Ok, I am going tent camping with my daughter and her Girlscout troop in 2 weeks. I will be for 2 nights. What the heck do I do about my CPAP? Will it hurt me to go 2 days without it? I just started treatment with it 2 weeks ago. We go camping very often as a family also, what do I do? JoAnna Pre-Op

I am very excited. Today I received in the mail the referral from my PCP for RNY surgery. I will be calling my surgeon Monday to schedule the date. To let people know what insurance I use: I have Blue Advantage HMO which is part of BC/BS HMO Illinois. My medical group is Dreyer Medical, part of Advocate. Dreyer is a "full risk" medical group. It's my understanding that means if Dreyer approves it, BC/BS will too. Dreyer takes the risk of covering what BC/BS won't. So, I'm very happy today! I'm having my surgery at UIC (University of Illinois at Chicago) and my surgeon is Dr. Joseph Vitello. Wish me luck!

Poor Ed do you think your sleeping with your mouth open..?? I could feel the diff in about 3 or 4 days got better with time this may be in my head lol but I think I can tell the next day if I sleep with my mouth open...and yes I can breath out my mouth with the cpap on..got all my test done 6 more day's ... good luck to you hope you feel better soon....Shelly

Ok, I've been on my CPAP since the beginning of January. I wear it every night. It doesn't bother me at all. I use the nasal pillows. If I were to rate how tired I am during the day on a scale of 1-10 with 10 being just as tired as I was before CPAP, I would rate myself a 9. I've talked to my doctor about this and he is going to have me try something called an Autopap machine for 2-3 weeks. Apparently, this machine auto adjusts the pressure based on need throughout the night. It keeps a record stored in it, as to what pressure it's been giving me. My doctor hopes this will show that my CPAP machine isn't set at the right pressure (currently 11). I just want to feel rested again and not tired throughout the day. I don't know what it feels like anymore to "not" be tired. Ed

I couldn't get used to the water droplets in the mask. They woke me up every night, and I didn't have the humidifier on at all. I was ripping the mask off in the middle of the night every night because I just couldn't stand it. I got a new mask with the nasal pillows and it's a dream! I can sleep in any position (I'm a side sleeper too) and it stays put and I sleep so well. No more water droplets either! I had the air leaking out with the old mask, too, but that doesn't happen with this one. Good luck! Mary Ellen