got diagnosed a few weeks ago. I had 57 sleep disturbances per hour and my blood oxygen dropped to the low 60s.
First night with a cpap was last night. Nose pillow mask . . .not over the mouth. they offered me a chin strap to keep my mouth closed, but I don't need it. My friends might differ . . . . :-)
First night was pretty easy. I am told it takes a while of using the cpap to have the hugest benefits be felt. I felt fine this morning . . .
gained a ton of weight when I stopped smoking 15 months ago . . hoping that when i lose that I can maybe lose the machine. if not, no biggie . . . i just want to be well rested, and i think my data was showing that I clearly wasn't. LOL.
