A Useless Appointment With My CPAP

I go to a very good hospital for all my treatments. I usually have good productive appointments and don ' t feel I wasted my time. Yesterday was completely different.Last week I blogged aboutRebelling because I hate my CPAP machine so much. I was waiting to find out about my oh-so-important desensitizing process to be able to use the damn thing. Yesterday was my big appointment where I was to be educated. This is what I learned:In order to get more comfortable with my damn mask, I should wear it around the house so I can get used to wearing it and then I should be able to start using the damn thing. That was not very enlightening. I had already tried it and still hate the damn thing.I also learned what the options are for apnea treatment if you cannot deal with the damn mask:surgery - where they remove your tonsils, adnoids, uvula (the thing that hangs down at the back of your mouth), and part of your tongue (doesn ' t that sound disgusting? It will never happen to me).dental device - like a retainer which pushes your lower jaw forward at night. But then you have to be able to wear a retainer while you sleep.I shall not be doing either of those. I will attempt to try the damn mask again but if I can ' t adapt, I ditch it and cope with the consequences.I also asked about my problems when I do sleep with the mask I get these awful weird dreams and do not feel rested when I wake up. The reason I was given is that I probably never reach REM sleep without the mask and dream as muc...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: appointments CPAP dreams lack of sleep Source Type: blogs