CPAP, Nights 7 & 8
Mar. 21st, 2009 09:12 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
psi_star_psiStrangely, after replacing the nasal pillows with smalls and learning how to wear the harness correctly, the mask worked perfectly. I slept wonderfully Thursday night. If only I hadn't succumbed to the cold that everyone else in the household had.
Last night, after a very enjoyable visit from![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
allanh and his husband Randy, I was exhausted, so I just went straight to sleep. I figured I wasn't congested, so the cold probably wouldn't be an issue. Ha-ha! I kept waking up because I wasn't breathing as well as I had the previous night. Finally, around 6am, I gave up, got up, got the nasal rinse kit, and flushed away. (Part of the CPAP training is "Use the nasal rinse kits!" I haven't mentioned this before because, well, eww.) In the interests of delicacy, I'll just say that I was glad I did. After that, I could breathe, so I got about another hour and a half of fine quality sleep.
Last night, after a very enjoyable visit from
allanh and his husband Randy, I was exhausted, so I just went straight to sleep. I figured I wasn't congested, so the cold probably wouldn't be an issue. Ha-ha! I kept waking up because I wasn't breathing as well as I had the previous night. Finally, around 6am, I gave up, got up, got the nasal rinse kit, and flushed away. (Part of the CPAP training is "Use the nasal rinse kits!" I haven't mentioned this before because, well, eww.) In the interests of delicacy, I'll just say that I was glad I did. After that, I could breathe, so I got about another hour and a half of fine quality sleep.
