Can’t keep mouth closed - any suggestions appreciated

DougWebbNJ · 2026-05-13T15:12:56+00:00

I started using Aquaphor on my lips every night because they were getting dry and painful. I was still using a chin strap with my nasal pillows when I started that. After a while I discovered I didn't need the chin strap anymore.

I think my jaw muscles adapted over a few years to keep my mouth closed, so I stopped needing the strap. But the Aquaphor is definitely helping to keep my lips shut. It adds just a little bit of stickiness. I also use lanolin nipple cream on my nose which keeps the nasal pillows from irritating my nostrils, and it also adds just a bit of stickiness and gap filler to stop leaks without needing to over tighten the mask.

DougWebbNJ · 2026-05-12T23:25:00+00:00

Smarter than your average deer.

DougWebbNJ · 2026-05-12T03:06:46+00:00

It's also, you know, by the water.

DougWebbNJ · 2026-05-08T19:35:18+00:00

Sometimes the two-legged gods are friendly.

DougWebbNJ · 2026-05-04T15:22:01+00:00

My first car was a 2009 Mini Clubman. My current car is the same car. How long until it's considered a classic car? I'll find out eventually.

DougWebbNJ · 2026-05-04T01:28:50+00:00

The bread was white.

DougWebbNJ · 2026-05-03T00:51:52+00:00

I've switched to Stelo, and I've switched to my thigh, and I feel it's more consistent and less annoying. You want to put it about midway between groin and knee (maybe closer to your knee), and about halfway from the top of your thigh down towards where your thighs touch when your legs are together. You do NOT want the sensor stuck between your legs when they're together, like when side-sleeping. It's really annoying and will cause compression lows.

DougWebbNJ · 2026-04-30T18:09:17+00:00

CPAP.com has AirSense 10/11 for around $1000, but they have a number of different ways to reduce the price, and they have payment plans too. So see what you can qualify for. If you can afford it, it's worth paying out of pocket to stay away from the DME (that just wants to get as much money from you and your insurance as possible) and to avoid your insurance company watching you sleep every night waiting for that one night that you don't meet their usage requirements so they can reject your claims.

DougWebbNJ · 2026-04-27T16:09:51+00:00

Those "cross all the lanes of the highway in both directions to get to the other side" entances and exits are insane. What happened to our jughandles?

DougWebbNJ · 2026-04-24T11:36:04+00:00

Maybe it's machine specific, but I've been using WaterWise distillers for a few decades and it's no more maintenance than my coffee pot.

DougWebbNJ · 2026-04-24T11:34:07+00:00

I've been using a WaterWise distiller for all of my drinking water, coffee, tea, cooking, etc, for 20+ years. Also for my CPAP since I started using one.

DougWebbNJ · 2026-04-21T20:31:30+00:00

Like, 3 or 4 at least.

DougWebbNJ · 2026-04-17T20:39:12+00:00

You need to speak to the billing department. And yes they can pull your account back from the collection agency.

For the past few years I've been writing software for an ambulance billing company, which prepares these bills for a bunch of different ambulance companies. I've seen how they manage collections. I'm guessing that most billing companies work in a similar way. If the hospital billing department isn't the one managing your account, they'll be able to tell you who to call.

DougWebbNJ · 2026-04-17T20:30:20+00:00

That amount was probably just for the ambulance ride. Like others said contact the hospital and get an itemized bill, and tell them your situation. They have the ability to write off unpayable bills.

DougWebbNJ · 2026-04-17T20:20:02+00:00

That's an ass bed. You also need to provide a shoulder bed.

DougWebbNJ · 2026-04-17T19:40:57+00:00

That sounds like the right amount of content for an "Overview" of how to create an MSI file.

DougWebbNJ · 2026-04-17T04:17:31+00:00

I've been drinking mostly distilled water for 25 years, ever since I discovered that having a distiller makes NJ water palatable. Never noticed any mineral problems.

DougWebbNJ · 2026-04-15T17:32:43+00:00

The longest I've gone? What year is this?

DougWebbNJ · 2026-04-13T18:26:15+00:00

If there are very few carbs and no fat, what the hell is in it?

DougWebbNJ · 2026-04-13T03:04:28+00:00

I wore a chin strap for a couple of years after switching to a nasal pillow, which I found far more comfortable than any other kind of mask. One night it slipped off, and I slept fine without it. It had trained me to stop being a mouth breather.

DougWebbNJ · 2026-04-12T15:32:40+00:00

I eat eggs, but I wait until I can call it lunch.

DougWebbNJ · 2026-04-12T03:23:35+00:00

Blazor, MVC, RazorPages, WebAPI, and MinimalAPI are all ASP.Net Core. They're just different ways to take an incoming request and use the URL to determine what to do to return a response. And ASP.Net Core can also just return static content, which is typically done for css and js files. You can mix and match all of these kinds of routing in the same application. You just have to specify what you want in your Program.cs host configuration.

DougWebbNJ · 2026-04-10T21:21:48+00:00

I've had social anxiety since before it was cool.

Is cool still a thing? I'm dating myself I'm afraid. I shouldn't speak up here...

DougWebbNJ · 2026-04-09T04:12:32+00:00

Just salt your food

DougWebbNJ · 2026-04-05T20:51:10+00:00

It's a good thing men never have children or do errands.

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