Guest guest Posted January 9, 2012 Report Share Posted January 9, 2012 Hi I have just been reading Pulse daily - online and there was this in it and thought you might be interested. Have you looked at the manual? I didn't know you could have corrective throat surgery. From Pulse online:-Patients who don't want to have corrective throat surgery can opt for a sleeping mask which pumps air into the airways to keep them open, but which one user said bloated him up ‘like a balloon'. While consulting the 100-page manual, ‘to his dismay, he found buried in the text a warning that there was no guarantee that the CPAP device might not be lethal'. The patient told the Telegraph: ‘I decided any inconvenience of my condition did not justify the risk of dying from the treatment.' Lilian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 9, 2012 Report Share Posted January 9, 2012 Hi Lilan > `I decided any inconvenience of my condition > did not justify the risk of dying from the treatment.' Bit puzzled by this statement really? Sleep apnea can be fatal by itself ( Candy died from it). Without treatment, i stop breathing 90 times an hour...and oxygen goes down to 83% at times... much more chance of dying from the sleep apnea (or developing multiple health problems, which i think i have) from it. i was asked about throat surgery but i'm too fat so there's no point really. i think i've probably had it for years. i'm so used to my machine i couldn't sleep without it , the thought horrifies me given how bad i was. it was hellish. there is also 'singing for snorers' which is supposed to help tone the throat muscles...or playing a didgeridoo helps apparently? thanks for thinking of me chris > > Hi > > I have just been reading Pulse daily - online and there was this in it and > thought you might be interested. Have you looked at the manual? I > didn't know you could have corrective throat surgery. > > From Pulse online:- > > Patients who don't want to have corrective throat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 9, 2012 Report Share Posted January 9, 2012 Obviously a life saver for you and thank goodness it does. It is possible that the quote was coming from someone who had it mildly and so the machine was not necessarily a life saver to him (or her). Lilian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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