Posted on 03/10/2022 12:57:37 PM PST by ConservativeMind
Beats dying.
Don’t know if this helps you but I had a surgery done called a “Hyoid Suspension” that fixed my apnea. I had undiagnosed apnea for 13 miserable years until I met an ENT doc that correctly diagnosed me and recommended that surgery. It’s been a game changer.
There’s a sufficiently wide variety of options that just about everyone can figure out one that works for them; full-face, nose/mouth, and what’s called a nasal pillow. All of these can be had in configurations where the main hose connection is on top of your head so it’s outta your face.
I have used a simple front-ported nasal pillow for years, it’s the lowest profile of all, and routing the hose up to my headboard keeps it out of the way as I don’t tend to toss and turn much.
The straps are cloth, thin, unobtrusive — I can sleep on my side without any issue at all. I haven’t, yet, but am still considering getting the more expensive model with the hose connection on top, but the front port type I have has been fine.
I compare it to when you first started wearing a wristwatch all the time. It’s weird, and you notice it for awhile, but it eventually becomes just another part of your regular sensory environment, and your brain ignores it.
All that said, this other device wouldn’t help me, as my problem isn’t OBSTRUCTIVE; I simply STOP breathing about 70 times an hour.
It really doesn’t. At least not for me. It’s adjustable.
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