I've been on BiPAP for 16 years and my little bride became a fellow hosehead today. I'm hoping that she has the same immediate improvement that I experienced in 1993. She did the "woman thing" and set up her CPAP on her side of the bed and took pictures of the hoses routed over the head of the bed in perfect symmetry...bet they won't look like that in the morning!

Welcome Mr. and Mrs. Hosehead.  We're a hosehead couple at our house too.  Vivey and husband are also in the same club.

Dianne


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Dianne's: Remstar Auto M, C-flex, humidifier, smart card. Mask: Swift LT, AHI- 23, lowest blood ox 80%.

John's: Resmed S8 Autoset II w/EPR, Mask: Respironics Profile-lite mask.
severe apnea, Cpap user for more than 20 years.

Welcome to the hoseheadean couples society!!


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Ave of 51.7 events/hr (severe) with 58% oxygen saturation.
ResMed S8 AutoSet II APAP w/3i humidifier. Range is 8-15. Mask is Swift LT for Her w/med pillows.
My husband also has OSA - we're just a pair of Hoseheads in love!!!

Little woman has had a couple consecutive nights of good sleep. For two days now, she has been in that "wow I had forgotten how good you feel after a good night's sleep" state. We both know there will be poor days too, but it's fun to watch her feel so good.

my husband and I are hoseheads too!  He was dxed last year and I this year.

Add me to the list of couples... both of getting our hoses only 30 days apart.  

How about some ideas for snuggling after the masks go on? The ResMed Mirage Quattro we both use has a vent at the front, so if we snuggle we either blow in each others ears or in each others faces.

We have been laying on our backs and holding each others hands...

We have been keeping each other's mask on at night, if we don't the snoring wakes the other up. Now we just have to get Molly, our Yellow Lab our of the room; she snores.

McBrian33


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Retitrated 2/10 to 10cmH2O
Respironics SystemOne w/ EasyLife
Wife & I became hoseheads 30 days apart
I also got a "I TOLD YOU SO" nine years in the making.

So far, the snuggling hasn't suffered. She's the first to fall asleep while snuggling and I try to keep my arm underneath her neck. When she drifts off, I wake her up to put her mask on by pulling my arm from under her. I then roll over to get my mask and turn on my machine. It takes me about 10 seconds to get my mask adjusted and less than a minute to fall asleep.

My husband and I have had dueling cpap's for several years.  It has it's upsides, like trialing each others favorite masks, downsides include, someone else getting the last of the distilled water before you turn in, lol.