I think one of the biggest issues is mask fitting. I got a fitting done with a nurse with multiple mask in a room laying back in a recliner to find one that was most comfortable with the machine and was shown how to adjust to get leaks to a minimum.

Some people are just thrown a machine and you figure it out on your own. I don’t think that works for the majority of people, everyone is different so masks should be tried on with a machine at pressure so you have an idea of what is comfortable.

Also trying to use it while relaxing and watching tv or reading helps acclimate to the mask so when trying to sleep it is already normalized.

If you snore loudly then you indeed have issues with airflow. Snoring is friction and blockage or the airway which is an issue.

I didn’t get a CPAP until I was 32 and boy do I wish I realized how bad it was years before. Your body can deal with sleep deprivation from snoring or sleep apnea until it can’t and you get sicker more often, injuries take longer to recover from, weight doesn’t come off as easily.

The earlier people get onto CPAP if they have sleep apnea, the sooner they will realize how much better proper sleep is compared to broken sleep.

Canada

I stayed with my parents for a few days when my grandmother died. I was sleeping on the couch and mom my noticed I wasn’t breathing at regular intervals. She said I should get a sleep test when I flew home on Sunday.

I called my doctor on Monday, had an appointment on Wednesday, he sent a referral and I got called on Friday that there was a cancellation that night if I could make to the sleep lab for a sleep test. I had no plans so I paid for parking outside the sleep lab for the night.

I got a call Monday that my test results were back, went to an appointment a few weeks later. Paid for parking again. Was given a trial CPAP to use until a got another sleep test with the machine to get a proper pressure level. I was told not to drive until that test. I paid for subways and busses until that test a week later.

I went for another sleep test, I paid for a taxi since I wasn’t allowed to drive.

I got a machine, a paid $700 dollars and a portion was covered by the govt and then my extended benefits covered the majority. I paid maybe $150 in the end for my machine because I didn’t get the basic model that would have been completely covered.

In all I paid less than 200 for the CPAP and for parking. Everything else was covered.

In the years since I have had about 6 more sleep tests and that is only because my sleep apnea is complex central sleep apnea not obstructive. I have paid nothing for any of those tests or heart and brain scans that were involved. Just the occasional parking near a hospital.

I’ve paid for CPAP machines and masks but had them reimbursed by my extended benefits through work. If I wasn’t covered through work they would still be covered to a certain amount through provincial medical coverage.

Canada got rid of our digital services tax and it didn’t help. Don’t bother getting rid of anything Trump wants gone because it is just what a bunch of billionaires are telling him to do.

Oddly billionaires probably told Mark Carney the same thing so he was happy to be rid of this DST.

Depends on if it is SAE or Imperial.

Jaques Petitcoq was his name you anglo-sized it.

Sliced and dried in chip form.

I have a 6 year old electric car that takes 40ish minutes to charge, now BYD has batteries that will go from 10% to 70% in 5-10 mins.

In a few years time these drones will be getting charged from a microwave stream of power from a solar array floating in the upper atmosphere.

The Iranian video in this article is crap, the music doesn’t “slap” as the kids are saying these days.

The rap ones are pretty slick, this one was just saying people are going to become Islamic because Trump and Netanyahu suck.

The Trump side was saying anti war things that were lies. The Harris side was saying there is no air between my policies and Joe Biden’s Israel policy.

I don’t think the numbers were massive of Arab voting for Trump but they just didn’t vote. The Dems thought that people would have no choice but to vote for a dem with Dick fucking Cheney’s daughter campaigning with her. They stayed home instead.

I guess the beans on toast was because my mom was Irish and heard of it through my dad and probably never used chipped beef, so did beans instead.

Shit on a Shingle, I though that was beans on toast.

Well my grandfather was Irish but also my mother was born in Ireland so it is either a parent or grandparent option.

Wait so it is better for my partner if I get my EU citizenship through Ireland then get married than to get married before citizenship?

I was going to work on getting my Irish citizenship, though the thought of many American going there makes Ireland less attractive.

I got very expensive prescription Bolle sunglasses, they were stolen from my car. That was back in 2004 and weren’t worth the money for something I wore about 4 times before they were stolen.

I have Maui Jim sunglasses that are great, the polarization is excellent for seeing wildlife in the water. I only wear them occasionally as I’d rather wear 10 dollar glasses I don’t care about wrecking. So I have 4 or 5 pairs of different styles of cheap ones. Most important is to get polarized lenses, other than that if you go cheap you can try every style until you find the right ones for you.

He never existed. He is a figment of a religious groups imagination. He is a fictitious character based on ideas of what a religion needs as a figurehead.

OP described his explanation, Lost my mind has the real answer through.

Left pocket: phone and if I don’t have a bag then also my secrid wallet behind my phone with my screen against my leg.

Right pocket: folding knife, dog poop bags

If it’s cold then my vest has my gloves and toque when I get to warm.

If it is dark then I have a light clip on my chest in some way so the light is in shining on my path.

If I’m hiking light then I probably have an extendable hiking pole with folding water bottle.

Start producing smarter cheese. Give it two cells, it may vote independent.

It doesn’t have sentience, it votes Republican