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Choose the CPAP machine or me! I need my sleep too!

I have a husband who uses a CPAP machine at night.   This machine is noisy.  He gets a full night sleep every night due to this contraption - and I don't because I am a light sleeper.   I am so tired of being called a liar that the machine is noisy.   He makes fun of me cause I take naps on the weekends - I need too - to be able to catch up on my lost sleep.   I am being told that he needs this to stay alive - what about me the spouse.  Am I cutting my life shorter due to his stupid contraption making me lose sleep.  This is to the point of where I want him to chose between me or the machine.

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Permalink Reply by Louise on July 26, 2011 at 9:56am
Have the ear plugs helped in getting a good nights' sleep? I am really wondering about how old the CPAP machine is. My husband has awoke me a couple of times lately because he can't hear the machine.
Permalink Reply by Banyon on July 26, 2011 at 12:07pm

Reply by Dianne 14 hours ago

Hello everyone,
Hopefully I won't be expelled right off the bat but my instincts tell me the writer is "yanking our chains"...

 

I agree with you Dianne. The person that started the thread is not here to get help. People get their "kick" in strange ways.

Permalink Reply by Louise on July 26, 2011 at 2:42pm
Same here-just checking to see if this is real!
Permalink Reply by Altra Service Professionals on July 30, 2011 at 11:30pm
I have seen my fair share of cpap machines for repair and some can be pretty noisy. You may want to consider having the machine checked by a qualified repair center. They can make sure the machine is blowing at the correct pressure in addition to addressing the noise issue. Many times the blower will wear causing excess noise. This may be a less expensive alternative to buying a new one. Good luck with your sleep & your marriage. Both are things I cherish dearly!
Permalink Reply by john carlson on February 14, 2012 at 9:31pm

The contraption is saving his life...

Permalink Reply by ZolliStar on February 15, 2012 at 12:01am

Indeed. A very good post, Diane. Glad you're here.

I'll add one more comment:

I had to share a hotel room with a friend five months after my diagnosis. I warned her, btw. Fran said she expected my machine to be noisy -- she even brought ear plugs to endure it -- and found it surprisingly quiet. If anything, she said my CPAP was more like white noise, very quiet white noise at that.

By contrast, the friend who diagnosed my condition in late May -- again, because we shared a hotel room and I'd been complaining for years, literally years, about being tired and not sleeping well -- that friend could hardly sleep due to my snoring and very strange and noisy breathing. She was also afraid that I would stop breathing entirely and die. This was a literal fear. She barely slept all night as she listened to me over on my side of the room snoring and snorting away.

So I have to wonder: Diane, could your problem be the machine? And should you look in to a new one?

Mary Z said:

Welcome to the forum.  Good post, Diane.
Permalink Reply by Mary Z on February 16, 2012 at 4:35pm

I know this is an old discussion, but I have read it several times.

 

You need to choose between having a husband on the machine, or sleeping alone because he's dead.

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