I've been having trouble again getting a good night's sleep.  Ever since I came back from our vacation, I've been off the regular schedule I had when I was working and at home.  I've had to be on sleeping pills, but unfortunately, now I'll have to be on them longer, since I've developed a severe back problem.  The CPAP works fine, but I can only lay on my left side, and if I turn even slightly to the right, I have stabbing back pains on my mid back right side.  When I finally sit up in bed, I have more excruciating pain there, and then it subsides, once I get up and move around.

I find that as long as I clean my CPAP parts regularly, they don't give me any problems.  If I don't, it gives me a strange whining noise that I just cannot sleep with.  I've also noticed that my sleep apnea operates even when I fall asleep sitting in a chair.  I always thought it was only sleeping laying down in bed.  Guess I was wrong.

Now my husband has his own CPAP, and he has a full face mask.  After a little instruction from me, he's gotten used to it, just that fast!   Figures he'd have alot less problems than I had, but oh well.  And guess who has to clean the parts every other day?  Me, of course.  But it really isn't hard to keep the parts clean - I just rinse them out with dish liquid and running ho****er, and let them dry, as well as hanging the hoses over the shower curtain rod over a rug in the bathroom.

Denise Phares/kitties4

Thanks for suggestion. The folks came over and said "Yes it's kinda loud" so they gave me a new machine .. and guess what .. it was loud too .. then they said "try less water" (a few below the "fill line"). Once we did that, it was ok.

Still can't sleep with this thing. After 30 minutes I need to take the mask off, and fall asleep. It's terrible.

I have used my CPCP every night since surgery 5 weeks ago.  No Problem with it at all.   I had to take it to the hospital with me they had the oxygen hooked up to it.

Joyce