Also once you take them off, the involuntary action of breathing has been unneeded for so long that your lizard brain fails to restart it.
Or so I've heard.
Edit: Medulla. That's what it's called.
Plus ripping and tearing then scar tissue in the lungs. They are not meant to be inflated but pulled open. Also if the pressure regulator is off even by a few percentage points... Not good.
Edit: Dammit. Meant to reply to you BTW..... Are you in Cali?
No. Other side.
Likely response 🧐. I'm in Cali. There is a town called SLO that us Valley people go to sometimes on the 101. Your username made me raise the eyebrow.
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