Last night I had an unintentional half night without cpap. I woke at about 3:15 this morning to find that my mask straps had come undone and was no on my face. A very rude awakening, like the old days with untreated apnoea.
I had my oximiter running last night, which is the first time I've had it running on a night where I've had a nasty event, and this is the first full on apnoea event I've had for over two years, I'd forgotten what it was like.
However hard CPAP may be to get used to and however inconvenient it can be, it beats the terror of waking up in a full andrenaline fuelled panic (I thought I was having a heart attack!) and the disorientation of coming from a deep sleep to a full awake in one big snorting jump.
Sats dropped to 80. Pulse spiked in the 130s. Getting back to sleep took an hour.
I had my oximiter running last night, which is the first time I've had it running on a night where I've had a nasty event, and this is the first full on apnoea event I've had for over two years, I'd forgotten what it was like.
However hard CPAP may be to get used to and however inconvenient it can be, it beats the terror of waking up in a full andrenaline fuelled panic (I thought I was having a heart attack!) and the disorientation of coming from a deep sleep to a full awake in one big snorting jump.
Sats dropped to 80. Pulse spiked in the 130s. Getting back to sleep took an hour.
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