I got a new mask for my CPAP Machine today and the air pressure adjusted. For those of you that don’t know a CPAP machine is basically a midevil device torture device that you place on your enemy to force air down their nose and throat with the force of a leaf blower. Ok maybe I’m exaggerating but that’s what the pressure feels like now that that have turned it up.
I guess it’s needed since I have sleep apnea and l could stop breathing and die in my sleep, but I hate it. I mean on top of being strapped to a machine via a hose that makes you look like the love child of Darth Vader and Mr. Snuffelupagus, it also forces you to swallow air so you wake up with all kinds of stomach pain.
But I guess this new pressure works because without it I am always tired. The docs tell me I get between 12 and 20 minutes of REM Sleep in an 8 hour period without the CPAP. Just for comparision a normal person get between 4-6 hours of REM sleep in an 8 hour period. Which leads me to ask questions like what my life would be like if I could get this much sleep on a regular basis.
This machine was supposed to answer that but I hate it and I can’t sleep with it on, thus defeating the purpose. I hope I can get approved for surgery because this isn’t working and part if me wishes for death to come in my sleep because at least I wouldnt have to wake a drag thru my day or feel like my stomach is about to explode. FML
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