Anyone use a CPAP machine?

[New_Me2019 128]

Thank you so much . I didn’t know about the Bi-Pap, but I’m not falling asleep everywhere , but don’t have a lot of energy and do get tired quickly. It was diagnosed as severe - stopped breathing 37 times in an hour .Maybe Im under estimating the importance of using it .I haven’t had much follow up care since I got the CPAP. Did the hospital help you with a different mask ? or did you just have to keep buying different ones ? Sorry about all the questions .

Please take sleep apnea very very serious. My husband has severe damage to his heart because of untreated sleep apnea. He spent 3 weeks in CICU for AFIB, Flutter and Congested Heart Failure due to sleep apnea. He is 48 years old. His heart has been damaged and is functioning at a 18% rate. He did not have problems sleeping, he snored! He was not tired or fatigued. Sleep apnea is a co-morbidity because it is no joke and kills. Weight loss often improves or cures sleep apnea. People do not stop using your CPAP without having a sleep study. We did this surgery to have a better longer life. Best of luck on your journey. I hope you take the medical steps needed to have a long and healthy future.

New_Me 2019

[PEGGO 107]

1 hour ago, New_Me2019 said:

Please take sleep apnea very very serious. My husband has severe damage to his heart because of untreated sleep apnea. He spent 3 weeks in CICU for AFIB, Flutter and Congested Heart Failure due to sleep apnea. He is 48 years old. His heart has been damaged and is functioning at a 18% rate. He did not have problems sleeping, he snored! He was not tired or fatigued. Sleep apnea is a co-morbidity because it is no joke and kills. Weight loss often improves or cures sleep apnea. People do not stop using your CPAP without having a sleep study. We did this surgery to have a better longer life. Best of luck on your journey. I hope you take the medical steps needed to have a long and healthy future.

New_Me 2019

I’m so sorry about the damage that Sleep Apnoea has done to your husband .Thank you for taking the trouble to reply and share it with me . It brought it home , and you have really helped. I’m going to start using my machine properly now ,from tonight . and look into a different one if that’s what is needed. I wish you all the very best of luck on your journey too.

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[PEGGO 107]

I’m sure you are 😄 I have one that looks very similar to the one ,that the not so good looking guy , is wearing in the picture , but I was never sure whether I’d got the nasal bits in my nose properly and was afraid it wouldn’t be working properly. How would I know if it wasn’t ? Would it hiss or something ?

[Chiptress 327]

On 07/31/2019 at 16:59, PEGGO said:

I haven't been using it at home as much as I should . Will it affect me having my surgery? Ive got it on 12th August.Should have been 25th July. Was all ready to go down to theatre last week , but cancelled at the last minute because the operating theatres were too hot. Do they check when you go in?

I got my sexy cpap machine a month ago & I HATE it & haven’t been using it much. My surgery is also on 8/12 & I hope it has no baring on my surgery. I can’t sleep with the damn thing

[Chiptress 327]

On 08/02/2019 at 16:53, Chiptress said:

I got my sexy cpap machine a month ago & I HATE it & haven’t been using it much. My surgery is also on 8/12 & I hope it has no baring on my surgery. I can’t sleep with the damn thing

Also.... according to my dr. My sleep apnea is very mild. I’m not tired during the day etc

[NYJenn 1,461]

I had to bring mine

[#BirdDog 604]

I’m sure you are [emoji1] I have one that looks very similar to the one ,that the not so good looking guy , is wearing in the picture , but I was never sure whether I’d got the nasal bits in my nose properly and was afraid it wouldn’t be working properly. How would I know if it wasn’t ? Would it hiss or something ?

This one is more of a cushion that presses against your nostrils as opposed to in. On this one if it’s not positioned correctly it will hiss. I’ve never used the inside the nostril ones.

[PEGGO 107]

3 minutes ago, Chiptress said:

I got my sexy cpap machine a month ago & I HATE it & haven’t been using it much. My surgery is also on 8/12 & I hope it has no baring on my surgery. I can’t sleep with the damn thing

THANK YOU ! I thought I was the only one . Everyone else I talk to seemed to be getting on with theirs fine .I can’t sleep with it either , but I’ve been made to realise just how important it is . Maybe a different kind of mask ? I’m a bit worried about it having a bearing on the surgery too, but I actually was about to go down to theatre last week , and they cancelled at the last minute , because the weather was so hot here , and the operating theatres were too , so it wasn’t safe to operate, my point being ,they didn’t even ask about my CPAP then . I guess different hospitals have different policies tho . I wish you all the best of luck with yours on the 12th .

[Chiptress 327]

On 08/02/2019 at 17:09, PEGGO said:

THANK YOU ! I thought I was the only one . Everyone else I talk to seemed to be getting on with theirs fine .I can’t sleep with it either , but I’ve been made to realise just how important it is . Maybe a different kind of mask ? I’m a bit worried about it having a bearing on the surgery too, but I actually was about to go down to theatre last week , and they cancelled at the last minute , because the weather was so hot here , and the operating theatres were too , so it wasn’t safe to operate, my point being ,they didn’t even ask about my CPAP then . I guess different hospitals have different policies tho . I wish you all the best of luck with yours on the 12th .

Wish you all the best as well. I wouldn’t have even gone for a sleep study if it weren’t required by my insurance. I snore. I have MILD. Often it goes away after we drop weight. BTw.... where do you live? You talk about a “theatre “ which I’m assuming is the hospital. I live on Long Island, NY! Nice to meet you Peggo. I’m Joan

[PEGGO 107]

51 minutes ago, PEGGO said:

I’m so sorry about the damage that sleep Apnoea has done to your husband .Thank you for taking the trouble to reply and share it with me . It brought it home , and you have really helped. I’m going to start using my machine properly now ,from tonight . and look into a different one if that’s what is needed. I wish you all the very best of luck on your journey too.

1 minute ago, Chiptress said:

Wish you all the best as well. I wouldn’t have even gone for a sleep study if it weren’t required by my insurance. I snore. I have MILD. Often it goes away after we drop weight. BTw.... where do you live? You talk about a “theatre “ which I’m assuming is the hospital. I live on Long Island, NY! Nice to meet you Peggo. I’m Joan

Nice to meet you too Joan . I’m Peggy. I live in East Sussex in England . I’m having my surgery in Chelsea in London . So Long Island is in the U.S. right ? . I wouldn’t have gone for a sleep study either if the Hospital hadn’t sent me when I first was referred for surgery . I hope this post goes ok. I’m having real trouble finding my way round here - my sense of direction is nil! I’m sure I’ve sent punts to the wrong places tonight! Here goes !

[New_Me2019 128]

I’m so sorry about the damage that sleep Apnoea has done to your husband .Thank you for taking the trouble to reply and share it with me . It brought it home , and you have really helped. I’m going to start using my machine properly now ,from tonight . and look into a different one if that’s what is needed. I wish you all the very best of luck on your journey too.

Wishing you the best on this journey. A year ago I had no clue about sleep apnea. I have read so many post of people who see sleep apnea as a way to qualify for their surgery. But if you have sleep apnea then it is serious and may or may not disappear quickly. I also have sleep apnea. I have my appointment next month to see if we can adjust or reduce use but I am choosing to not make those medical decisions on my own. Best of luck.

New_Me 2019

[SlimChickadee 219]

I had lapband removal and they told me to bring mine.

[Tika baby 1]

I took mine to the hospital with me . I don’t really use it. I just used the oxygen when i was sleeping because when i fell asleep without the oxygen on my machine would start beeping because my levels were dropping .

[jenforr108 48]

I was told today that I either need to return my c- pap machine or pay for it in full that I hadn’t used it enough for insurance to cover its cost. I guess they require you to use it 42 days out of 60. Well I’ve had nothing but issues with it and I hate it. I had to go 2 weeks without it because I got a bad cold and was super congested I have the nasal mask so it is impossible to breath when your that congested. After I got over the congestion I had sores in my nose which hurt and even tho I did use the c- pap it was so uncomfortable it kept me awake and I was unable to wear it a whole 4 hrs a day. On good days I still attempted to sleep with it for 4 hrs but still found myself constantly waking up to where I was getting no sleep and exhausted the rest of the day. The sleep study showed that I have a mild case of sleep apnea and that the machine was helping me with very few occurances but I also wasn’t getting any actual sleep. I’m hoping me returning it doesn’t ruin my chances of getting the by- pass as I’ve done everything, lots of tests and lots of appointments, lost weight and followed their rules for the past 9 months. I’m getting so very discouraged and frustrated that it’s taking this long to get approved.

[PEGGO 107]

7 hours ago, jenforr108 said:

I was told today that I either need to return my c- pap machine or pay for it in full that I hadn’t used it enough for insurance to cover its cost. I guess they require you to use it 42 days out of 60. Well I’ve had nothing but issues with it and I hate it. I had to go 2 weeks without it because I got a bad cold and was super congested I have the nasal mask so it is impossible to breath when your that congested. After I got over the congestion I had sores in my nose which hurt and even tho I did use the c- pap it was so uncomfortable it kept me awake and I was unable to wear it a whole 4 hrs a day. On good days I still attempted to sleep with it for 4 hrs but still found myself constantly waking up to where I was getting no sleep and exhausted the rest of the day. The sleep study showed that I have a mild case of sleep apnea and that the machine was helping me with very few occurances but I also wasn’t getting any actual sleep. I’m hoping me returning it doesn’t ruin my chances of getting the by- pass as I’ve done everything, lots of tests and lots of appointments, lost weight and followed their rules for the past 9 months. I’m getting so very discouraged and frustrated that it’s taking this long to get approved.

I can empathise with you Jen. I hate mine too . I have the nasal one as well and it’s so uncomfortable . I haven’t been using it properly . I hope you still get your surgery . When is it ? Mine is next Monday . I’m hoping it won’t affect me having the surgery either . I started this journey 2 and 1/2. years ago , and have been going miles every month for appointments , then off to other places they send me to locally . The surgeon told me it would be last November and it never happened and was still going for appointments , until someone queried a few weeks ago why I hadn’t had it yet . I quickly got a date for July, and that was cancelled at the very last minute because of the extreme heat that day, I now have one for next Monday . I’ve been on the liver diet for weeks now . Im telling you this to say don’t give up . I think it’s usual to wait a year- 18 months to get surgery . I am in England tho, I don’t know if it’s different in other places . Where are you ? I wish you all the best with this . 😊