CPAP
Nobody chooses a CPAP. You get sent home with a machine, a mask and a hose, and told to sleep in it every night from now on. The small things that make that bearable come from the people already doing it, not from the box.
Everything to do with living with a CPAP lands here: the mask, the headgear, the hose, the machine by the bed and the nights themselves. Each fix comes with who it helped and what it gave up.
Digby's CPAP letter
CPAP Mask Breaking Your Hair? How to Protect It
Wearing a CPAP mask with long hair leaves a band of breakage where the strap sits. Wearers have a cheap fix, and a trick to stop the mask slipping over it.
How to Keep Your CPAP Hose Out of the Way at Night
A CPAP hose slides off the bed, wraps round you and tugs the mask when you turn. Owners have cheap fixes and a bought one, though each gives something up.
