Hi CatLadyNZ. I am on cpap, using nasal pillows. It's Ok but I find sleeping on my side, my preferred position, difficult. I generally sleep really well on it though and its good to know I'm not keeping the whole street awake.
That's good to hear. Yeah, I have been told that the sound of the CPAP machine is so much quieter than snoring, lol. As sleep apnea is usually worse when we lie on our backs, there is a theory that many of us learned to like sleeping on our side or front, because we could breathe better. I have been known to fall asleep on a train, and because I am sitting up, I don't snore or have apnea events, which is good, because snoring on a train would be embarrassing, lol.
Do you find sleeping on your side difficult because the nasal pillows can get bumped out of place, or the hose gets bumped, or some other reason? I have heard of people putting a hook above the head of the bed and running the hose through it, so they can't roll over onto it. Never tried that myself... if the hose gets caught up I somehow manage to re-position it without fully waking up.