Wow. I haven't written in 2 months! I'm happy to report that I have adjusted to sleeping with the mask and am doing well. It was quite a struggle to learn to sleep with what feels like a hermit crab across one's face. In the early days, I'd find myself occasionally taking it off sometime during the night without realizing it. I'd pay for that indiscretion the next day by being tired - because good ol' apnea would happen without fail if I slept mask-less.
Now my nightly ritual is set: fill up reservior cup with distilled water, stick cup in machine, put on mask, attach mask to hose on machine, lie down, turn on machine with the 'ramp' button depressed (it slowly ramps the pressure up to the full 9) and go to sleep. Occasionally I'll awaken but I usually go right back to sleep. If I get up to use the bathroom, most often I just leave on the mask. I have trained myself to wear it because the quality of sleep is SO much better.
My husband is happy not to hear snoring or my gasping for breath, although he's mentioned that he looks at me and I'm not moving and apparently not breathing, and he hopes I'm not dead.
