I love this! Oh man. Could you imagine? “CPAP! Get one so you will be nicer and people will like you more!” Or “Improve your social life and make family dinners more enjoyable (for your family, not you)!”

If I was his handler (and don’t tell me he doesn’t have handlers!) I would have just set up a pretend Twitter world for him and let him go crazy there to keep him occupied. Do you honestly think he would be able to tell the difference if there were just bot responses? All he wants to hear is variations of “U R SO…

I really wish they let him have his phone more often. Like, do they confiscate it and he steals it back? Does he get it back as a reward for doing good things (not sure what those might be)? Do they have to wrestle it out from his hands mid tweet (covfefe!) or does he hand it over? Do they take it when he’’s not…

I firmly believe he thinks that by stating something it becomes true. When HRC stated he was a Russian puppet during the presidential debates, his response, in true 8 yr old schoolyard fashion, was “No I’m not. You are.” repeatedly and it worked. Clearly, his lawyers have now taken it on as a legal tactic. Apparently…

YEP. There’s a difference between serving the people you were elected/hired to serve and saving money by privatizing/cutting costs. Governance is not a business, it’s there to provide services to citizens. Corporations are not able to self police or monitor their own activities because they have a focus on money not…

YEP. There’s a difference between serving the people you were elected/hired to serve and saving money by privatizing/cutting costs. Governance is not a business, it’s there to provide services to citizens. Corporations are not able to self police or monitor their own activities because they have a focus on money not…

Love using essential oils. Sometimes it’s the only thing that makes the forced air tolerable when I’m stuffed up. Just a tiny bit though! I know someone else who basically used their BiPap to “cure” themselves of chronic viral pneumonia by blasting camphor, oregano, eucalyptus and tea tree oil all night. NOT something…

I tried a chinstrap- it’s actually my lip seal that’s the issue. So anything holding my jaw shut just makes it so the air forces itself out through my lips with a whistling/farting sound.

Thank you. All compelling reasons, along with the fact that it could help him lose weight. He’s fully aware. He’s got two sisters and a mother who are nurses/nurse practitioners, and who have pointed out health risks and he’s not into it. He’s been given the info, and won’t be forced. Drives me bananas.

Verve- Bittersweet Symphony is GREAT to sing along to. Or yodel or whatever. My kid and I belt it out every dang time and he’s now 17.

Oh! And the benefits for my skin! Totally unexpected and bizarre. Yes, I get a red mark where the mask sits, but my skin is so much better. Like, it shaved years off the skin on my face. You are absolutely right- advertising the benefits of getting steady rich oxygenation the entire night should not be health, but…

Sorcery!

Fucking OUTSTANDING. Well done. Each day is a new day and you are giving yourself a really precious gift.

GOOD FOR YOU. You are amazing. A total superhero. And I am NOT joking.

SO SATISFYING. All the nested lids and containers. So much room! Nothing falls out and you don’t have to swear in order to lure that one lid out from wherever it’s hiding that matches the container that you need.

I have heard the change in some is astounding. Like, people go from 100 lbs overweight, depressed, exhausted, grey in colour, with incipient diabetes and high bp turn into energetic athletes within a few months. Sometimes with no need for the damn cpap once the weight is off. I am glad your boss has found such benefit.

It took me AGES! I started out just using it for a few minutes while reading or watching tv during the day to get used to the mask. It helped a whole bunch with feeling claustrophobic or trapped. Others have posted above about using pillows to sort of wedge yourself into position. I do this too- I prop one under one…

Just make sure you track your weight and blood pressure, and try to get your heart function checked every once in a while. Exercise, sleep and eating right all help too (all fucking hard to do sometimes- I don’t recommend it lightly). Bipolar can increase risk, as others have said, but if it’s being treated, you are…

Some of the drugs used for bipolar are pretty hefty anyhow. Some are used in combo with others to mitigate movement disorders caused by the first drug, etc, etc. She could have been taking all sorts of very appropriate drugs for her condition, so the headline lacks clarity about whether the drugs were a treatment or…

I’m a stomach sleeper and that’s been the worst part for me. I have woken up with the damn thing pressed so hard into the bridge of my nose and cheeks it’s left bruises and cuts. I can’t stop rolling over and ruining everything. Unfortunately, I have central apnea, which means I need something to remind me to…