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Honestly, I'm very sorry that you've hard a horrible experience with this. My sleep analysis itself was 2 days worth of data that the doctor reviewed. I came i

Honestly, I'm very sorry that you've hard a horrible experience with this. My sleep analysis itself was 2 days worth of data that the doctor reviewed. I came in .... the next day? Later on in the day of turning in my at-home test? I forget. Anyway. My CPAP machine came in about a week later; and I had a full hour or so visit with the doctor as he described each individual step, and we tested out a TON of different masks. I had a follow up visit after ... not very long(?) where we reviewed a different couple of masks because the first one wasn't working. We had another officially scheduled meeting after like 3 months? And, now I see them every like 6 months (admittedly, I schedule these meetings), when one of the masks starts to get old, etc. I recently bought a travel CPAP as well, because setting up the CPAP in multiple locations is an absolute pain; but even that was a painless process once I said I wanted it (and paid out of pocket because insurance only covers the big machine). Then again, my sleep apnea is so bad that I would wake up every 1-2 hours at night (I actually use that power to take naps now, lol), and I was starting to fall asleep during everyday activities, so maybe I have better compliance out of the understanding of danger.

jnovek 3y ago
My experience was also very similar to the GP’s, and I’ve gone through it twice, at two different sleep clinics. I definitely don’t have routine follow-ups and the one (singular) follow-up I had was useless. I’ve had to essentially figure it all out on my own. I still find wearing the mask miserable but I don’t have much of a choice because OSA was slowly killing me. You were lucky to have such attentive care! I wish I could find the same.
- copperx 3y ago
  I love wearing my CPAP. Not because it's comfortable; it's certainly not. My mask pillows are slowly stretching my nasal orifices, so it's ruining my face aesthetically I love it because if I even nap 20 minutes without my CPAP, I wake up as if a freightliner had hit me. My apnea is that bad. I have never skipped a single night since being diagnosed 4 years ago. One night I went to a friend's house and couldn't drive back because I had a couple of beers. I didn't have my CPAP, so I preferred to stay awake the whole night instead of sleeping. I would probably be dead if CPAP didn't exist.

jnovek 3y ago

My experience was also very similar to the GP’s, and I’ve gone through it twice, at two different sleep clinics. I definitely don’t have routine follow-ups and the one (singular) follow-up I had was useless. I’ve had to essentially figure it all out on my own. I still find wearing the mask miserable but I don’t have much of a choice because OSA was slowly killing me. You were lucky to have such attentive care! I wish I could find the same.

copperx 3y ago
I love wearing my CPAP. Not because it's comfortable; it's certainly not. My mask pillows are slowly stretching my nasal orifices, so it's ruining my face aesthetically I love it because if I even nap 20 minutes without my CPAP, I wake up as if a freightliner had hit me. My apnea is that bad. I have never skipped a single night since being diagnosed 4 years ago. One night I went to a friend's house and couldn't drive back because I had a couple of beers. I didn't have my CPAP, so I preferred to stay awake the whole night instead of sleeping. I would probably be dead if CPAP didn't exist.