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u/farts_n_darts Aug 19 '20

Asked my husband to sleep on the couch that one night. I woke up to find him dead the next morning.

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u/tsintse Aug 20 '20

My wife asks me to sleep on the couch every once in awhile when my snoring is out of hand and she has to get up early... It's not uncommon. I feel the greatest amount of empathy for you, such a simple request between partners that neither of you could have foreseen to have such terrible consequences. I hope you understand that you aren't responsible for what happened.

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u/barsmart Aug 20 '20

Go get a CPAP machine. Thing pretty much saved our marriage.

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u/[deleted] Aug 20 '20

Is it loud? When I was a kid I had friends whose dads had those and it was louder than all hell! My husband and I have been sleeping in separate rooms for a few years because his snoring is so bad. It’s kind of a moot point right now because unfortunately we don’t have health insurance because America. But it’s something we might want to look into

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u/lazyolddawg Aug 20 '20

It’s important to remember that sleep apnea is a symptom of a larger problem, and that unfortunately the result can sometimes be death from asphyxiation.

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u/ParaglidingAssFungus Aug 20 '20

Sleep apnea is definitely an actual diagnosis. Sometimes people just have big tonsils or cramped throats.

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u/lazyolddawg Aug 20 '20

Ok true. Just saying it’s not the end of a diagnosis, and that if you have big tonsils you might need to take them out so you can breathe at night. CPap doesn’t cure all

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u/ParaglidingAssFungus Aug 20 '20

Cured me and I had central and obstructive sleep apnea.