ON-X valve, do you require a wind machine to get to sleep?

[kimcdougc]

I never heard mine but really felt it but that is lessening every day. It means you are alive if you hear or feel it! Embrace the sound!

 

[ski girl]

'Embrace the sound' - easily said by those who don't hear their valves all the time! It's a bit like me saying you should embrace the sound of a dripping faucet, as that means you have running water. I bet you'd get up and make that faucet stop dripping . . . unfortunately people like me and Lederman don't have that option!

 

[TheGymGuy]

Love the ticking. When I push myself hard and my heartbeat gets fast and forceful my teammates hear it and it's fun to see their faces looking for what's ticking. They know it's me, but quite often forget.

After the surgery I could here it quite well and used to love to measure my pulse by just listening, now-a-days I can barely hear it and have to concentrate at times unless I am in a super quite room. This is the reason I bought a pulse oximeter to get my pulse measured faster and accurately. In retrospect I suppose I prefer a quieter valve

 

[pellicle]

'Embrace the sound' - easily said by those who don't hear their valves all the time! ...
unfortunately people like me and Lederman don't have that option!

I can't sleep on my left side, its very noisy. I understand this is exacerbated by the scartissue of my previous OHSs ... personally I'll be glad when it stops