How many folks do you know on cpap outside this board?

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Re: How many folks do you know on cpap outside this board?

Post by chellesings » Sat Jul 03, 2010 8:34 pm

I know of at least 3 people definitely; one who's compliant. I'm pretty certain my father has sleep apnea, although you'd never get him in for a sleep study! He's had a very close call with his blood pressure, and has diabetes.

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Re: How many folks do you know on cpap outside this board?

Post by jabman » Sat Jul 03, 2010 10:13 pm

I know two people, one of them is a friend of mine and he has the same machine as mine and when i tried to tell him how to read his stats on it he said " why would I want to do that"?
I don't have a problem telling anyone about my Apnea, I just found out last wednesday that I have type 2 diabetes and seem to have more of a problem telling people about that.

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Re: How many folks do you know on cpap outside this board?

Post by BlackSpinner » Sun Jul 04, 2010 7:27 am

I forgot one - a former co-worker who doesn't use his because cleaning the mask and tank is too much work and his wife can just go and sleep in another room when he snores.

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