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CPAP Acquired!
Apr. 15th, 2025 08:06 pmI have a CPAP! I spent today at work counting down the minutes until my appointment, I have to admit. The appointment itself went quite well. I spoke with the provider who was very nice and a CPAP user herself. I paid a ridiculous sum of money to rent a CPAP for the month, most of which is non-refundable and also not covered by insurance. *sigh* But at least I had the money for now, and now I get to try out the machine for the next three to four weeks.
I will say, the first fitting felt really weird. I have been given a nose-only mask, which the provider called a nose pillow (which honestly is a hilarious name for it). It's pretty comfy, and I don't really notice it by itself, but once the machine is turned on the forced air feels very odd. I don't think it'll be too much of a problem, however.
More annoyingly, a lot of what makes the CPAP comfortable, like the custom mask (I am a size small), the humidifier, and the heated hose for the humidifier, are not covered by the ADP (Assistive Devices Program) nor by my employer-provider health insurance, because they're considered "luxuries." So I am going to be out of pocket by a pretty penny on this one. When the Public Service Health Plan was with SunLife it was all covered, but ever since we switched over to Canada Life the coverage has been drastically reduced. Yay.
Still, I am excited to give it a try tonight! I am supposed to wear it during the day to try to get used to it for the next few days, too, so I'll do that tomorrow when I'm working from home and don't have to be on camera. I think if I decided to give a briefing while wearing the mask I might be subject to a wellness review by my manager afterward. ;) Also, it's actually weirdly difficult to talk while air is being forced into your nose, because you're no longer controlling the air flow from your lungs through your mouth and over your vocal cords, so I found myself having to breathe out a bit before I could speak reliably.
Thus the saga of the CPAP continues. All of my reading and research has indicated that I shouldn't expect to feel any significant changes before a few weeks, so I'm trying very hard not to get my hopes up. I am sort of hoping that there will be some sort of placebo effect. I could use a little win, even if it's purely psychosomatic and not real.
I am heading to bed in a few minutes. I need to check on the quail one last time (I already got another egg today!) and make sure they have enough water for the night. I changed out their water in a bit of a hurry this morning, and by the time I got home from work they were completely dry again. I hope it wasn't for too long, so I need to stay on top of that better from now on.
Okay, that's it for now. Boring CPAP update is done. Catch you on the flip side, folks!
I will say, the first fitting felt really weird. I have been given a nose-only mask, which the provider called a nose pillow (which honestly is a hilarious name for it). It's pretty comfy, and I don't really notice it by itself, but once the machine is turned on the forced air feels very odd. I don't think it'll be too much of a problem, however.
More annoyingly, a lot of what makes the CPAP comfortable, like the custom mask (I am a size small), the humidifier, and the heated hose for the humidifier, are not covered by the ADP (Assistive Devices Program) nor by my employer-provider health insurance, because they're considered "luxuries." So I am going to be out of pocket by a pretty penny on this one. When the Public Service Health Plan was with SunLife it was all covered, but ever since we switched over to Canada Life the coverage has been drastically reduced. Yay.
Still, I am excited to give it a try tonight! I am supposed to wear it during the day to try to get used to it for the next few days, too, so I'll do that tomorrow when I'm working from home and don't have to be on camera. I think if I decided to give a briefing while wearing the mask I might be subject to a wellness review by my manager afterward. ;) Also, it's actually weirdly difficult to talk while air is being forced into your nose, because you're no longer controlling the air flow from your lungs through your mouth and over your vocal cords, so I found myself having to breathe out a bit before I could speak reliably.
Thus the saga of the CPAP continues. All of my reading and research has indicated that I shouldn't expect to feel any significant changes before a few weeks, so I'm trying very hard not to get my hopes up. I am sort of hoping that there will be some sort of placebo effect. I could use a little win, even if it's purely psychosomatic and not real.
I am heading to bed in a few minutes. I need to check on the quail one last time (I already got another egg today!) and make sure they have enough water for the night. I changed out their water in a bit of a hurry this morning, and by the time I got home from work they were completely dry again. I hope it wasn't for too long, so I need to stay on top of that better from now on.
Okay, that's it for now. Boring CPAP update is done. Catch you on the flip side, folks!
