Right now I am sick and in the middle of the night, when the meds wear off, I am awake coughing my head off and then try to get back to sleep and cannot due to the full steam locomotive in bed with me. Last night was BAD! I poked, I prodded, I pushed, I yelled out his name...NOTHING! Barely a movement on his part. So first I tried a brand new set of ear plugs (yes, I wear a pair more than once...afterall, they've only been in MY ears). That helped but alas...I could STILL hear him. So, then I had to put a pillow over my head! Totally the best thing for me when I am sick and cannot breathe! So this was my sound barrier and, I tell you, I could still hear a hint of snoring...he was breaking my sound barrier! I think by then exhaustion prevailed and I was out but I cannot take another night like that. The cough syrup with codeine may fix that tonight but that won't last forever. I think I am gonna have to put my foot down (either that or in his mouth) and insist he see a doctor. Something has GOT to give and I really hate to see him riding the couch!
Tuesday, May 03, 2011
Breaking the Sound Barrier
I love my husband dearly but seriously he makes it hard sometimes with...his snoring! I have never heard anything like it in my life. It can be heard behind closed doors. It can be heard in lower levels of the house. It's soooo soooo loud. I had to resort to wearing ear plugs way early on since the beginning of our courtship. Often times I resented that...why should I have to go to extremes just to get some sleep?! I know it is not his fault and he isn't trying to annoy me, irritate me, bother me but I have suggested he seek medical treatment for it. I suspect he also has Sleep Apnea, which he refuses to consider, and I won't push but I don't think a simple visit to an ENT specialist could hurt. He still has his tonsils and adenoids and I KNOW that could be a huge source of the problem. I nagged pushed enough that he PROMISED to make an appointment after our wedding. Well, we are under two months 'til our 1st anniversary and he still hasn't done anything about it. I continue to wear the ear plugs and they work 99% of the time but there are times when I wake up in the middle of the night and despite the plugs, I can't get back to sleep cuz I can still hear him.
Right now I am sick and in the middle of the night, when the meds wear off, I am awake coughing my head off and then try to get back to sleep and cannot due to the full steam locomotive in bed with me. Last night was BAD! I poked, I prodded, I pushed, I yelled out his name...NOTHING! Barely a movement on his part. So first I tried a brand new set of ear plugs (yes, I wear a pair more than once...afterall, they've only been in MY ears). That helped but alas...I could STILL hear him. So, then I had to put a pillow over my head! Totally the best thing for me when I am sick and cannot breathe! So this was my sound barrier and, I tell you, I could still hear a hint of snoring...he was breaking my sound barrier! I think by then exhaustion prevailed and I was out but I cannot take another night like that. The cough syrup with codeine may fix that tonight but that won't last forever. I think I am gonna have to put my foot down (either that or in his mouth) and insist he see a doctor. Something has GOT to give and I really hate to see him riding the couch!
Right now I am sick and in the middle of the night, when the meds wear off, I am awake coughing my head off and then try to get back to sleep and cannot due to the full steam locomotive in bed with me. Last night was BAD! I poked, I prodded, I pushed, I yelled out his name...NOTHING! Barely a movement on his part. So first I tried a brand new set of ear plugs (yes, I wear a pair more than once...afterall, they've only been in MY ears). That helped but alas...I could STILL hear him. So, then I had to put a pillow over my head! Totally the best thing for me when I am sick and cannot breathe! So this was my sound barrier and, I tell you, I could still hear a hint of snoring...he was breaking my sound barrier! I think by then exhaustion prevailed and I was out but I cannot take another night like that. The cough syrup with codeine may fix that tonight but that won't last forever. I think I am gonna have to put my foot down (either that or in his mouth) and insist he see a doctor. Something has GOT to give and I really hate to see him riding the couch!
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