Originally Posted by Calsun

If you disagree then provide relevant facts based on your own personal experience or science journals and not based on your brain farts.

I had sleep apnea for decades before it was diagnosed with first a mobile monitor over a 24 hour period and then with a full night in a Stanford Medical sleep lab. I survived for 50 years without a CPAP machine. I had SEVERE sleep apnea where I would stop breathing 90 times each hour while "sleeping". Sleep apnea is diagnosed when an individual stops breathing 5 times per hour (mild OSA), 15 times per hour (Moderate OSA), or more than 30 times per hour is considered SEVERE. I would stop breathing 90 times each hour prior to the surgical procedure.

My throat surgeon had me use a CPAP machine for the week leading up to the operation so I would be fully rested. So I know first hand what it is like to not use one for 30 years as an adult and what it is like to use one. This is not speculation but my own experience.

After the operation I had no need for a CPAP machine to be able to have a restful night sleep. I no longer snored was my wife can attest. I also woke up and was able for the first time in my life to remember my dreams. It is believed that sleep apnea interrupts REM sleep and dreaming.

The point is that I lived for 30 years without a CPAP machine and I did not die or experience a stroke or have any other injury to my health as a result. The CPAP is a sleep aid and not a medical necessity except for the morbidly obese who are most likely not taking long rides on bicycles and probably carrying around an oxgen pony bottle.

If you cannot provide facts then it would be helpful to keep your opinions to yourself.