My CPAP Bestie

​  ​ 🗓️ Day 26 💤 7 hours 38 minutes  ⚡️10 📉 Events 1.3 I took 360 mg magnesium glycinate last night. Slept in a little bit feel brand new…..

​ Two apps. So far getting strong with my Cpap Bestie I meet with the educator maybe getting a nasal pillow one and chin strap. I did take off the tape at 5 am and slept with it on for an hour. Mouth was dry like the desert again. I hate that feeling. Wish my mouth just closed 

 ​ 🗓️ Day 21 💤 6 hours 18 minutes ⚡️10 📉 Events 0.9 YAY! I am really going to start on getting seven hours of sleep consistently and then eight hours. I felt great today. I was looking at pictures of myself in February I look rough. I took my sixth shot of Zepbound last night. I finally hit my protein macros yesterday. I increased my Magnesium Glycinate to 360 mg last night was taking 240 mg. I'm happy about this. There are times where the mouth tape does make me feel claustrophobic and I try to keep my mental game right in the middle of the night when I wake up because of it. I feel good. Below are the wipes I bought and started using last night. When I put my mask on the nasal part did not smell right. So I let it air dry for a bit. I also do these blogs before bed so that gets into my sleep time. Need to do it first thing in the morning. Weight has dropped a bit. Its leg day today gonna increase the weight on the bulgarian lunges. Right now I'm at 30 pounds for two sets o...

Day 19 ​ 🗓️ Day 19 💤 6 hours 51 minutes  ⚡️10 📉 Events 1.7 yaaaaaa Wow yesterday felt good caught up on sleep. I chaperoned a field trip and picked up my other kid later than normal then took her friend home. I then started working and was up till midnight.  🗓️ Day 20 💤 5 hours 52 minutes  ⚡️10 📉 Events 0.6 Man even with this amount of sleep I still kept it moving. I didn’t even nap in the car waiting for my daughter. Did not work out yesterday due to time constraints and today since I needed to go to four facilities and finish work at home. The next three days plan on lifting heavy. Almost hit all my macros but def today I hit all my protein macros. Goal now is to get 7-8 hours of sleep consistently. 

​  ​🗓️ Day 18 💤 6 hours 20 minutes  ⚡️10 📉 Events 5.2 Happy 4/20 Last night sleep was not good. I sneezed after I putting on my mask tried to take it off and pull the tape off my mouth when I felt it coming. It was a stressful feeling seconds. After I put everything back on I just could not breathe from my right nare and with my mouth tape it was a struggle I wanted to open my mouth to breath. So I took the tape off and fell asleep. I woke up to the sound of gushing air leak and reached the top to u hook to pee and the tube WAS NOT Connected!!! I was like what is going on. Around 4 am just gushing air leak after another one. But even all that I still had an intense weight lifting session. Didn’t feel zombie. Work was great. Didn’t feel moody. I did put in a continuous glucose monitoring thing Majigger on. My blood glide between 98-105. I want to see what it’s like when I sleep. I am turning down the temperature of the tube tonight and while I type this it is comforting brea...

​I cleaned my CPAP bestie this morning. Last weekend I did it later in the day and the tube was not as dry as I wanted it to be. Today I washed it around 8 am. I bought the cleaning supplies off Amazon. I use clear dish soap. I would like to do vinegar and water next. 

 ​🗓️ Day 17 💤 Five hours and 41 minutes  ⚡️10 📉 Events 0.7 Went to a friend’s house and played Filipino Mahjong and learned American Mahjong. I may have had two or three peach margaritas premade topped with a cherry blossom la croix. It was so delicious. I also grazed on cheese, crackers, dip and mouth watering bbq sandwich . I was very curious on how my sleep would be. I know I didn’t hit my protein macros so when we got home I had cottage cheese with some granola. Then I brushed my teeth for two minutes, flossed and used listerine. Put my hair in pig tails and applied my black mouth tape. Well let’s say I probably didn’t sleep for two hours after but I kept the machine on. I had to take it off three times during the night. I felt suffocated. But I guess I fell asleep and woke up early around 7 am. I was waiting for zombie mode but never happened. I even worked out let day intensely. Went up in weight for each exercise. Afterwards meal prepped for the week. My energy was a...

​📆 Day 16 💤 6 hours 19 mins ⚡️ 10 📝 1.1 events The mouth tape I had it on till 6am and man it hurt to take off. Then I just pulled the head piece off quickly. I gotta fix the straps cause they kinda came apart. I slept a little more on my side without the mask. I did not get a chance to wash it today so I’ll wash everything early in the morning. It takes forever for the tube to dry. I think I’m gonna get the nasal pillow and chin strap. This machine is still life changing 

 ​🗓️ Day 15 💤 6:42 hours ⚡️10 📉 0.8 MOUTH TAPE. I used the mouth tape last night for most of the night. I may have had a few seconds of panic movements with my mask on. When I exhaled my mouth felt warm but I could deal with it. I woke up around 5ish and decided to take the tape off and sleep till 6 am without it on but still with my CPAP bestie ❤ When I looked at my sleep report i could not believe the events were 0.8! It has never been that low before. I will continue to wear the tape over my mouth for sleep. It is so crazy needing to do all these things for me to sleep. With the head gear I have it pulled on my the first night. So now I have to put my hair in pig tails and redo the pig tails once the head gear is on. So now I have to wear mouth tape too. I did a little research on how to get rid of the mouth tape and read to practice putting your tongue to the roof of mouth but also making sure my nasal passageway is clear. So I restarted my netipot at night since I use it in...

​🗓️ Day 14 💤 6 hours  ⚡️9

  Last night was better. I just fell asleep right away. Then around 4 am the gush of air and air leak from the lower part of my mask started. It is super frustrating because I was having good sleep. I think I start to mouth breathe and the pressure increases. I made sure to keep my mouth closed when I started to fall asleep. I liked breathing the cool air through my nose. I feel my mouth opens and the pressure starts then maybe my face relaxes and I switch position and then the air leaks start. So I bought this mouth today. It just got delivered so lets see if this helps. I have my appointment in 13 days but I can't wait that long for a new type of face mask. I am happy by the way I feel using my CPAP Bestie. Normally certain times of the day I would feel very exhausted. Now I just keep it moving without a thought. I am also happy that I bought a CPAP pillow it has really been helpful when I sleep on my side with the cut outs. Normally I love my pillow to be very flat. Will update ...

​📆 Day 13 💤 6 hours  ⚡️10 📝 last night I woke up like three to four times. Either from air gushing on my face forcefully or hearing an air leak. It’s very frustrating then I had to pee. I had a hard time waking up I did press snooze. My energy level was still at a 10. I did call the place I received my CPAP and the lady on the phone asked me to try to go down on the humidity cause my mouth was so dry again as well. I had to unclip my mask to sip some water. She made me an appointment on the 29th to try a different mask with a chin strap. I’m gonna order some mouth tape. I think maybe my mouth opens and the pressure changes. Also I change positions and it shift my mask. I mean when it’s good it’s good but the last three nights knowing that it can be good but having things like this happen it’s  frustrating. I hate that sad face and than 7.9 number. My AHI score was 53 with 229 events in four hours. Alright praying tonight is better.

 I am starting this blog to track my journey with my CPAP Bestie in real time.  First night with her was on April 2, 2026. Last night till this morning OMG so many freaking air leaks.  I would wake up with gush of air on my face so loud.  Dry desert dry mouth, unclipping the sides of the face mask to drink some water that spilled, cause its dark. I'll post my screen shots. This is the second time there have been some air leaks and I dont know why. I woke up at 430 so I can finish up my charting from the patients I saw yesterday.  I feel good no fog having my two cups of coffee but just little irritated waking up three times due to the air leaks and adjusting my face mask while trying to get back to sleep. I also  needed to pee twice in the middle of the night. SO not a good time with my CPAP Bestie last night. Let see what my app says tomorrow.  April 13 due to dry mouth adjusted the temp but last night went back to automatic April 12 April 11 April 10...