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C-pap machines...my new bed partner!
My new bed partner is a little machine sitting next to my bed with a hose that connects to your nose and blows air into you nose and you must keep your mouth closed while you sleep!  Well, if you are a mouth sleeper this is not an easy  task...please tell me you do get use to this machine...I know I have to use it as I am exhausted and I do not go into REM sleep and have sleep apnea...I want to feel better but hopefully the nights will get better!  I give eveyone credit that has to use these machines...my husband has a bi-pap has he has Central sleep apnea and that is the worst as his brain will quit telling him to breath almost 100 times a night...this all happened after his nightmare of events...then having to take so many medications to keep going do not help...

I now have more compassion for what he has had to go through...I guess that is like life..many of us judge people when we do not know what it would be like to walk a day in their shoes...it puts a new perspective on life if before we ever judged, we had to go through the same trials as they are, we would have more sympathy...or more compassion..Hopefully you do not have to have one of these lovely bed partners...hugs, cheryl 

http://www.actsofkindness.org/ here is the site...a lot of neat things on here... pass it on!


"I am only one; but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something. I will not refuse to do the something I can do."
Author:Helen Keller


"The majority of us lead quiet, unheralded lives as we pass through this world. There will most likely be no ticker-tape parades for us, no monuments created in our honor.
But that does not lessen our possible impact, for there are scores of people waiting for someone just like us to come along; people who will appreciate our compassion, our unique talents. Someone who will live a happier life merely because we took the time to share what we had to give.
Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have a potential to turn a life around. It's overwhelming to consider the continuous opportunities there are to make our love felt."
Author:Leo Buscaglia
Posted by Icareforyou on 2008-05-10 07:15:11 | Rating: n/a | Views: 87


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Posted by
Hollis
on 2008-05-10 08:45:46
 
I know about the c- pap machine. you do get use to it..I had a few patrons and patients at the hospital use them and they do sleep more soundly..Do they make one for the "flipper and flopper" sleeper??haha thats me...
I will check out the site you recommended....
 
 

Posted by
whiteknight
on 2008-05-10 10:48:11
 
You do get used to it.
I use it
It is not as bad as it seems except you end up sleeping on your back most of the nite
 
 

Posted by
Icareforyou
on 2008-05-10 21:02:07
 
thanks..hopefully tonight is better..I am not a back sleeper...will have to try! hugs, cheryl
 
 

Posted by
overthehillandfaraway
on 2008-05-11 02:26:50
 
Cheryl - hope it starts to feel more comfortable - you have so much on your plate you deserve some sleep. Thinking about you, Elaine
 
 

Posted by
templar_knight
on 2008-05-11 10:20:44
 
I have been a C-Pap user for about 15 years now. Yes you do get used to it.
As far as your mouth being closed, I use to have that problem but i got a " full face " mask which covers both the nose and mouth.
In those 15 years I only was without it one night and I didn't sleep right.
Good luck with your C-Pap.
 
 


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