ugh

[rmd]

slept without my cpap last night (i stayed at claudia's and forgot to bring it with me because i was running late). i have a sore throat and my sinuses were bugging me all day. almost as if i had been making some atrocious noise with my nose and throat all night.

imgaine that.

i'm looking forward to curling up with my cpap for humidified forced air goodness tonight.

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[browngirl.livejournal.com]

Another friend of mine also has a cpap, and because he has the flu he can't wear it and he misses it sorely.

No real point here, just commiseration by proxy. :)

[rmd.livejournal.com]

ahhh. what i do in that circumstance is use dristan or some other up-the-nose 4 or 6 hour type decongestant. it usually works for about 4 hours of breathing with the cpap and then i wake up because i can't breathe and snort some more and i'm good for another few hours.

it's not great, but it does good enough.

[liralen.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you figured out what was going on and found a solution that's so defintely better for you. I remember my couches that always seemed to suck you into sleep, zzzz...

[rmd.livejournal.com]

oh, it's been a whole new world since i got my sleep apnea treated. i can stay awake thru an entire movie, and i don't fall asleep in meetings when i don't want to. it's just amazing. sleep is restful in a way i never imagined.