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“I had been talking to the chief of rhinology research at Stanford... He had warned me how bad was, but no one knew how quickly that damage came on. ...e knew that after years, it can change the structure of your face. It's so common in kids that it is has a term called adenoid face... because they've been mouth breathing so long... the musculature and the has changed. ...It creates a longer face... and that also makes these people much more apt to snoring and sleep apnea.”

“I'd just recovered from pneumonia, which I'd also had the year before and the year before that. I was... wheezing, working, and eating... in a rut—physically, mentally”

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