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Offline OIO

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« Reply #30 on: March 03, 2005, 10:56:03 AM »
so let me get this straight....


its just a mask you wear. you dont have to have a surgery or anything right?

(if you're up to it, post a pic of you wearing the thing).


My dad snores like a mofo and wakes up a lot during the night. My mom says that she gets scared to death because sometimes he's snoring then he just stops breathing..then he kinda wakes up but not really and goes back to snoring.

Pretty much what the website says are the symptoms of apnea.

Itd be an awesome gift for my parents to 'cure' them of this pesky problem.

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« Reply #31 on: March 03, 2005, 01:23:18 PM »
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Originally posted by OIO
so let me get this straight....


its just a mask you wear. you dont have to have a surgery or anything right?

(if you're up to it, post a pic of you wearing the thing).


My dad snores like a mofo and wakes up a lot during the night. My mom says that she gets scared to death because sometimes he's snoring then he just stops breathing..then he kinda wakes up but not really and goes back to snoring.

Pretty much what the website says are the symptoms of apnea.

Itd be an awesome gift for my parents to 'cure' them of this pesky problem.


It's not something you can just buy as a gift.  It has to be calibrated to suit the patient, and if they calibrate it wrong it can make the problem worse in a big way.
Get his doctor to order him a sleep study (just tell him what you told us and he will do it), and if he's as bad as it sounds, he'll prescribe a CPAP, and your mom will love it.

Offline JB73

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« Reply #32 on: March 03, 2005, 02:14:21 PM »
ex roommate had that thing....

and a gigantic puss-filled open sore on the bridge of his nose for 2 years after getting it.

it was disgusting to look at.

but he slept well he said.
I don't know what to put here yet.

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« Reply #33 on: March 03, 2005, 05:25:56 PM »
cmon post a picture.


:p

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« Reply #34 on: March 03, 2005, 06:01:04 PM »
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ex roommate had that thing....

and a gigantic puss-filled open sore on the bridge of his nose for 2 years after getting it.

it was disgusting to look at.

but he slept well he said.


He didn't get it fit right.  That started to happen to me and I changed to a different mask and was fine after that.

BTW, love the avatar.  Who is it?
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« Reply #35 on: March 03, 2005, 07:38:33 PM »
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cmon post a picture.


:p


Look what 8 seconds on Google Image Search did:




Though I suppose I'm setting a bad precedence by posting that.

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« Reply #36 on: March 03, 2005, 08:24:28 PM »
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BTW, love the avatar.  Who is it?
no idea.

nopoop posted in the the general discussion a while back.

i stole it
I don't know what to put here yet.