*Wife Snores

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I've been married to the same woman for 20 years now and the only real complaint I have, is, she snores very loudly. Any suggestions? I've tried ear plugs. I even recorded her snoring but she says that it's not her. Help !

-- Richard V.Miller (richard.miller@1st.net), November 10, 2000

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Richard: My sister in law had the same problem, until her husband told her he could not stand it another day. She went to the doc, and was diagnosed with Sleep Apnea, and put on oxygen at night. Now she sleeps restfully, snore-free, and so does her hubby. Neither guessed that was the problem for over 25 years. Just a thought..Jan

-- Jan in Colorado (Janice12@aol.com), November 10, 2000.

Well.... i know how ya feel cause my dear hubby snores loud too. In fact he snoes so loud that when we lived in civilization when we first moved her eto VA the neighbors could hear him snore that spring when we had the windows opened. But then there was probably on that side of the house a yard in between the houses. On the other side and in back it was a acre of woods. Sure glad we didn't settle there, we probably would have had trouble with the noise ordinance.

I'll have to pursue the oxygen treatment, as i am sooo tired from his snoring I don't sleep well.

-- Bernice (geminigoats@yahoo.com), November 10, 2000.


When I get a really bad cold I snore so bad that I wake myself up. So now I use the "breathe right " nose strips durring a cold or allergy season and the snoring stops. Hope this helps.

-- sherry (Calfarm@msn.com), November 10, 2000.

My dad snored to drown out the band,as long as I can remember and I'm middle aged.Earlier this year when he got up in the middle of the night, he passed out.After hospitilazation and extensive tests it was found his O2 was real low and he is now on O2 as well. Guess what? He doesn't snore anymore.Me, I snore if my allergies are bad,which ain't infrequently,but fortunately it's not usually real loud or anything.

So check out those two things.

-- sharon wt (wildflower@ekyol.com), November 10, 2000.


My husband has an inhaler which has almost completely stopped his snoring and sleep apnea -- he used to snore terribly, to the point that I would sleep on the sofa just to get away from it (and semi- seriously contemplated suffocating him with a pillow a few times in the middle of the night!!). Our daughters could hear him clear at the other end of the house. The inhaler has been a blessed relief -- I can't check right now to see what the name of the medicine in it is, because it's three am, (I just got home from work) and I would probably wake him up getting it, but if anyone wants to know, I can look tomorrow and post it.

-- Kathleen Sanderson (stonycft@worldpath.net), November 11, 2000.


I am not suggesting anyone try this, just offering a tidbit of interestng info - I read recently that in a study that was done on folks who used MSM, one of the unexpected side effects was a decrease in snoring! Also, at the healthfood store where I work, we sell a product called SnoreStop, and we've gotten some really positive feedback from customers.

-- Cathy Horn (hrnofplnty@webtv.net), November 11, 2000.

No help here, but I found it interesting that the very next post is "How long will he live?" GL!

-- Brad (homefixer@SacoRiver.net), November 15, 2000.

Sounds like a lot of people deal with snoring. A couple things we have noticed that kind of works for us (all 5 of us either snores or talks in our sleep)! Have more moisture in the air. and use an air purifer. We've had ours for a month and what a differance. Good luck!!!!!!

-- michelle heath (dickfogg@ainop.com), November 18, 2000.

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