So it isn’t “just” his snoring…
I had a sleep study done a few weeks ago. I can’t remember if I said anything about it before, and frankly, I am too lazy to go back and check if I did. LOL I, of course, slept like a baby, except the 200 times they woke me up because I removed one of the bajillion wires they had hooked up to me.
It turns out, that I awaken 41 times an hour during the few REM sleep cycles I actually make it to. I have sleep apnea…just like my hubby who gasps and snores through the night. I always thought it was just him snoring that was keeping me up. I was wrong…it is his snoring that keeps me up once MY sleep apnea awakens me one time too many.
So tonight…I get to go to another sleep study, so they can fit me with a horrid CPAP machine. Hubby already tried one of these and gave it the boot because he couldn’t sleep with it on. Or so he says. }:-)> My doctor says that perhaps my machine will help to drown him out. LOL Seriously though, nothing says romance like your spouse with a HAZMAT mask on her face connected to a machine that makes her sound like Darth Vader. Nope, nope, nope. Or since I am channeling Darth, perhaps that should be “NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!”
I sure hope I can get used to it if it will help me sleep. On a side note, the doctor put me back on Ambien CR which completely hoses my short term memory. It’s fun though, just so long as I don’t drive or as my Dr. says, “wake up in the middle of the night and make myself a snack without remembering it”. That hasn’t happened yet. At least, not that I can remember. hehe
April 10th, 2008 at 7:01 pm
I may do a sleep study one of these days.
April 10th, 2008 at 8:08 pm
I have used a CPAP for about five years now, and THANK GOD for it! (Mine is the one that goes over the head, so no claustrophobic mask over my face.) I have great sleep, and it DOES drown out hubby’s snoring.
I wouldn’t do without my CPAP. In fact, I also nap with it when I get the chance!
April 10th, 2008 at 9:12 pm
OMG, I have it too, although mine is pretty mild — about 15-16 times. Let me just ask this…does everyone have it? Yoshi just did his test last night (at home) and it lasted a lot longer than I thought it would. I was sure he’d rip it off. He impressed me.
Soon we’ll have matching face accessories…ah, the romance of it! LOL!
April 10th, 2008 at 9:18 pm
My dad has sleep apnea. He’s supposed to use a CPAP, but gave it the boot just like your hubby. Still, he struggles with sleep. I think he’d be a lot happier if he could get some good rest!
Good luck to you. I hope it all works out.
April 10th, 2008 at 9:26 pm
Yeah, I just did the sleep study last night. I’m sure they’ll tell me I have sleep apnea. Which wouldn’t surprise me. But who knows!
Oh and the fact that ambien causes memory loss really explains all those nights of playing WoW and those discussions we’d have. which I cannot possibly repeat here. LOL But no, you’d never remember that we even talked! LOL
April 12th, 2008 at 8:37 am
Songbird: I’m hoping not to have to wear it forever…but I guess I might have to eh?
Meesh: I sure wonder about that. I bet everyone has a little bit of it. It’s probably just a matter of how bad it is. I’m surprised they are treating yours, you must be right on the border.
Leslie: Thanks! The stubborness of males….lol
Yoshi: Shoosh you.
April 22nd, 2008 at 10:45 am
So, what is wrong with waking up and making a snack without remembering…maybe the calories won’t remember either!