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I did it!

I finally managed to sleep several hours with the CPAP mask on. Dr. Markello would be so proud – grin! The only trouble was it was the middle of the day when I did it.

Usually I sleep in late on Saturday mornings, typically from complete exhaustion. But this morning I had an invitation to speak at our local Lion’s Club about Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome. There was no way I was going to miss that.

So I got up very early, attended the meeting, and gave my talk. I think it went well. I think I faked it pretty good as I really wasn’t feeling all that great this morning. When I got home, I decided to listen to the news before digging into the large list of things I had to do.

I’ve been working on trying to become more comfortable with this CPAP mask, so I decided to try wearing it when I was doing things like listening to the news. Maybe if I could get used to it, I’d stop tearing it off in the middle of the night.

What do you know, but I fell asleep. And I didn’t just nap either. I slept hard for about six hours. So now I feel the best I’ve felt in about two weeks. The fog is clearing! Grin.

Now, how am I going to sleep tonight? And, was this breakthrough because I’m truly making progress with the mask, or because I was just that tired that wild horses couldn’t have kept me awake?

We’ll see.
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