Whoa, this medical device is spying on me. In my sleep. So my insurer can deny me coverage.
An Arm and a Leg
An Arm and a Leg
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🗓️ 17 July 2019
⏱️ 17 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Eric Humansky snores really, really loud. |
| 0:04.0 | He's got sleep apnea. |
| 0:05.2 | That's a condition where your throat closes up |
| 0:07.0 | while you sleep. |
| 0:07.6 | It makes your breathing actually stop and start. |
| 0:10.5 | And it causes snoring. |
| 0:12.3 | It's a really annoying thing, it means you're tired, |
| 0:15.0 | turns out not to be the best for your health. |
| 0:17.0 | Yeah, it can contribute to high blood pressure, heart problems, diabetes, also, snoring, |
| 0:22.0 | not great for a marriage. |
| 0:24.0 | Eric has had to spend some nights on the couch. |
| 0:27.0 | Fortunately for him, there is a machine that treats sleep apnea. |
| 0:31.0 | It's not very complicated, it just basically blows air in your face. |
| 0:34.0 | It's called CPAP for continuous positive airway pressure. |
| 0:38.0 | It just like literally just like blows the air so your airways stay open. He's had one for like 10 years and he thought the |
| 0:45.4 | mask was wearing out. Maybe it was getting old or things were changing but |
| 0:50.5 | my wife actually was constantly complaining that I was snoring through my mask. |
| 0:56.8 | He called his doctor, doctor said, could be the mask, we'll have the supplier send you a new one, |
| 1:02.0 | and we may need to change the settings on the machine. |
| 1:05.3 | And that used to be a real pain. |
| 1:07.4 | You had to wait for a technician to come to your house. |
| 1:09.8 | It's like the cable guy coming by. |
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