My best to her and all, of course; may her recovery be speedy, pleasant, and total.
Oh, and Lydy -- not quite everybody you know who has OSA was diagnosed by a sweetie/partner. I was diagnosed by a Canadian pulmonologist in the next hotel room just about twelve years ago -- he politely knocked on my door the next morning, and informed me that I had OSA; he'd been listening to my "heroic snores" all night, and handed me his business card.
"I'm from the States," I said, in some embarrassment at having kept him up all night.
"That's okay; they treat that there, too."
Interesting. My reaction, something like a decade ago, to my first CPAP test was immediate, and rather different, along the lines of "ah, so this is what falling asleep comfortably is like."
When they got to the titrating stage -- figuring out the minimum pressure that will do the job -- the techs quickly found one, and were amused at my sleepy request to continue "testing" for a few hours.
As to sticking with it, your call, of course, but for those of us with OSA (and I'm not sure that does or doesn't include you), the word from the techs I've talked to is that everybody eventually adjusts. That's probably an exaggeration, but it might only be a slight one.
Mileage varies -- I can get by with the face mask, but the "nose pillows" work best for me.
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