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Jan 12th, 2008
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y husband's snoring was like a buzz saw. It started out moderate sounding, and I could get him to turn on his side if I elbowed him. He's a deep sleeper, so sometimes he would complain that his kidneys ached if i elbowed him to hard. As time went on, he got louder and louder, and took on a deeper, honkier tone.
It finally got so bad we could no longer sleep together, because he's the one who snores, he was the one who left the room. It's only fair. He slept in a chair almost sitting up, and it was on the farthest end of the house, away from me and the kids. Even still, when the kids had friends over to our home for a sleepover, his loud snoring scared them.
His brother is a head and neck surgeon, so my husband agreed to hit him up for a palatectomy. It's a surgical procedure where the back of the roof of your mouth and the uvula ("punching bag") is removed, rendering you unable to snore. It's unpleasant. I was touched that he would do this, because he did it just for me. It was a selfless act of love because his snoring didn't bother him.
The surgery worked, he quit snoring, but he started doing something WORSE! Now, with each breath, he growls even louder than when he used to snore. The noise sounds like a tornado coming, or a loud freight train bearing down. It is really irritating, and it makes me want to smack him without thinking. That's just when he inhales. When he exhales, he purses his lips, and makes a breathy "poot" sound. I use ear plugs and I have a "white noise" maker. They don't help. I love and adore my husband, but his snoring makes me want to scream and pull my hair our......sigh.......
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  | Posted Jan 13th, 2008 at 12:06AM to lostmyself: yup. he's been tested. he was told he did not have sleep apnea. that was years ago. i think they're wrong. i've timed his respirations, and he does indeed have apneac episodes. CPAP would definitely help him....if he would do it. i know the CPAP set up is awkward and not very comfortable, and even somewhat loud. but it's better than a heart attack and early death. thanks for your concern, friend!   |
 | Posted Jan 13th, 2008 at 11:37AM Sounds like sleep apnea to me too. Especially if he sounds like that after the palatectomy. My husband is probably going to have to go to a sleep clinic for testing. His snoring can be very bad at times and he always seems to be tired. His thyroid function tests were all normal so the next step is a sleep evaluation. We have a good friend who has a CPAP mask. She says she feels better when she wears it but says it is difficult to get in the habit of using it every night. |
| Posted Jan 13th, 2008 at 6:17PM syndala. i would be very curious to hear how it goes if your husband goes to the sleep clinic. my husband just had a complete physical with lab work, and his thyroid levels were normal. do you know if your friend is bothered by the noise of CPAP? i guess you get used to the noise and get a decent sleep. having to sleep with CPAP is as unsexy as it gets, but dying in your sleep is not very sexy either. it may bother my husband, but we've been married for over 37 years, and i don't think sexiness has to do with or without CPAP. he's handsome and sexy to me no matter what. syndala, i appreciate your concern and for your comments. i'm encouraged now to get him back to te sleep clinic. |
 | Posted Jan 15th, 2008 at 10:57AM Robyn, I'm so sorry to hear about that! It sounds horrible...I think it's amazing that we could disrupt someone's sleep that much, and not have it bother the snorer in the least. :) Are you guys still sleeping separately? |
| Posted Jan 15th, 2008 at 1:39PM Robyn, my friend says that it is loud but more like 'white noise'. I think she said that she stopped using it because it frightened her boys and it was uncomfortable. I will ask her. |
| Posted Jan 15th, 2008 at 3:27PM hmmmmm. interesting. thanks syndala! |
 | Posted Sep 26th, 2008 at 7:20PM I have a CPAP and sleep in another room because my wife snores too much. :( |
 | Posted Sep 26th, 2008 at 7:27PM I have sleep apnea, I was told that I snored very loudly, course this was a "manly" thing. It got worse.... During the night I would remember TV shows throughout the night, nothing like trying to put together the plots of the shows - made for some surrealistic stories and absorbing science shows. I thought cool it is sleep learning. The bad part was that I would fall asleep anywhere, standing up (falling down - cool thing was to wake up before hitting the floor, driving (luckily I caught myself). I finally got the hint and went to see the doctor and they put me in sleep clinic. The technician doing my tests said that my case was the worst case they had seen, my blood oxygen levels were around 50%, the oxygen levels should have been at +95%, he stated that I died every night. I had a CPAP machine in a couple of days, at first putting it on was awkward, but the first night was great, out like a light, no more tossing or turning, no snoring and no more falling asleep at work, on the road or while standing up. It is a little noisy but the oxygen flow is really cool.... |
 | Posted Nov 14th, 2008 at 2:58PM If it's been years since he was tested, he might want to go again. I was diagnosed last February and since then it's been fantastic, I sleep at night and am not tired all day! The new machines are so silent that you hardly notice them, our fan is louder than my machine- if you can sleep with a fan on low, then you can definitely survive the machines, they are no larger than your hand (mine isn't) now and even the masks are smaller than before- depending on how severe his is he can go from the full mask (for every severe) to the small nose plug piece that I currently use since I have it very mildly according to the doctor. If he's constantly tired, no matter how much he sleeps, it has to be sleep apnea, I would sleep ten hours and still be dead, now I can sleep 7-8 and be just fine. :) |
 Feeling relaxed | Posted Dec 29th, 2008 at 6:44PM What I think could help is: if he loses weight, doesn't eat for a few hours before bed, doesn't drink alcohol for quite awhile, looked for homeopathic remedies from a natural food store, drank more water and stayed hydrated. Sleep apnea is when breathing stops for more than several seconds at a time. Minutes go by without a breath. That is serious and requires a sleep clinic to test for it and the CPAP respirator. Good luck. |
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