This has been a very busy day. I haven’t been home much at all. I had to be in Emporia at 9:00 this morning to get fitted for a CPAP machine. They tried four different masks on me.
The first one was a nasal mask. It was hard to breathe and keep my mouth shut. The second one was a full face mask. It leaked badly and I felt like someone was trying to suffocate me. All of the masks made my ears fill full. The guy tells me that feeling will go away quickly. I trust that is true. The next one was another face mask but was smaller and was better. The fourth one is one they called a hybrid. It was smaller yet and was the one that was most comfortable.
I was there over an hour learning about the machine and fitting a mask. I am sure it will become second nature soon enough but it feels complicated right now. I have to wear it a minimum number of hours and days over the next 30 days or Medicare won’t pay for it. I also have to go see my doctor sometime between 30 and 90 days from today so he can read the report the machine generates about my use.
We shall see how this little adventure goes. Kathy returned hers as she couldn’t adapt to it. I am willing to give it a good try as it might be part of the solution to my long-standing sleep problem.
I came home when I was done with that appointment. I wasn’t home too long when I left to meet a friend for lunch. We visited for over two hours! It was so good to have a great soul-to-soul talk with someone that has the same vibration that I have.
I headed to Emporia when we were done. I thought my haircut was at 3:30 but on the way to town my hairdresser called. My appointment was at 3:00. I was 15 minutes late but he cut fast and worked me in. I hate when I do that. Not sure why I had it in my head the appointment was at 3:30. I even checked this morning. I looked again this afternoon and it clearly shows 3:00. I guess you see what you are expecting to see.
I am finally home for the day. The drive home was hard. It is so windy I had to focus and hold the wheel hard to keep the car on the road. The semi’s were blowing all over the place.
I need to get my CPAP machine set up and figure out how to download the app for it on my phone. I think the guy was supposed to help me with that this morning and he forgot. Sometimes those things go easy and sometimes they don’t. If I have trouble, I will stop by tomorrow after I finish doing taxes.anyone else have a CPAP and have any advice to share with this rookie?
My blog site has been down for two days. I could read what I wrote in the preview place but no one could access my site and I couldn’t share the posts. I used the chat feature and talked to someone and they fixed it quickly. They asked me some questions I had no idea what they were talking about. I told him I was old and ignorant and didn’t know what he was asking for. He figured out the information some other way. At the end I told him I appreciated him. He fixed it easily and quickly and all is well again.
I need to run up to the Dollar General store and get some distilled water for my CPAP machine. I meant to stop and get that while I was in Emporia and didn’t write it down so forgot about it. Dang, it is hard getting old!
Tomorrow is another tax day so will have to be in Emporia by 9:00. Luckily the three days after tomorrow are rest days. I am looking forward to them. I don’t think I will get another one until next weekend as next week is busy. We shall see how well I do as I do best when I have several rest days a week.
I keep checking my income tax refund and it is stuck on received but not reviewed yet. It will be three weeks Friday since they received it. Wonder what the hold up is? I know I am on someone’s watch list – wonder if I made the IRS list too?
I had to turn my space heater on today. The house felt really cold this morning. I don’t like the little dip in temperatures this weather took. At least the sun is out this afternoon but man is it windy.
Sometimes when I have a busy day like today, I think back 20 years ago when everyday was a busy day and wonder how I did it. I have finally learned how important rest days are and how much better I function when I am not operating from demand of others all the time. Wonder what my life would have been like 20 years ago if I knew then what I know now?
Grateful for lunch with a dear friend, grateful for a new CPAP and the hope of restful sleep, and grateful for a haircut today.