Facehugger: night 2

[mdlbear]

It went a little easier last night. I shaved off about 1/4 inch of mustache to give the nose-mask a place to sit; it was much more comfortable. Got a couple hours of good sleep, but spent the rest of the night waking up with either a stiff neck or a noisy leak. I was never able to keep the air from leaking out, cold and noisy, onto my face.

I use a memory-foam pillow with an abrupt, not tapered, edge, so I was able to let the air-hose hang off the side. It helped a lot, but I'm going to go looking for CPAP pillows -- there seem to be several varieties. Some nasal congestion, but not as much as the night before. Tonight I took my timed-release phenylephhrine around dinnertime -- that should help.

I was still feeling achy, so no walk at lunchtime. And it may rain over the weekend, which would be unfortunate.

Felt a little more alert than usual in the morning, but still felt a little sleepy after lunch. And now. But I'm not sleeping well, or nearly long enough. We'll see.

Comments

[pocketnaomi.livejournal.com]

It took Manny a week or two to get used to his enough that it didn't wake him up. Good luck!

[mdlbear]

Thanks! It's especially bad this first week because it's the one that varies the pressure to see what you need.

[johno.livejournal.com]

Took me most of a month to really get used to mine.

As for the nasal congestion, I found using nasal strips and/or rinsing out my nasal cavity helps lots with that.