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by chris_st 1552 days ago
Recently found out that BPAP/VPAP [0] is a thing. It locks onto your breathing and has one pressure for in-breaths, another for out-breaths. Friend with one says it's great. My apnea is not bad enough to require such intervention.

And, I'm very sorry to say that surgery is NOT a guarantee of a solution. Had another friend with very bad apnea, who got the surgery which removes everything that can be removed, and after that he had... apnea. Bad enough to need a CPAP machine. Sigh.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Positive_airway_pressure#Bi-le...

1 comments

yah you can be snore free and have apnea. apnea is a scary thing.