5 Mo Out And Cpap Problem?

[LoserMama 37]

Hey gang,

long time no talk! I had a worrisome thing happen last night that I need feedback on. I'm down quite a bit, and I know at home I've had to adjust my cpap range downward. I hadn't adjusted my travel CPAP because I can't do that myself. Up through last month, it wasn't an issue that that was operating at a higher pressure. Last night, though, was using it in my hotel room and it just felt almost overwhelming suddenly, but i just went with it. I however, woke up in the middle of the night with my stomach hurting. I had a lot of air in me, I presume maybe from too much pressure? I stopped using it for the rest of the night and was better by am, but I had to (TMI) get a lot of that air out of my system, one way or another, in order to feel better, and even now, my tummy feels achy. Do you think I could have hurt my stomach with that at 5 months out? Should I be calling the doc? I probably will anyway, jsut to be safe, but I wanted to ask if anyone who had been on cpap ever had this happen.

I know the very first night out of surgery that I was not allowed to use my CPAP to protect my stomach from injury, but I would think at this far out...

anyway, any experience sharing would be great!

[DesertRat 32]

I would definitely think that this is a good question for the doc. I know that my CPAP is a pain most of the time. Preferred Homecare is my service provider and I am not impressed. They didn't even tell me about the elevation adjustment, etc. The thing is, with a BMI of 32 you may be no longer in need of a CPAP machine.