Reply to: On snoring

[cailin maith]

That's what I tell myself

Phil Vickery is obese according to his BMI, I think most of my weight must be muscle

Yum, Phil Vickery...

[Ruprect]

BMI says nothing about whether you're fat. Most sportspeople have a high BMI, as do many manual labourers, even though they're actually very fit. However, it seems to be a very good indicator of snoring, regardless of fat levels. Which is perhaps a bit of a downer for women who like muscular men.

That's what I tell myself

Phil Vickery is obese according to his BMI, I think most of my weight must be muscle

[Platypus]

Yes but GF Platypus is on the wagon at the moment

[BrianSnail]

GF Snail says I never snore when she's had a couple of drinks....

[Drewster]

..........At night, I now have to wear a rather silly looking mask over my nose and mouth.......

and my wife makes me sleep naked by the door, but she does beat me at least twice a night.....

[dezze]

When I snore it makes a sound like loud machinery (so Mrs D says). According to friends, this was also true when I was much younger (and slimmer). After the wife threatening to cut off body parts I'd rather keep, I went to the hospital and was diagnosed with severe sleep apnoea.

At night, I now have to wear a rather silly looking mask over my nose and mouth, attached to CPAP (or may be APAP) machine that basically keeps my airway open. I have to do this to keep my driving license.

The plus side is that it transformed my life from being knackered all the time (including regularly falling asleep when stopped in traffic) to having lots more energy.

It's worth checking out, but be aware there may be some drawbacks, such as having to inform the DVLA and your Primary Care Trust may not yet fund the equipment (£500+). However, NICE guidelines say they should, so do as I did and argue the case.

[Churchill]

Your body mass index is : 30.55 (obese)

27! Still overweight though!

[Mich the Tester]

29. Overweight

It didn't tell me what my ideal height would be though

BMI says nothing about whether you're fat. Most sportspeople have a high BMI, as do many manual labourers, even though they're actually very fit. However, it seems to be a very good indicator of snoring, regardless of fat levels. Which is perhaps a bit of a downer for women who like muscular men.

[Ruprect]

Your body mass index is : 30.55 (obese)

29. Overweight

It didn't tell me what my ideal height would be though

[Mich the Tester]

http://www.britishsnoring.co.uk/snor...op_snoring.php

Your body mass index is : 30.55 (obese)

[Ruprect]

Strictly speaking the two fans won't generate "white noise". Record the noise and look at the waveform in Adobe Audition or some such. There will be patterns in the waveform.

If xeno was still here you would surely have received some geek points for that.

[NotAllThere]

My wife used to grab my nose. Now I've developed the preternatural ability to turn on my side as soon as she tries - without waking up.

But if I've been on the piss, then she kindly decamps to the spare-room. And spends the next morning laughing at my hangover.

[fckvwls]

Oh holiday once the night porter knocked on the door about 3am to advise me there had been noise complaints from our room.

I get that a lot. They don't make headboards as strong as they used to

[Francko]

Sometimes I snore like a hog (usually after a good few beers) and my GF, bless her, resists the temptation to smother me to death and simply decamps to the spare room.

Any suggested/recommended cures for snoring?

You should let her sleep with somebody else*. This process is called "off snoring" or also "best snoring"

* Just a joke. No pun intended.

[zara_backdog]

As a lot of people have said here - go to the GP to to see if there is an underlying cause for the snoring.

Hubby use to really snore loudly and point which his mother and sister use to joke about.

Oh holiday once the night porter knocked on the door about 3am to advise me there had been noise complaints from our room.

Also, it was so loud one night I slept downstairs but is still made the windows rattle.

Anyway, after taking some antibiotics for a week - apart form the 'after a drink' snoring but improved 90%.