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Originally Posted by seclark
used to have that problem. couldn't breathe through my nose because it had been broken too many times(fists, baseballs, fists). had surgery on it and they chiseled out the nostrils or whatever and after it wasn't swolled(thanks herm) any more i wasn't a mouth-breather.
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That's not my issue, actually. I used to be a mouth breather too - born with a deviated septum that caused all kinds of issues. I've had 5 surgeries (septoplasty, ethmoidectomy, frontal sinuplasty, plus revisions) and can breathe through my nose now.
My issue is that with the nasal canula, too low a pressure and I felt like I was suffocating. When they turned the pressure up to fix that, it started rerouting air from my throat back OUT of my mouth, so not keeping my airway open plus startling me and waking me up.
Their solution was a massive face mask that covered both my nose and mouth. I can't sleep wearing a freaking gas mask, so I gave up.