thats scary! def something to think about for sure

Liz, I think if your in an area prone to outages you need one, I have seen some on other sites will look them up and give you the details. You should have got up and had a early morming start and gone to the shops or something but they probably wouldnt have been open anyway.

No, at that time of morning not even the McDonalds was open! LOL. Besides that it was 13F (-10C) degrees outside. I got up, put on my big fluffly robe and climbed back into bed under the blankets.
Fortunately loss of power is very rare here, but aftger having SA for so long I hate to lose any sleep at all anymore. LOL
I still think it would be a good idea for me to save some money and invest in a battery. I checked a couple of CPAP supply sites this morning, along with Ebay and Amazon. The cheapest I found that would work with my machine was $399.00.

Liz, that sounds about right, if it doesnt hapen too often, maybe you dont need it, some people have spares especially for travelling. You did the right thing by sitting up anyway. We always sugeest everyone uses their machine all the time but I still sometimes taken it off in the middle of the night and forget to put it back on. Your just much better at it than me.

Tez, I'm a serious sleeper! When I fall asleep I go very deep and stay there for hours it seems. And I don't think I move much either. I have woken a few times with an arm asleep because it's been pinned under me or in one position too long. I can roll over and go right back to sleep, no problem at all.

Liz, Im the opposite, any little noise will wake me, I wear earplugs and an eye mask to keep the noise and light out, I must look a real sight with my FFM as well but who cares as long as I get a good nights sleep.

That's right. It matters not what we look like when we're sleeping. It matters only that we are sleeping!

Liz1961,

Let us know what you decide on the battery pack. I started looking at the packs weeks ago because I live in a hurricane prone area,. Our last hurricane was Ike and power was out for me for about 3 weeks and for others somewhat shorter or longer., My house is totally electric so it was very interesting. Consequently, that was the first thing I thought about when I found out I must now sleep with a CPAP machine.

too bad our drs cant write a script for an extra battery pack

Springlady, I have decided it would be wise to get one, but haven't financially recovered from Christmas yet, so will have to wait to get one.

e4now, I agree. seems having a battery pack is essential to proper SA treatment. Can't use your CPAP without one if the electricity goes out.