I have sleep apnea as well. I have been using a Resperonics CPAP for over 3 years now. I use the Comfort Select silicon mask, that covers my nose only, not the nasal pillows, but the actual mask. It has been a GOD send. I actually sleep & dream now. Where before I could be in bed for 12 hours & still feel exhausted. Now after 8 hours I automatically wake up.
When I camp or do events like RAGBRAI & there is no electricity available I use a deep cycle marine battery with a power inverter to operate my machine. It lasts for 6 nights, so far, hacve not used it beyond that but I imagine it would go longer before I need to recharge the battery. So it is possible to use your CPAP & camp on bike events with out electricity. For details on my set up pm me & I'll advise you on what I use. The set up I have when I camp has 5 parts to it.
Last edited by N_C; 02-28-07 at 08:30 AM.