So I think I did ok on my first night with CPAP. I managed two hours with the mask on and slept for at least an hour of that time. It was a very surreal experience. On the whole, it wasn’t too bad, my face mask as comfortable as one could expect and whilst breathing through my nose, the air flow was manageable. I found if I opened my mouth to breath, it wasn’t so pleasant as my cheeks inflated like a balloon which was a very odd sensation.
One issue I did experience was when side sleeping it was hard to avoid my pillow deforming the face mask resulting in a very large fart sound which is a less than lovely way of being abruptly woken up. I’m going to buy a
Anyway, all in all not too bad. I’ll be aiming for at least 4 hours tonight