@jimhd Jim you made me chuckle with your "We like to be prepared" summation. I know what you mean. I also know what Sunny meant when she mentioned how much of an effort it would be to travel given all the paraphernalia she would have to drag along. Nothing about our lives gets less complicated the older we get or the sicker we get. Linda does have her own set of stuff built up since the neuropathy took hold, but I just thought a picture of her sleeping arrangement would convey the complication factor the best. She is sleeping right now but knowing her she won't mind me showing it.

In the photo below you can see the covers are pulled back to the other side of the bed so you can see what all she sleeps on. You can see the foam cushion I told you about for her apnea, the fan on a small table (right side of photo) for her feet which she sticks out beyond that round cushion you see at the right, and all the various pillows and cushions, blue heating pad, etc. And she has never slept better since this was all put together in the last couple years (her bed looked much more normal before). But imagine trying to set something like this up wherever you are traveling. And just the dragging alone is something else. Thank goodness, in that way at least, she does not travel any more, although I'll deal with it in a heartbeat whenever she decides to travel again. We both really want for her to be able to go up to Hartford to see my mom and family after the pandemic is over, so I am not giving up hope that that will happen. On the other hand I'm having a hard time actually visualizing her "on the road again". We'll see I guess. Best, Hank

Jim @jimhd I also settled on the ResMed AirFit F20 full face mask. I had used the Dreamware full face and Amara View and both worked well for a few weeks but then I had one of those nights and ripped them both off because I couldn't breathe. Both of the other masks fit under the nostrils and worked well as long as I could breathe through the nostrils. Once my nose plugged up all bets were off. I think that's part of being a "mouth breather" and has something to do with my deviated septum. Although when I mentioned the deviated septum to my sleep medicine doctor, he didn't think it would make any difference.

Oh heavens Jim, your visuals put a smile on my face! Oh my, the medical equipment we have...., which I am very grateful for, does make life interesting to say the least.

What kind of mattress are you sleeping on? The reason I ask is because I 'm told one of the reasons people toss and turn all night when they sleep on spring mattresses is bc of circulation being compromised. If I'm understanding correctly, when we sit or lie on a spring mattress, the springs are tempered to return to their original shape so there will be both the pressure of us sitting /lying on the mattress and counter-pressure of the springs trying to return to the shape they were without something pushing them down. So, our bodies toss and turn trying to get good circulation. That's the "theory".

I have a Swedish Tempur-Pedic mattress w/ an adjustable base. I wake up in the identical position I fall asleep in! 🤗 Yay! Take care! Sunnyflower