Creature from the blue lagoon
Posted 04-10-2007 at 07:45 AM by mycoupons
Being that I am wholesome girl who was reared with proper morals and a sense of decency, I did not spend a night with my husband until we was my husband.
<B.S. Detector goes crazy> (Hey! My parents read this!)
Ok, so I spent a few nights with him.
I noticed his snoring right away. It was cute.
In a sleeping puppy kind of way.
Once we were married for a couple of years, the snoring become slightly more annoying.
I would solve the issue by gently nudging my sleeping prince. He would roll over and I
would fall back asleep.
By the time we hit our sixth anniversary last year, the snoring became so annoying that I contemplated smothering him in his sleep.
Instead of giving my prince a gentle nudge, I started kicking and elbowing the grizzly bear next to me.
I would wake up cranky and irritated every morning due to his snoring.
It was like sleeping in a really bad motel with thin walls on the interstate. The man snored like eighteen -wheelers downshifting.
As if the sound of the snoring wasn't enough, I noticed he had a mild case of sleep apnea. He would stop snoring for a few seconds, and then like a swimmer coming up for air, gasp loudly for a breath.
I had a rule. I went to bed when I was tired, and Joey was NOT allowed to come to bed for at least forty-five minutes after me. That would give me adequate time to fall into a deep sleep, so once he revved up his engines; I would be deaf to the world.
When September came, I had reached my breaking point. I gave him an ultimatum- go for a sleep study and get this fixed, or he was moving into the guest room.
I have a king sized waterbed, you didn't think I would move, did you?
He scheduled the sleep study- which entailed him spending the night at a sleep center.
The technician advised him that they would monitor his vitals while he slept all night, and then determine what if anything could be done.
He fell asleep at 10:15. By 12:30, the technician woke him up.
He had stopped breathing 264 times! TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY FOUR!! That's 1.76 times PER MINUTE.
The technician also told him that he never entered deep or REM sleep.
She placed a CPAP (Continuous Positive Airway Pressure) machine on him at that point.
He slept until 6:45 the next morning, and did not stop breathing once. He also entered deep sleep almost immediately.
When he came home the next morning, he told me he had sleep apnea.
I didn't go to medical school, but I knew that already.
A few weeks later, his very own CPAP machine was delivered to our front door. He now wears it to sleep every night. He no longer stops breathing and his snoring is very light and rhythmic.
Although he looks like a creature from the deep while wearing it, we are both sleeping better. Our son is deathly afraid of it, and if he sees his daddy wearing it, he runs away crying.
Joey has stopped having headaches, has lost weight, and feels more rested.
There are still plenty of nights when I contemplate smothering him with a pillow.
But not because of the snoring.
Until we meet again,
Cici
Cici@MyCoupons.com
<B.S. Detector goes crazy> (Hey! My parents read this!)
Ok, so I spent a few nights with him.
I noticed his snoring right away. It was cute.
In a sleeping puppy kind of way.
Once we were married for a couple of years, the snoring become slightly more annoying.
I would solve the issue by gently nudging my sleeping prince. He would roll over and I
would fall back asleep.
By the time we hit our sixth anniversary last year, the snoring became so annoying that I contemplated smothering him in his sleep.
Instead of giving my prince a gentle nudge, I started kicking and elbowing the grizzly bear next to me.
I would wake up cranky and irritated every morning due to his snoring.
It was like sleeping in a really bad motel with thin walls on the interstate. The man snored like eighteen -wheelers downshifting.
As if the sound of the snoring wasn't enough, I noticed he had a mild case of sleep apnea. He would stop snoring for a few seconds, and then like a swimmer coming up for air, gasp loudly for a breath.
I had a rule. I went to bed when I was tired, and Joey was NOT allowed to come to bed for at least forty-five minutes after me. That would give me adequate time to fall into a deep sleep, so once he revved up his engines; I would be deaf to the world.
When September came, I had reached my breaking point. I gave him an ultimatum- go for a sleep study and get this fixed, or he was moving into the guest room.
I have a king sized waterbed, you didn't think I would move, did you?
He scheduled the sleep study- which entailed him spending the night at a sleep center.
The technician advised him that they would monitor his vitals while he slept all night, and then determine what if anything could be done.
He fell asleep at 10:15. By 12:30, the technician woke him up.
He had stopped breathing 264 times! TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY FOUR!! That's 1.76 times PER MINUTE.
The technician also told him that he never entered deep or REM sleep.
She placed a CPAP (Continuous Positive Airway Pressure) machine on him at that point.
He slept until 6:45 the next morning, and did not stop breathing once. He also entered deep sleep almost immediately.
When he came home the next morning, he told me he had sleep apnea.
I didn't go to medical school, but I knew that already.
A few weeks later, his very own CPAP machine was delivered to our front door. He now wears it to sleep every night. He no longer stops breathing and his snoring is very light and rhythmic.
Although he looks like a creature from the deep while wearing it, we are both sleeping better. Our son is deathly afraid of it, and if he sees his daddy wearing it, he runs away crying.
Joey has stopped having headaches, has lost weight, and feels more rested.
There are still plenty of nights when I contemplate smothering him with a pillow.
But not because of the snoring.
Until we meet again,
Cici
Cici@MyCoupons.com
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