Ok, so after a few weeks of using the CPAP machine and it working wonders, it started to rub the bridge of Jim’s nose raw. Literally, raw. He mentioned it to his doctor and he had him switch to a new style of mask. ::shakes first at doctor:::
The new mask looked like this:
The big difference between the 1st mask, and the 2nd mask is that the 1st mask completely covered his mouth. The 2nd mask obviously was a little more comfortable for him to wear, but he had to train himself to sleep with his mouth closed, or else he couldn’t breathe. Despite wearing it for a few weeks, I constantly heard his mouth open at night, and then he’d gasp for air. He was also able to snore again, since his mouth wasn’t covered. Obviously, that wasn’t working too well for either of us, and when he saw his doctor last week, he decided to switch back to the old mask.
Last night was his first night of using the original mask again, and all is right in my world, once more.
July 29th, 2007 at 6:44 pm
My husband the stubborn git is putting off discussing this with the doctor because he doesn’t want to sleep with a machine attached to him. I generally end up sleeping in the living room, or sitting there all night listening to him gasp for air and telling him to roll over or sit up or something. Stubborn git.
August 9th, 2007 at 1:54 pm
Ok, that picture made me laugh! So very silly looking. But I know the machine does wonderful things for people… glad it is helping Jim!