Author: cjwright
Date: 2011-03-03 04:58
I'm an oboist who was recently diagnosed with severe obstructive sleep apnea and am now using a CPAP machine, so I'm not sure it worked on me. (CPAP machines have pressure settings of 1-20, my pressure setting is a 27.) In fact, the upper palette which blocks my airway, is the same part of my mouth/throat which controls a good amount of vibrato, so I would attribute my sleep apnea to my oboe playing.
On the topic of Asthma, I used to have severe asthma attacks which prevented me from playing intensive sports, and put me on a nebulizer three times a day. Once I started playing oboe, all of that went away, and last time I was checked by my asthma/allergist, I was told I have 180% lung capacity for a man my age/weight/size.
So oboe heals me and kills me!?!?!?
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