I had my CPAC sleep study Monday night. Even though they try to make the experience as comfortable as they can, I didn’t find much comfort in a mattress that seemed too soft, knowing a camera was watching me, having close to 20 wires attached all over my body, and sleeping with a CPAC mask for the first time as various amounts of air pressure was adjusted throughout the night. Oh, and the medical technician looked like a young Hannibal Lecter, seriously. It looks like I’ll just need a nasal mask as opposed to one that covers my mouth and nose.
I guess it will just take some adjustment on my part as I’m use to breathing out of my mouth. With air pressure going through my nose, when I open my mouth, the air pressure is forced out, which makes it uncomfortable to breath through my mouth. But I’m told that ‘normal’ folks only breath through their nose while sleeping and I did when I was actually dozing.
I was told that Asians are more prone to sleep apnea because of a small their anatomy . . . they have small . . . air passage ways. Too bad this half-Asian didn’t luck out getting the white air passage.
As a government contractor, all I know is that this NSA whistle blower is going to make me take several more annual ethics training courses, and it seems we take plenty of them already.
The CBS Evening News had a segment on one of the women pioneers of the space race. She passed all the tests the original Mercury astronauts, including drinking radioactive water, and I beleive she teaches flying lessons out of local Roanoke, TX.
CPAP will change your life in a very positive way. I've been using it for 8 years now. If someone told me they were taking my CPAP machine away, I'd tell them they would have to pry it from my cold, dead, lifeless hands. As far as the air coming out of your mouth, you might want to try using a chin strap at first to keep your mouth closed – they're very helpful until you get the hang of it. You will probably hate using the system at first; it can take weeks to get used to it. Don't give up! Also, it's CPAP, not CPAC; it's an acronym for Continuous Positive Airway Pressure. Good luck, and enjoy getting better sleep.
Thanks so much for your thoughts, especially on the chin strap, and I guess I wasn't in the right mind typing CPAC instead of CPAP, I guess politics is always on my mind. 😉
"America's Worst Charities" I noticed numerous references to "Kids" "Children" and "Cancer". I was listening to an author a few weeks ago talk about the charity industry and one of the facts that stuck with me is that there are tens of thousands of charities with the word "Veteran" in the title. I recently made a contribution to a religious charity that I know to be legitimate and I am sure the money went where it was suppose to, but I was disappointed that within two weeks I was overwhelmed by numerous similar charities sending me requests for money. Four of them called me at my home. I have an unlisted number and am on the Do-Not-Call list.
CPAP will change your life in a very positive way. I've been using it for 8 years now. If someone told me they were taking my CPAP machine away, I'd tell them they would have to pry it from my cold, dead, lifeless hands. As far as the air coming out of your mouth, you might want to try using a chin strap at first to keep your mouth closed – they're very helpful until you get the hang of it. You will probably hate using the system at first; it can take weeks to get used to it. Don't give up! Also, it's CPAP, not CPAC; it's an acronym for Continuous Positive Airway Pressure. Good luck, and enjoy getting better sleep.
Thanks so much for your thoughts, especially on the chin strap, and I guess I wasn't in the right mind typing CPAC instead of CPAP, I guess politics is always on my mind. 😉
CPAC is something we use in Canada to put us to sleep…it's the Canadian TV station to watch the government in action http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CPAC_(TV_channel)
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"America's Worst Charities" I noticed numerous references to "Kids" "Children" and "Cancer". I was listening to an author a few weeks ago talk about the charity industry and one of the facts that stuck with me is that there are tens of thousands of charities with the word "Veteran" in the title. I recently made a contribution to a religious charity that I know to be legitimate and I am sure the money went where it was suppose to, but I was disappointed that within two weeks I was overwhelmed by numerous similar charities sending me requests for money. Four of them called me at my home. I have an unlisted number and am on the Do-Not-Call list.