My Mum has a mouthguard type thing she puts in her mouth for mild sleep apnea, but it is called “snoreguard” so I guess it would help with that as well. Might want to look into that.
My mother has one too for the same reasons. She says it works pretty well. Those have to be built by a specially trained dentist and I think you have to have a sleep study done before you can have one prescribed.
The weight has to come off for more than just the snoring. High blood pressure, genetic tendency towards high cholesterol etc…etc… I certainly want to have the ear, nose, and throat doc check out my condition, our insurance is really good so I should egt it done sooner than later.
How are you so sure that you don’t have signs of sleep apnea? Snoring is one of the classic symptoms, and weight gain is one of the risk factors. But if you sleep on your back at all I would first try the tennis ball approach to keep you from doing so. The snore monitor style of devices Tomcat mentions can be effective, but they work by increasing your alertness level (not necessarily fully awakening you) which is more or less what sleep apnea does.
If these two OTC approaches don’t work, see a competent medical professional, preferably someone with familiar with sleep disorders. Allergies are a possibility. While it wouldn’t seem that your weight gain would be enough to cause either snoring or sleep apnea, in many cases it is. Losing the weight will often, but not always cause the symptoms to disappear. If tonsilectomy or adenoidectomy is indicated, that may give some relief.
I have obstructive sleep apnea. The standard treatment is to use a CPAP machine when sleeping to maintain positive pressure in the airway to keep it open. Surgery such as removing the uvula and so on can work. However, my doctor recommended against this because it is ineffective in many cases and often when it isn’t the anatomy of the airway is altered to the point where CPAP is no longer effective. If any of you are ever considering surgery for OSA, you should discuss this possibility with your doctor.
I snore lying on my back, my front, my side. I think I would snore if I stood straight up.
Tonsils out 30 years ago. No apnea. Five foot seven in height. 157 lbs, like, forever.
I sleep in this room. My wife sleeps in that room. We have unrestricted visiting rights.
No problem.
Man, if not being able to get up early is the only excuse you have for not being able to lose weight…pshaw!
They make gyms these days that are open later. Like in the PM. Mine goes to 11 
Plus there’s other ways to get exercise than just going to a gym. Walking is a good start.
A man’s snoring is the most beautiful sound in the world. I do not know that first-hand. A widow told me that.
[hijac] What a loving tribute. I have tears in my eyes. And yes, I would give anything I own to hear my (little bitty tiny snore the pictures off the wall but “I don’t snore”) mother snore once again. [/hijack]
Definitely worth getting checked out by an ENT doc.
Surgery actually isn’t the first option with many insurance companies; my husband was diagnosed with moderate apnea due partially to being overweight and partially to an overlarge uvula, and was given a CPAP and told that surgery would be considered only if the machine failed to solve the problem. Neither of us was crazy about the idea of him sleeping with that contraption on, but he adjusted to it really quickly, and bless the sweet baby Jebus, he doesn’t snore one bit using it.
I am a snorer and I am also overweight. Yep, they’re connected.
Also is having a few drinks before bedtime. Bigtime snores when the chubby sort have a nightcap.
My brother in law snores loud enough to wake the dead, and has since he was a kid. He’s not overweight, no allergies, none of that stuff, except a throat and such shaped to make him snore. They looked into surgery and the surgeon said it wouldn’t actually help much, if at all. So my sister sleeps on one side of the house, he sleeps on the other. It actually works out quite nicely since they have very different work schedules, she is a light sleeper and he is not only a human furnace, but flops around as well.
Yes, me too. It sucks a bit for your wife, but maybe earplugs are the answer. I’ve found that wearing earplugs, even when hubbie is not around, actually makes me sleep loads better.