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Waterfall said:
but have fun!
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I did, thank you. It was a beautiful spot, and nice people to be there with. I did break down and go online twice though, during down time when everyone was either outside or sleeping. I wasn’t the only one (is my excuse). There were several tablets and cell phones seen over the weekend.:eek: There were 5 of us in a 3 bedroom cabin (actually more of a simple house inside, than a ‘cabin’ - we had 3 of them) with 2 single beds per room. My room-mate was a heavy snorer. Last night after the campfire, I came into the bedroom and she was snoring loudly over loud ambient music playing on her tablet, which was also loud...but I couldn’t rightfully wake her or go over to her bedside table to turn it off myself. I just layed in bed - the music was not doing for me what it does for her. There was no way I could sleep. I got up, and she woke up, maybe heard me bump the dresser... and turned the music off, but then she went back to snoring, sans music. So, I went out to the couch, and went online for a bit. I probably snore too. If I had gone to bed first, she’d be on the couch. It’s not her fault. She’s a lovely person who happens to have a sleep disorder. It’s just awkward sharing a room sometimes, and it’s been a long time since I shared with a stranger while “camping” like that.
 
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I was awake early enough to see the sunrise on Saturday, and it was breathtaking! It was a perfect view of the beach, surf slowly rolling in, under orange sky, from about 50metres from the cabin!
 
I'm such a crummy sleeper that I'm reluctant to share accomodation with anybody I don't know & I always ask if its a friend, "do you snore?"

I always have earplugs in my bag & in my bedside table drawer - sometimes snoring bedmate here ... not something I will ever learn to truly block out. I did notice interestingly that when he went on some blood pressure medication the snoring stopped! Bliss. But then the med changed & dose lowered ... snoring again :-(
 
I could get used to the rhythm of my husband’s snoring after awhile. But a stranger is different...and holy moly was she sawing logs! It wasn’t just loud breathing (which I have been told is about the extent of my snoring when I do it). Even as I was laying there wide awake, I actually silently giggled at how her snoring was competing with the volume of her ambient music. Not funny to have sleep problems, I know...but the scene was funny. Picture a comedy sketch.
 
Cpap are expensive. Not sure how they are covered.

They are supposed to be life saving. I am a skeptic.
As I am with some gluten sllergies
 
Not always (though can be). Two snorers, my grandpa and my ex, didn’t have a tendency to be overweight. They were both more tall and lanky types. My bunk-mate was not particularly overweight.
 
My maternal grandmother and her son, my uncle, could, between the two of them, rattle a house with their snoring. When I went to stay with them, I always got assigned the middle bedroom, which was between their bedrooms. Doors did nothing to muffle the noise. Snoring in stereo. Neither were particularly overweight.
 
Pinga said:
Cpap are expensive. Not sure how they are covered.
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I know this one. My employer is a major player in CPAP in Ontario. In Ontario, the Assistive Devices Program pays 100% of a CPAP machine every five years if you are receiving drug benefits (senior, receiving welfare/disability benefits), otherwise 75% with the patient being responsible for the balance. They also set the price for the machines they cover so that 25% is fairly predictable. ADP funding includes one mask. Replacement masks or a higher end mask are on the patient or their insurance, if they have coverage. You must have a prescription from an ADP approved sleep lab to get the funding.

At my employer, setting the pressure, mask fitting, training by our respiratory therapists is included in the purchase. Not sure if that's specified by ADP or industry standard, just know it's how we do business.
 
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Proviso: That's for Ontario. Medical equipment, like pharmaceuticals, isn't covered under Canada Health Act so there's a fair bit of variation in how different provinces fund and manage it.
 
Mendalla said:
Proviso: That's for Ontario. Medical equipment, like pharmaceuticals, isn't covered under Canada Health Act so there's a fair bit of variation in how different provinces fund and manage it.
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In Nova sacotia: no coverage from Provincial health. Cost over $2000- 3000 for a CPAP, around $5000 for a BIPAP.
Some People are stuck in the hospital waiting for them on waitlists for free ones from the Lung Association.
I wonder, if the people in Ontario could donate their machines to the Lung Association 8n Nova Scotia. There nust be enough used machines floating around, if it is covered.
 
Mrs.Anteater said:
Cost over $2000- 3000 for a CPAP
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Gak. Even if we sold them privately, I don't think any but the top end would go for $3000 even after a healthy markup. I wonder if the fact that Ontario is funded is leading to Ontario suppliers getting better deals on the gear (but I wouldn't know without talking to our people who deal with that kind of stuff).
 
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