My boyfriend had to admit to me that I was right

[Zsofia]

@Sticks_and_Scones

I borrowed my dad’s old CPAP (which he doesn’t need after losing weight) to keep at my boyfriend’s house. The damn thing sounded like a freight train running through the room at night. Fortunately, for some reason he’d had several CPAPs and a newer one surfaced so that what I’m using at my boyfriend’s house now. I have no idea what it’s set at, but it’s better than nothing and it’s also better than carting the one at my house back and forth twice a week. Lastly, my CPAP at home is the quietest one that I have ever heard. Other than the start-up noise, I don’t ever hear it at all. Consequently it’s the newest one of the bunch.

Maybe your wife needs a new machine?

Yeah, ours is a fairly new machine and I barely hear it unless he takes it off while it’s still running to go to the bathroom. However, considering the earth-shattering magnitude of his previous snoring, it might sound like a tornado touching down in the living room and I wouldn’t really notice it.

I’d much prefer he go to a doctor and get a sleep study and see whoever he needs to see, but he doesn’t and won’t have a couple grand to do it with.

[elbows]

Whenever we have a power outage, during the night, I discover it when I wake to a flashing alarm clock dial.

Then I worry about all the CPAP users! Hope none of them suffocated! Yikes!

[Clothahump]

CPAP user here for the last two years.

It’s done wonders for me. The only drawback is that snuggling time is no more unless I choose to do so without my nose hose. SWMBO claims she’s sleeping with Darth Vader now, but it’s helping her as well because I’m not waking her up during the night with my snorting and gasping for breath.

[congodwarf]

Adam usually falls asleep on his right side with me snuggling up to his back. Will we still be able to sleep like this?

[Lanzy]

@elbows

Whenever we have a power outage, during the night, I discover it when I wake to a flashing alarm clock dial.

Then I worry about all the CPAP users! Hope none of them suffocated! Yikes!

This happened to me Once…Once, then I went out and got a UPS for it.

[Ultraviolet]

@congodwarf

Adam usually falls asleep on his right side with me snuggling up to his back. Will we still be able to sleep like this?

Yes, that should work. The only issue with a CPAP is face-to-face cuddling, since you’ve got a hose strapped to your face that emits a stream of air, so it’s not so pleasant. However, my fiancee and I just cuddle for a few minutes before we shut the lights out to go to sleep, then I strap on the machine. I’m a back sleeper, so she sometimes cuddles up to my side, with an arm around me, which is fine, or “spooning”, with the person wearing the CPAP being the “spoonee” is good too.

[kaylasdad99]

@Cat_Whisperer

When I’m right and Jim is massively wrong, he says, “You may be partially right.” Nothing like a gracious loser.

And he’s

all together now

NOTHING LIKE A GRACIOUS LOSER!

[Mama_Zappa]

@congodwarf

His blood pressure is actually excellent.

He does have trouble losing weight. He really shouldn’t be as heavy as he is now. He doesn’t eat excessively. He doesn’t eat a lot of junk food. His job is incredibly physical. He spends his days off working around the house, walking up and down the basement stairs constantly. Basically, he’s NOT a sedentary person with an eating problem. I’m sure the thyroid problem isn’t helping but the lack of decent sleep is surely contributing to his problems.

Apparently the doc scheduled him for his second study on a Sunday, two weeks from now. He’s coming in on his day off to do it because otherwise, Adam would have to wait 2-3 months. I really like this doc and I think I want to send him some flowers.

That doc sounds excellent indeed!

The thyroid issues will certainly contribute to the weight as well as the fatigue. Is the boyfriend on any thyroid meds? if not, why not? He definitely shouldn’t wait til the CPAP is in place, to deal with the thyroid as appropriate.

[congodwarf]

He’s on levothyroxine 175 mcg. He had been seeing his endocrinologist every 3 months. He’s been graduated to once a year.
As for sleeping, I spent too many years sleeping with him to be able to cuddle face to face. He falls asleep way to fast and he snores sooo loudly. I can’t even have him spoon me because he snores right in my ear. So, I spoon him and we’re both happy.

[Mama_Zappa]

@congodwarf

He’s on levothyroxine 175 mcg. He had been seeing his endocrinologist every 3 months. He’s been graduated to once a year.
As for sleeping, I spent too many years sleeping with him to be able to cuddle face to face. He falls asleep way to fast and he snores sooo loudly. I can’t even have him spoon me because he snores right in my ear. So, I spoon him and we’re both happy.

OK cool, I wasn’t sure what you meant by “tracking thyroid symptoms”, I thought that meant they weren’t doing anything yet. Phew!

The spooning issue sounds like a real annoyance. My husband snores right now and may well wind up with a CPAP in the near future. I have to nudge him to turn over at least once most nights. Of course, due to some shoulder problems I have to sleep on my left side, and he’s on my right side, and I can’t reach him with that arm due to the shoulder problems (it hurts to reach back with that arm), so the poor fellow gets kicked when I need him to turn over! :eek: