so not using the CPAP wasn’t a huge deal.
For whatever reason my apnea has gotten severe again. I was falling asleep in the middle of the day and came close to dozing off a few times behind the wheel, my kids were in the car once when this happened and that was enough for me to go to the Dr.
My Dr. got me setup with a new mask fitting, the new mask is called a pillow and it only sits over my nose. They also got me a heated hose that creates warm humidity when you have the pillow on. The new setup works, I fall asleep fast and the best way I can describe the new setup is extremely pleasant.
The first night I used my new setup was a bit rough. The mask was easy to deal with but the headgear attached to it was still a bit of an adjustment. It’s now been a week and I’m sleeping a baby.
If you have apnea a CPAP will change your life. I wake up a completely different person now. I feel energized in the morning and couldn’t take a daytime nap if I tried. I can’t remember waking up feeling the way I do since my 20’s. After this week with the CPAP I can’t imagine my life without the thing going forward, it’s amazing.
If you snore you should do a sleep study. If it determines you have apnea you should get a CPAP and use it. The thing is seriously a life changer and according to my Dr. a life saver, apparently most people with severe apnea die of cardiac arrest at a relatively young age.
All that being said, who else has had a similar experience? What mask do you use? I’m using the pillow mask now but am curious about the nostril mask.
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