Well, 6weeks into CPAP everything was working except my mouth opening. I tried a chin strap, no luck, i tried tape, left my lips raw. So one night desperate for sleep i woke up, half awake, I found a tube of what I thought was an adhesive, spread it on my lips, clamped them shut, then went to sleep.
Making a long story short, that adhesive, truned out to be super glue gel. I required a skin graph and 3 doses of vicoden per 12 hours.
Be careful what you seal your mouth shut with
don't ever try this
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GUEST: My condolences to you!
In desperation, and while waiting for my Marine Mask Seal to arrive, I tried generic white, water-soluble glue on an old mask that was no longer fitting properly (didn't want to test on good one). Well, with enough glue, it DID work, and I had no problem removing in the morning, and there was no damage to the mask. I've also used additional surgeons tape (as applied to mouth) at certain spots on same mask.
Both of these worked to some degree.
I'll assume that by now you have your arsenal of 'supplies' near your bed?
I wouldn't recommend using the School glue (water based) on a regular basis - it DOES smell, thus keeping me awake longer, wondering what I may be breathing!
I hope your lips will recover successfully.
Are you sure you didn't subconsciously just want a late-night "whiff"? LOL
In desperation, and while waiting for my Marine Mask Seal to arrive, I tried generic white, water-soluble glue on an old mask that was no longer fitting properly (didn't want to test on good one). Well, with enough glue, it DID work, and I had no problem removing in the morning, and there was no damage to the mask. I've also used additional surgeons tape (as applied to mouth) at certain spots on same mask.
Both of these worked to some degree.
I'll assume that by now you have your arsenal of 'supplies' near your bed?
I wouldn't recommend using the School glue (water based) on a regular basis - it DOES smell, thus keeping me awake longer, wondering what I may be breathing!
I hope your lips will recover successfully.
Are you sure you didn't subconsciously just want a late-night "whiff"? LOL
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Dare we ask what Super Glue was doing on your bedside table?.......
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Superglue stories
A number of years ago, I worked for a large computer company. We were trying to recruit some Unix people so we decided to go to a convention called Usenix, and we needed give-aways, so we ordered some Polar Coasters - a rush order. These are foamed neoprene beer holders with a rubber base that was supposed to be glued on. They screwed up attaching the bases to the neoprene - they were barely attached.
It was too late to get them redone, so we decided to attach them ourselves - after testing some glue, we decided that superglue worked the best. We had trouble getting it wholesale - so I was told to go out and buy superglue- all I could get.
I would go into a drugstore, push the shopping cart over to the superglue display, and shovel it all in. Then I would stop and buy sandwiches and beer for the work party at a grocery and pick up more superglue. I went into a food store and bought chips, soda, beer, cheese, lunch meat and hoagie rolls and all the superglue they had. When I went through checkout, the checkout girl looked at the selections and said, "Having a party?"
"Sure am," I said. "See my superglue?"
But that was not the best part - see, we were worried about getting the superglue all over, and there was a glass topped table there. So we did all the work on the glass top table. When the dripping superglue started to build up, it would dry. So we would scrape the table with a single edged razorblade before it got so thick that it was hard to remove.
The razorblade peeled the glue off of the glass rather easily, fracturing the thin clear, dry drips into powder. But because of diffraction, just as happens in salt or snow, the clear drips of glue would fracture into white powder.
We would scrape one way and then scrape the other - this would organize the residue into "lines" and then we would scrape the lines onto a sheet of paper which we could wad up and throw away.
Once, the room maid came in as we were doing a cleanup. We had partially scraped the glue off of the table and there were, well, thin "lines" of white powder on the glass. She looked in at the table, and got this incredibly scared look on her face and slowly backed out the door. About 10 minutes later we had a visit from hotel security.
"No, really, we are having a superglue party!" We had the bottles of superglue, the many many cases of Polar Coasters, and fresh dryy drips we could demonstrate on, and they laughed about the misunderstanding. In today's climate, I suspect that we would have had a visit from swat and someone shot.
It was too late to get them redone, so we decided to attach them ourselves - after testing some glue, we decided that superglue worked the best. We had trouble getting it wholesale - so I was told to go out and buy superglue- all I could get.
I would go into a drugstore, push the shopping cart over to the superglue display, and shovel it all in. Then I would stop and buy sandwiches and beer for the work party at a grocery and pick up more superglue. I went into a food store and bought chips, soda, beer, cheese, lunch meat and hoagie rolls and all the superglue they had. When I went through checkout, the checkout girl looked at the selections and said, "Having a party?"
"Sure am," I said. "See my superglue?"
But that was not the best part - see, we were worried about getting the superglue all over, and there was a glass topped table there. So we did all the work on the glass top table. When the dripping superglue started to build up, it would dry. So we would scrape the table with a single edged razorblade before it got so thick that it was hard to remove.
The razorblade peeled the glue off of the glass rather easily, fracturing the thin clear, dry drips into powder. But because of diffraction, just as happens in salt or snow, the clear drips of glue would fracture into white powder.
We would scrape one way and then scrape the other - this would organize the residue into "lines" and then we would scrape the lines onto a sheet of paper which we could wad up and throw away.
Once, the room maid came in as we were doing a cleanup. We had partially scraped the glue off of the table and there were, well, thin "lines" of white powder on the glass. She looked in at the table, and got this incredibly scared look on her face and slowly backed out the door. About 10 minutes later we had a visit from hotel security.
"No, really, we are having a superglue party!" We had the bottles of superglue, the many many cases of Polar Coasters, and fresh dryy drips we could demonstrate on, and they laughed about the misunderstanding. In today's climate, I suspect that we would have had a visit from swat and someone shot.
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Superglue Stories
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