my goodness girl!
can you move or stretch your CPAP stuff to reach where you watch tv at least?
i have such a hard time falling asleep that i have my bedroom set up with my tv, recliner and bed and i could live in there LOL
they say it is bad to watch tv before sleeping, but my eyesight is so bad reading a book is no longer fun.
BUT I wear my O2 while i watch tv LOL
i don't know if this will make you feel any better, but you will get more "adapted" to your son being gone and if watching tv helps then what the heck, watch it....just put on your CPAP before you get too comfy :)

Higginap, Like you i need my cpap machine and mask going or I can't really sleep. I also need my 45 degree wedge to prop me up. So I do understand the impact of sleeping without the machine. And like Boo said, do whatever you need to help you better adjust to your son not living there anymore. -- take care, Bill

Gee, higginsp I didn't know there was a law about falling asleep watching TV!!!!! Can you not move the CPAP closer to the TV? I love Netflix. We don't get out to movies more than once per century so everything on Netflix is new to us!! Glad to hear that it gives you comfort. I thought my husband was going to have a heart attack he was so excited about Netflix coming to Canada.
Take care girl,
Carolyne

Honey, if that makes you happy and feel less lonley, then figure out a way to get that cpap closer to your tv, have a good pillow behind you and enjoy....I know you miss your son, I miss mine and he is only 40 miles away, in school. Do what you need to do to cope, but take care of yourself also.
Brenda

I am lucky that my service dog jumps on me repeatedly if my oxygen is not on; or has fallen out, and I am unhooked. I am on oxygen 24/7----so my dog knows "routine"; and alerts me when my oxygen cannula is not in my nose.
Best wishes to you on remembering your CPAP. I wish you a very restful, peaceful sleep. Blessings.

Thank you so much for all the lovely comments!

I only have one outlet next to my bed that works, but wouldn't you know it's on the opposite side of the TV. The flexi hose that runs from the machine to my mask isn't very long. It's just long enough for me to turn over, so maybe I can request a longer one. Bill, I always thought if you used the 45 degree wedge, then you wouldn't need the CPAP because it would keep your throat from collapsing. Is that incorrect?

Last night I turned off the TV and used my CPAP, even though I didn't enjoy it half as much as falling to sleep with the TV on. Again, thanks for your encouragement everyone! This is the best group EVER!

I love bedtime!!!! I put on my nightgown around 6:00 p.m. Put my bag of "goodies"(snacks), glass of water, soda and a bottle of juice on my table next to my bed. I have 5 pillows I pile up and sink into...my tv remote of course, pencil and paper in case I think of something I need to remember and anything else I can think of to "pamper" myself. And, of course my little mini-schnauzer is right there beside me loving it as much as I do. I absolutely adore being there in bed watching tv...most of the time I do fall asleep with the tv on but hey, what difference does it make??? I either wake up and turn the tv off or sometimes I wake up and watch a little bit more tv for a time.

At our age and our condition.....do what comforts us!!!

barbara

I think I have a love/hate relationship with bed time. I've had problems with insomnia for many years but at the moment I am taking a combination of melatonin, magnesium and calcium pills a couple of hours before bed time and it helps. Reading in bed helps too if the book isn't too exciting but we all do what works for us. And should. Being on the computer is a no-no I hear so I will go back to my reading. I can't fall asleep in front of the TV because I wake myself up turning it off. My kitty, Proto, sleeps with me but he has been "hogging" the bed lately so I know why they say that we don't own our kitties - they own us!

I also have a love hate thing with bed time. If I am going to have a melt down and stop breathing it is when I wake up in the am. I don't know why it always happens them. So falling asleep always scares me because I don't know if I am going to wake up again
God bless

Don't any of you have TV's with power-save auto turn off? Even my Directv has inactivity shut off after 4 hours. An extension cord should solve the other problem..

good point bellywash---solutions can be so simple.
drinkcoffee- most people go into their deepest sleep in the early am ; maybe that is why it scares you, but we do need our REM sleep as it keeps our minds and memories going (obviously, with my lousy memory i need much more REM sleep LOL)
my problem is falling asleep; it seems i don't fall asleep until 3-4 am, and then i want to sleep until noon! i guess like a baby i'm getting my nights & days mixed up.
i do know just laying in the dark trying to sleep does nothing but get me frustrated, so i watch tv until i finally start dozing offf & then i shut it off cuz the commercials are always so much louder they wake me up LOL

I have that problem too of having trouble falling asleep and it is often 3-4, or later, when I do. I let myself sleep late in the morning if necessary since I think the sleep is so important. The other problem is nightmares but that's been true for years too and it's a horrible way to start the day. They are so vivid that I can't just walk away and sometimes feel paralytic for awhile too. My dad was the same though and even if we had very different habits, the nightmares might just be genetic..

Hugs, Cindy

bellywash, yes the auto shutoff works for the TV, but I don't have regular TV. I have X-Box, so I can turn off the TV but X-Box stays on, which can overheat if it's left on too long without use. There's no way to turn it off with an auto shutoff.

You could put the xbox on a timer - like Christmas lights..
Hugs.