A few of you know that I have a mild case of Apnea. I've had my deviated septum fixed, and it helped me breathe alot more through my nose, but I am still snoring like a forest full of lumberjacks. I can't get used to sleeping with the mask. Well I heard about a special pillow designed by someone who specializes in apnea. I did some research, being the sceptic that I am, and I was not convinced that this thing would work. Well last week I was at the mall with my wife and daughter, and happened upon a Brookstone cart. I saw the pillow, and said to myself, I should try this what do I have to lose. So I bought the pillow at a rather steep 129.00. That night as I went to bed I read the instructions, and slept onthe pillow. The first couple of nights were rough, cause of the shape and thickness o the pillow. I tossed and turned, and even got a little bit of a sore neck, It's been a week now, and I am used to the pillow, and the bonis is my wife said I am not snoring like a bear. She has heard a couple of snorts, but I am not stopping beathing, and she can now sleep next to me.

This was the best 129.00 I have spent, and I hope the pillow continues to work for me.

The pillow is called the Sona Pillow.

looks good.

Good news, I will look into it also

oh wait I may not want my wife sleeping with me :behead:

Metrowest Medical Center hosts CPAP informational nights every few months: Helen Brown is the CPAP coordinator (508) 650-7793 : give her a call to find out when the next one is schedualed. It is in the Leonard Morse Hospital @ 67 Union St in Natick, MA.

I started using my CPAP machine not too long after Hab's pasted away and folks started posting about sleep apnia. The machine is annoying and I find that it works best for me when I sleep in the recliner and the hose draped over my shoulder. Even if I break the seal on it and it wakes me up - I am far enough away that it wont wake up the rest of the family. :) I had sinus surgury 6 yrs back, but it didn't help with my sleep apnia. :( The CPAP helps immensely and I do feel much more rested even if I use it for 3 - 4 hrs a nite.

Sometimes weight gain can bring on sleep apnia. I know when I was a lot thinner back in my high school days, I STILL snored big time. :(

The Sona Pillow sounds like an interesting alternative. I'll have to give it a try. This way I get to stay in my own bed and be harassed by the two darn cats. :)

i have mild sleep apnea as well. Got the CPAP and HATED IT. I couldnt sleep with the damn thing so i dont use it anymore. I find that I feel better when I dedicate a full 7 or 8 hours to sleeping, which sucks given our common sport.

So the pillow really makes a big difference?

Matt

It took a while to get used to the cpap but now I have trouble sleeping with out it...I get a much better nights sleep with it

It took a while to get used to the cpap but now I have trouble sleeping with out it...I get a much better nights sleep with it

Everybody does..............:jump:

http://www.brookstone.com/store/product.asp?product_code=572966&wid=10&cid=1006&sid=100601&search_type=subcategory%0F%22temp=t2&cm_ven=Partner&cm_cat=Vendor&cm_pla=Sona&cm_ite=572966%20

found it ... thanks specialist ..

I also have a CPAP, I couldn't live without it now. The mask is annoying, but I feel like a new man every morning when I get up. :)

I find the CPAP stimulating for sexual foreplay!!!
You look like a friggin alien wearing it. I just couldn't get used to it.

:alien:

I don't have sleep apnea but I can vouch for my brothers new lease on life after getting use to his CPAP machine. He is like a different person when you go from not sleeping worth chit to getting a full-nights sleep. The difference in him personally was like night and day. When we go fishing together and stay in the same room the sound doesn't bother me. Well nothing really bothers me when it comes to sleeping. The stress induced into your body and day to day life from not sleeping trumps not liking a CPAP. Its no different than taking medicine to keep you alive.

Love my CPAP - I don't think wearing it while napping on the recliner does any good because your probably not getting to REM anyway, which the CPAP is supposed to help on a long nights sleep.

I personally think if you give the CPAP a real chance you'll like it. The combination of the pillow which causes your neck to rise and your head to fall back a little - further opening your throat - along with the CPAP makes the best sleep possible.

I don't recall how long you need to sleep to go into REM (two hrs?). I would say if I stop breathing 150 times in an hr that I am not in REM for much at all. <vbg>

I'm surprized that I have lived as long as I have with the lack of sleep that I get! Miracle I don't screw up more stuff at work ...... LOL. Some how I manage.

I'm awake a lot longer than most people - so does that mean I get more done/accomplished in the course of a day?! Ummm..... probably not. ;)

Regardless - when I use my CPAP, I do feel more rested. :D

May be that is what I am always grumpy?! ;)