If your spouse/partner uses a CPAP machine, where is it during the day?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why doesn't he just leave it on the bedside table where it's ready for use the next night?

I agree that leaving it on the floor is a tripping hazard, and will just expose it to more dust, but putting an item you use every single day out of sight seems ridiculous.

I worry that water could leak out of the machine and damage the wood nightstand.

Is it a museum piece?

[Anonymous]

Living with OP sounds like a nightmare

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Since you know it is there, how about you just don't trip on it?

SERIOUSLY. Giving women a bad name, here.

I tell my partner every day how much I appreciate his using it. I know it's not the most comfortable thing, and it makes him feel old and unsexy. But he wears it because he snores without it, keeping me awake. The very last thing I'm going to do is make it worse for him by complaining about tripping over something that is always there, in the same place, and easy for me to avoid.

It’s sweet that your husband uses the CPAP to keep from disturbing your sleep with his snoring.

Hopefully he understands that using the CPAP is also preserving his heart and other organ health, because suffering untreated apnea and being oxygen deficient every night is a road to early death.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"If you don’t want it on the bedside table, you could purchase a little cart for it that goes into the closet during the day [bold] so your bedroom can look like Better Homes and Garden in case the queen drops by."[/bold]

Pp, you are a riot! This made me LOL 😆 🤣 😂

Thanks

It’s something funny my English gram used to say, but I realized after posting I should have said in case the king drops by lol.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Since you know it is there, how about you just don't trip on it?

This seems like the obvious answer.

Yes, indeed. But OP doesn't seem to see the "obvious" all around her, lol.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Mine sits on my bedside table ALL THE TIME unless I am traveling. I unhook all the parts when I clean them.

I am really confused that anyone would "put it away" everyday. That makes no sense whatsoever. Do you put your pillows away everyday?

OP here.
The pillows are incorporated into the whole bed "layering" plan. So they are put where they belong. In our last house, I had a different bed layering plan that did not involve the sleeping pillows, and yes--I had a specific spot in the closet for the pillows to go each day when I made the bed.

I also have a drawer in my kitchen where I keep potholders. I don't just leave them on the kitchen counter
I have hangers in my closet and drawers where I keep clothes, I don't just leave them in the dryer or in a laundry basket.

It never occurred to me that putting things away is a bold move.

Well, don't let any of us with our advice based on years of cpap use get in the way of your "bed 'layering' plan."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Since you know it is there, how about you just don't trip on it?

SERIOUSLY. Giving women a bad name, here.

I tell my partner every day how much I appreciate his using it. I know it's not the most comfortable thing, and it makes him feel old and unsexy. But he wears it because he snores without it, keeping me awake. The very last thing I'm going to do is make it worse for him by complaining about tripping over something that is always there, in the same place, and easy for me to avoid.

It’s sweet that your husband uses the CPAP to keep from disturbing your sleep with his snoring.

Hopefully he understands that using the CPAP is also preserving his heart and other organ health, because suffering untreated apnea and being oxygen deficient every night is a road to early death.

+1

I felt the need to point that out to that PP as well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Tile floors in the bedroom? Get a rug.

This was all I saw in the post as well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why doesn't he just leave it on the bedside table where it's ready for use the next night?

I agree that leaving it on the floor is a tripping hazard, and will just expose it to more dust, but putting an item you use every single day out of sight seems ridiculous.

I worry that water could leak out of the machine and damage the wood nightstand.

Wut

[Anonymous]

I would put it on the bed stand/dresser with a waterproof pad underneath to protect the wood. Honestly, it is not practical to have him put it away everyday so you can have the neat bed you want. I get it--I have had to compromise what my household looks like to accommodate the medical needs of my husband and kids many times over the years and it does make you a little nuts or resentful if you like an organized and attractive home.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Since you know it is there, how about you just don't trip on it?

SERIOUSLY. Giving women a bad name, here.

I tell my partner every day how much I appreciate his using it. I know it's not the most comfortable thing, and it makes him feel old and unsexy. But he wears it because he snores without it, keeping me awake. The very last thing I'm going to do is make it worse for him by complaining about tripping over something that is always there, in the same place, and easy for me to avoid.

It’s sweet that your husband uses the CPAP to keep from disturbing your sleep with his snoring.

Hopefully he understands that using the CPAP is also preserving his heart and other organ health, because suffering untreated apnea and being oxygen deficient every night is a road to early death.

My husband used his for about six months, maybe a year (time flies when you're old and I can't remember), but he stopped because he says he couldn't tell any difference so in his mind he didn't need it. I've tried to suggest that it's helping in ways he can't see or feel but no luck. I know it was annoying, but I hate that he won't use it.

[Anonymous]

Yeah, my guy uses a CPAP, but I am unqualified to address this question, because I am unfamiliar with the protocols of bed layering. It must be very important. Also very rigid, if it can't be adjusted for a medical device. How does one go about amending a bed layering plan? Is there a committee who decides? Do you have to submit a modification application...?

I love learning new things on DCUM.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Since you know it is there, how about you just don't trip on it?

SERIOUSLY. Giving women a bad name, here.

I tell my partner every day how much I appreciate his using it. I know it's not the most comfortable thing, and it makes him feel old and unsexy. But he wears it because he snores without it, keeping me awake. The very last thing I'm going to do is make it worse for him by complaining about tripping over something that is always there, in the same place, and easy for me to avoid.

It’s sweet that your husband uses the CPAP to keep from disturbing your sleep with his snoring.

Hopefully he understands that using the CPAP is also preserving his heart and other organ health, because suffering untreated apnea and being oxygen deficient every night is a road to early death.

Of course. But absent a light-sleeping partner (me) he would probably fall asleep without it half the time, wake himself up with an explosive apnic snort, and THEN put it on.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Tile floors in the bedroom? Get a rug.

We will soon. We just moved in a few weeks ago.

But the rug won't help me if my face plants on the sharp corner of our bed.

You sound like you have anxiety that needs treatment. That's the problem. Not the location of this cpap machine.

Agreed. Both of ours are visible on our night tables. Why is this an issue for you OP? And putting it under the bed on the floor is filthy, OP

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Tile floors in the bedroom? Get a rug.

We will soon. We just moved in a few weeks ago.

But the rug won't help me if my face plants on the sharp corner of our bed.

You sound like you have anxiety that needs treatment. That's the problem. Not the location of this cpap machine.

Agreed. Both of ours are visible on our night tables. Why is this an issue for you OP? And putting it under the bed on the floor is filthy, OP

To be fair, with this nutty OP the floor might be clean enough to eat off of. It seems possible.