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Podcast: Finding Genius Podcast
Episode: Sleep Apnea and the CPAP Machine Encouraging Awareness, Appreciation, and Empowerment—Stacy Erickson Edwards—CPAPBabes
Description: As the founder of CPAPBabes, Stacy Erickson Edwards is making it her mission to raise awareness of sleep apnea and the importance of receiving the right diagnosis early on, encourage people to appreciate the CPAP machine, which is the gold standard of treatment for sleep apnea, and empower people to use the machine with confidence and a sense of pride. She discusses the tendency of people to associate sleep apnea and CPAP machines with overweight, unhealthy, older people, so it came as quite a shock to her when at 32 she received the diagnosis herself. But it is...