Sleep Apnea

i don't know of a thing. i sleep w/oxygen or i should say i'm suppose to. half the time i'll wake up & the tubing will be out of my nose & i don't even realize it is. he's probably the same way.

I am about to tell you a story that some would see as being strange. A friend of mine had a little girl with sleep apnea this is when the air passage to the throat closes up. At that time I was selling air purifiers and had read alot of different things about allergents. I said to her how old is her pillow? The answer was I don't know. I suggested that she replace the pillow every two months. She did and the sleep apnea calmed down. Alot of people are allergic to the carcuses of dustmites that are often in older pillows which causes their throats to close. So I do not know how old your pillow is but you just might want to change your pillows every couple of months. Just a little food for thought!!

I have sleep apnea myself and I had the same situation as your husband. I have a BiPAP machine which is a little different than a CPAP, I could not stand having air forcefully blowing into my mouth during exhale, so the BiPAP does just that, when you inhale, air is forced into lungs, when you exhale, the machine pauses and then repeats each time you take a breath. Also, my machine's pressure was set way too high from previous doctor, so my machines was reset to a lower pressure now. My mask I originally had was a full face mask, but when the pressure reached highest point, when I exhaled the seal around my mouth would allow air to escape causing a whistling sound which would wake me up. Now I have a Respironics Contour Gel full face mask, it is great and I sleep all night with it on usually.