Res ipsa loquitur

runpunkrun, I'd be interested to hear about your experience with the CPAP machine.

I've only had it for a couple of weeks, but I'm definitely a fan. I haven't taken a nap since the day I brought it home.

I hear a lot of stories about people having difficulty getting used to it, people being issued one and then never using it, etc., but I have had zero problems. It may be because I had spent a year using a dental appliance (a mouthpiece that pulled my lower jaw forward, which was better than nothing but not this good) -- so I had already gone through the process of "there's a thing on my face, and when I change positions I have to rearrange the thing."

It's quiet. It's highly automated. It has a humidifier so the air isn't dry. You'd think it would be really noticeable and distracting to be hooked up to a hose, but I don't notice the hose. (The spouse keeps his house very cold, so when I sleep there, I pull the hose under the covers with me so the air will be a bit warmer when it reaches my face.)

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