About this oxygen thing...

[DURHAM D]

Because he is overweight, old and has this drug sniffing problem I assume that he has sleep apnea. Therefore doesn't it follow that he sleeps with a CPAP machine to provide oxygen while sleeping?

iows - he has been on oxygen for years

[LuckyCharms]

1. CPAP machines do not provide oxygen. n/t

[DURHAM D]

3. My bil has a cpap machine and is on oxygen at night

How does it work?

[Bernardo de La Paz]

7. Needing oxygen is separate issue. CPAP is Continuous Positive Airway Pressure. It uses ordinary air.

[lillypaddle]

14. There is a hook-up on the CPAP machine

for the oxygen. I know this from personal experience. I also know that, just because one may "need" it for sleep apnea, one doesn't necessarily use the CPAP. Also from personal experience. I hate that machine. I do, however, sleep with oxygen every night.

[MaryMagdaline]

4. You can hook up oxygen to feed into the CPAP

Husband had sarcoidosis and that’s how it worked for him. You’re right, though, unless you have some lung disease or other need for 02 the machine does not supply oxygen.

[Kali]

5. they can

[JCMach1]

9. CPAP will do nothing related to Covid

[BannonsLiver]

2. CPaps don't supply oxygen

They force air to keep airways open during sleep.

[Kali]

6. O2 can be added

but yes, not normally

[DURHAM D]

8. There are all sorts of articles on how to

use oxygen with CPAP.

[BannonsLiver]

13. Ok, great

But most people who use them aren’t on supplemental oxygen in conjunction with the machine. Sounds like your BIL is in bad shape.

[Gothmog]

10. This is interesting

trump may have been on oxygen when he boarded helicopter

Link to tweet

I also say this story https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trumps-staff-decided-to-send-him-to-the-hospital-before-his-condition-got-worse-wapo

White House staff made the decision to fly President Trump to Walter Reed Hospital in Maryland on Friday to ensure that he would still be able to walk to the Marine One helicopter on his own, The Washington Post reports. Trump’s condition had reportedly begun to deteriorate following his positive coronavirus test Thursday. One adviser told the Post of the ramifications for the election, “We don’t want to be talking about coronavirus and now we’re talking about coronavirus. The hit writes itself: He can’t protect the country. He couldn’t even protect himself.” Trump’s age, 74, and several comorbidities put him at high risk for a severe case of COVID-19, a possibility at odds with how often he has downplayed the significance of the virus and the necessity of even basic public health measures. Trump’s physician has given no indication of the president’s condition beyond “fatigued but in good spirits.” In a similar case, U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson, age 56, was sent to intensive care in March when he contracted the virus.

[DURHAM D]

16. Wow. That is interesting.

Looks like the reason he wore a mask (finally) was to hide the fact he is on oxygen.

[Klaralven]

17. What a festering bundle of vanity and denial.

[Kali]

11. I doubt he uses a pap machine, even if he really needs one

too vain

[tblue37]

12. Not everyone with sleep apnea uses a CPAP. I can't tolerate them at all.

[lillypaddle]

15. Me neither.

It also made a permanent dent in the back of my head!