knowsbleed's nocturnal primal groans

[knowsbleed]

I have this. I am not overweight. I am not unhealthy. I just snore... very much so... and I often stop breathing during sleep.

Does anybody else here have this problem? Excessive snoring.



Maybe this is why my wife left me... *naaw*...



I've had a sleep study done in the past... but it was in a KOREAN HOSPITAL! I have no idea what they wanted me to do. They came in and shoved a Darth Vader mask over my nose and told me to sleep again (for those who are wondering, it's called a CPAP machine).

Ok, maybe this is where I made a mistake. When I first entered the room, it was H.O.T. !! So I turned the air a little bit cooler... by about 10 degrees . I love it a little bit cooler, that way I can cocoon myself into a fetal position and pretend I was never born in the first place.

Doc comes in, attaches the face-sucker apparatus to my... face... turns it on and leaves.



DEAR GOD!!! It's forcing AIR into my NOSE!!!

El weirdo feeling... want to emulate it? Have someone put their mouth over your nose and tell them to continuously blow for hours at a time. If you find a female willing to do this... consummate the union.

Ok, maybe I exaggerate... it wasn't that bad... until I felt how FRIGID it was! Apparently, the room was warm for a reason. In turning my room into a chilly, yet blanket friendly, domocile... I created an arctic wind tunnel for my nasal area. It was horrific!! I felt as if millions of people had taken millions of Listerine breath strips, consumed them at once and were all breathing forcefully into my nose... all at the same time. *les misérables *.

Needless to say... I didn't get much sleep after that... but according to the fluently Korean speaking Korean people... the little sleep that I did get was better than the snoring-tastic sleep that I was getting previously.

I now have an appointment with my ear, nose and throat specialist to see if they can remove anything from my ear, nose and/or throat to lessen the throes of my nightly howlings.


anybody? experience?

 

[Indrid Cold]

Sounds like ya got the ol' "Sleep Apnea"

http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/Diseases/SleepApnea/SleepApnea_WhatIs.html

 

[knowsbleed]

Wow, there is an actual animation for my "condition". I feel statistical.

 

[Indrid Cold]

Well you can get treated for it...or you could just die in your sleep I suppose, if your cheap.

 

[Erzengel]

Do you get to sleep in what you want? I don't like socks even when it's cold out. Oh and I don't like clothes in general.

 

[knowsbleed]

Well you can get treated for it...or you could just die in your sleep I suppose, if your cheap.

The fact or fiction that I may or may not be cheap is of no bearing. I have healthcare aplenty. I just don't know if I want to have a gas mask attached to my face every night for the rest of my life. I'd much rather them remove something from me, mayhaps my tonsils or adenoids or something similarly internally mushy.

 

[Indrid Cold]

Well there goes your social life. You wake up after a great date and the girl rolls over to tell you: "I had a great night" you roll over in full sand people regala :"Wah, wah wah, wahmp".

 

[knowsbleed]

Do you get to sleep in what you want? I don't like socks even when it's cold out. Oh and I don't like clothes in general.

During the sleep study? They provided me with pajamas that were uncomfortable yet sufficient. I was hoping for the backless robe that I always see in movies, *le disappoint*.


I have rules in my house for my women about clothes... once they're off... they stay off. I'm very cheap so I don't use heat... so it gets interesting.

 

[Indrid Cold]

Who needs heat when you have a dutch oven?

 

[knowsbleed]

Well there goes your social life. You wake up after a great date and the girl rolls over to tell you: "I had a great night" you roll over in full sand people regala :"Wah, wah wah, wahmp".

I warn any and all contestants who choose to play Hide The *Expletive* with me of my "condition"... none have had a problem with it... so far. Either that, or my choosings have always been extremely polite.

On "first date" nights... I usually wait until they fall asleep before I allow myself to drift off into a similar, yet different, slumber.

 

[Erzengel]

Who needs heat when you have a dutch oven?

How is this suppose to keep you warm?

 

[knowsbleed]

who needs heat when you have a dutch oven?

exactly!

 

[Indrid Cold]

How is this suppose to keep you warm?

I cannot for some reason see your pic, but only attempt the dutch oven only if you're TRYING to dump a girl...or if she's into that sorta thing.

Check out this treatment for the apnea: http://www.ihatecpap.com/sleep_apnea_treatment.html

 

[knowsbleed]

Hmm... no dutch oven action in my near future.



Thank you very much for the link. I'm hoping for a less intrusive method than surgery, mayhaps this TAP 3 device can help me.

 

[CrashNburn]

you might not believe me but i was asking around at work about it cause i've had a few bad experiences with losing breath during sleep. Someone here told me i might have sleep apnea. I just had an experience like 2 weeks ago. I woke up in a panic and couldnt breathe. Scary ****!!

 

[knowsbleed]

I had no idea that I stopped breathing during my sleep until my X-wife told me about it when we were still together. She said it looked really scary and that I would stop breathing for up to a minute at a time. I guess it's a pretty common condition, but depending on the severity, could be very unhealthy for you later on in life with heart problems... and the like.

Being in the military, it has been difficult for me to deploy recently. The last time I was in the Mid-East... I snored so loudly that they moved me into my very own tent (we normally bunked 8-16 people in our tents... something like that... I can't remember exactly). Yeup... I was that guy.

 

[CrashNburn]

damn! thats sounds crazy! you were a one man party machine.

im not sure what to do about it. i have health insurance but i think i might choose death instead.

 

[knowsbleed]

After that stint in the mid-east... I vowed to go see a doctor about it. When I initially visited him and told him my problem, he looked at me and replied, "But... you're not some big fat guy... you shouldn't be snoring like that". I really didn't know what to tell him, "Umm... sorry for having a fast metabolism... I normally eat like a pig"?

 

[CrashNburn]

i've read that on a few websites. it says that it happens to overweight people but im the complete opposite of that. its weird. i havent been to the doctors about it but maybe i'll mention it to him the next time i see him when i check on any future sex related diseases i might have. lol

 

[enterthemadness]

How is this suppose to keep you warm?

Keep your feet warm?

And no...I do not have sleep apnea? Mom I think does...?

 

[Indrid Cold]

After that stint in the mid-east... I vowed to go see a doctor about it. When I initially visited him and told him my problem, he looked at me and replied, "But... you're not some big fat guy... you shouldn't be snoring like that". I really didn't know what to tell him, "Umm... sorry for having a fast metabolism... I normally eat like a pig"?

I think you can get a good amount of disability when you get out, since it was probably a disorder caused by the military. My friend was constantly bounced between shifts as a cop when he deployed, and he deployed alot. Now my friend is looking at getting 40% disability payments when he gets out.

 

[The Squirrel]

My dad uses a CPAP machine, it works great for him.

 

[knowsbleed]

I think you can get a good amount of disability when you get out, since it was probably a disorder caused by the military. My friend was constantly bounced between shifts as a cop when he deployed, and he deployed alot. Now my friend is looking at getting 40% disability payments when he gets out.

Here's to hoping for a disabled body with compensatory pay to make up for it.[/cheers]

My dad uses a CPAP machine, it works great for him.

I just can't stand the rush of cold air (I almost typed hair for some reason) rushing down my nose... it was unbearable. Mayhaps I could keep the tube from the machine to my face underneath the blanket to keep it warm... but how much would that really help.

I'm doomed to a life of waking myself up due to lack of oxygen every night for the rest of... the week at least... I have an appointment with my ear, nose and throat specialist on the 28th.

 

[CrashNburn]

I'm doomed to a life of waking myself up due to lack of oxygen every night for the rest of... the week at least... I have an appointment with my ear, nose and throat specialist on the 28th.

im with ya on the same boat. what a great way to celebrate and relate at the same time! lets drink on it till we pass out and then wake up in panic from lack of oxygen and then drink again....and so on and so forth...

 

[knowsbleed]

Man-O-man... if you were here it would be great. I need a decent skirt-chasing-partner here. I'm sure we would run through this town like 2 Desperados with sleep disorders.