cnsky54RRT
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Is anyone here using a bipap or cpap machine to sleep? My cf friend was urged by her cf doc to use one as a way of looking after herself prior to getting onto the transplant list. I set it up for her last night, and she managed some sleep with it (not totally happily) but we haven't got the humidity quite right yet. I warned her it might stir up deep secretions, and sure enough, she was coughing up buckets of crud last night. I think as she uses it nightly that it will help with clearance and get her to a lower level of stuff in her lungs. Settings are pretty minimal, but she was previously getting a headache in the mornings, probably from high CO2 levels from poor aeration. Headache was non-existant this morning! I am hoping this will serve a dual purpose of blood gas normalization and mucus clearance.
Anyone else had success with a machine at night, or was it a burden to be put up with?
Anyone else had success with a machine at night, or was it a burden to be put up with?