CPAP, Night 1
Mar. 14th, 2009 07:02 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
psi_star_psiTuesday afternoon was the OSA lecture from a doctor to convince everyone that we really, really, really want to make CPAP therapy work for us. "Do any of you know someone who uses a CPAP?" BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Hmmm, just every single human being I know? Or so it seems, anyway. Apparently some people need to be convinced that this is a good idea. Wacky.
Yesterday was titration machine orientation and pickup. Again, people just don't listen. "Please do not put on the masks until I finish explaining the safety precautions." Two dudes continue to put on the masks. "Please do not put on the masks yet." One dude takes his off, the other continues on, oblivious. To assistant: "Would you please take that mask off of him?" Oblivititron starts and takes off his mask. I know everyone's supposed to be hideously sleep-deprived, but this is just sad.
So I have six days and three masks. I was planning to work down from larger to smaller, but I couldn't get the nose and throat mask to seal over my beard last night, so I went with the full-nose mask instead. This is a design with some blue gel lining for the seal. It's supposed to conform to your face over time, but not quite within the week available. I'm not really worried about my mouth dropping open, because I already have my teeth-grinding mouthpiece in there. (I'm now looking at a future of about 20 minutes of prep just to go to bed. 40 and washed up. Bah.)
The nose mask appeared to work just fine. The only problem was that my upper lip was irritated from the mask pushing my moustache into it all night. That's faded while I've written this, but I expect it would get old every night. I'm rooting for the nasal pillows anyway.
I feel...okay. It was a decent night's sleep in six hours instead of nine and a sore back. The expense was that Jen got up to deal with the kids all night, so I don't think this is a sustainable approach. I'll see how it goes by the end of the week.
Yesterday was titration machine orientation and pickup. Again, people just don't listen. "Please do not put on the masks until I finish explaining the safety precautions." Two dudes continue to put on the masks. "Please do not put on the masks yet." One dude takes his off, the other continues on, oblivious. To assistant: "Would you please take that mask off of him?" Oblivititron starts and takes off his mask. I know everyone's supposed to be hideously sleep-deprived, but this is just sad.
So I have six days and three masks. I was planning to work down from larger to smaller, but I couldn't get the nose and throat mask to seal over my beard last night, so I went with the full-nose mask instead. This is a design with some blue gel lining for the seal. It's supposed to conform to your face over time, but not quite within the week available. I'm not really worried about my mouth dropping open, because I already have my teeth-grinding mouthpiece in there. (I'm now looking at a future of about 20 minutes of prep just to go to bed. 40 and washed up. Bah.)
The nose mask appeared to work just fine. The only problem was that my upper lip was irritated from the mask pushing my moustache into it all night. That's faded while I've written this, but I expect it would get old every night. I'm rooting for the nasal pillows anyway.
I feel...okay. It was a decent night's sleep in six hours instead of nine and a sore back. The expense was that Jen got up to deal with the kids all night, so I don't think this is a sustainable approach. I'll see how it goes by the end of the week.
