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struggling for the first few weeks even though I got my CPAP last April: Need encouragement

Thanks for all the information and support. Since I am sleeping with my CPAP and getting improvement I have cancelled my MMA surgery. Since I have restarted with my Swift Lt I have been able to get more hours.

I want to know if this is the way that all of you have struggled.

 

Got CPAP in April 2009. I was very happy to get it.

 

Used it for 5 times and quit for 4 months. Changed three masks and quit. Tried positional therapy. got laid off in November. continued with positional therapy. Realized that positional therapy didn't work.

 

Scheduled MMA surgery at Stanford for late Feb.

 

Willing to give one last shot with a new mask- SWift LT

Finally in January got a mask that was good enough to sleep with for at least 4 hours a night.

 

Got rainout. Trying to work on rainout. Got an insulated cover. Waiting for Aussie heated hose.

 

Turn off humidifier got sore spots in nose. Turned up the heat in the room. Turned up humidifier.

 

Even though I have struggled I feel like I can see the light at the end of the tunnel.

 

I am finally feeling better and can try to get on with my life and get back to looking for a job. Need some final encouragement.

 

 

 

 

 

Best regards

 

Ricky Li

 

 

 

 

 

 

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I think you've captured the pace and tempo of being a CPAP user pretty well with the way you described your ordeal so far: try this, fail at that, take time off, come back to something else, try that, see how it goes, and on and on. If you did not have that kind of approach, i'd be more concerned.

this is very much a trial and error kind of thing -- there are dozens of masks and combinations of accessories you can and should try before you give up. Better yet, don't give up.

I myself suffered a bunch of setbacks before arriving at the combination of supplies, settings and accessories i use today to manage my treatment properly. That's how it goes.

Kudos to you for your dedication. And for canceling the MMA surgery until you really have exhausted other options. I think you made the right decision.
Pretty par for the course Jackie. The road to maintaining good health is a journey filled with many potholes. Do not let a flat tire or a bad shoe discourage you.

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