[DocL]

Originally Posted by dinonz

Woke about 3am with sore nostrils, and the mask beside me in bed, so I left it off for the rest of the night. However, the sleep app can report I was in deep sleep most of the time from 10pm till 3am, so it was helping - I'll keep trying and hopefully the nostril sensitivity eases over time.

Further to that, the mask may be the wrong type for me - I'm normally a mouth breather, but as someone said if I'm getting enough air through my nose because I'm not choking all the time, will I still be a mouth breather? So I'll try with this for a bit longer, and then may look at a full face mask (or maybe start with just adding a chin strap to keep my mouth closed) and see if that's any better. I worry it will be less comfortable, so harder to sleep with a full mask.

I treat a lot of OSA patients who are intolerant to a CPAP with mandibular positioning devices. They are custom made oral appliances. I have an ultrasound that I use to diagnose how badly the airway collapses, then I use small bite blocks to reposition the jaw and using the ultrasound I can open the airway and have the appliance made. The improvement I’m able to make is remarkable, and you don’t have to wear a mask. The chin strap won’t work if your nasal airway is compromised. I also evaluate the nasal passage too.

[vreihen16]

Originally Posted by rebekahb

Do the wives snore like this?

Yes! My DW's dog has given me the 1:00 AM paw tap to the head a few times, so that I would move to the couch to join him far away from the snoring.

Our (read: her) dog will not pay me any attention, unless I'm holding a pork chop or he is scared/sick. It is *extremely* unusual for him to sleep away from her.....

[dinonz]

Originally Posted by DocL

I treat a lot of OSA patients who are intolerant to a CPAP with mandibular positioning devices. They are custom made oral appliances. I have an ultrasound that I use to diagnose how badly the airway collapses, then I use small bite blocks to reposition the jaw and using the ultrasound I can open the airway and have the appliance made. The improvement I’m able to make is remarkable, and you don’t have to wear a mask. The chin strap won’t work if your nasal airway is compromised. I also evaluate the nasal passage too.

I've tried appliance like that before but sadly they're akin to a plate or braces, and I found over time they moved my teeth to the point where my childhood underbite was threatening to re-occur, that was corrected using a plate years ago.

[rebekahb]

Originally Posted by vreihen16

Yes! My DW's dog has given me the 1:00 AM paw tap to the head a few times, so that I would move to the couch to join him far away from the snoring.

Our (read: her) dog will not pay me any attention, unless I'm holding a pork chop or he is scared/sick. It is *extremely* unusual for him to sleep away from her.....

That's pretty funny! If the dog wants to leave the room she must be an intense snorer.

[Cyn-BMW]

Originally Posted by Sara

The wrath of what???

The wrath of PMS! At my house all three women are in synch. I usually spend about three nights in the guest house, once a month. I take the Rottweiler and the kitty cat with me.

Guys, I told you she’d be back!

[SickGTR]

👆🏽👆🏽👆🏽👆🏽👆🏽👆🏽👆🏽👆🏽👆🏽👆🏽👆🏽👆🏽
Teddy is still going. This guy must have energizer batteries 🤣

[Chihuahua]

Originally Posted by Joekerr

I'd like to also point out that we fart. A lot. Basically we are noisemakers at either end.

Women flatulate just as much, if not more. They're just a lot more stealthy about it.

[ryan stewart]

Originally Posted by Chihuahua

Women flatulate just as much, if not more. They're just a lot more stealthy about it.

I shit you not (pun intended) the girl I am currently dating wouldnt poop at my house in the beginning. The next morning she would go up to dunkin for coffee even if I was making breakfast. I thought she just really preferred dunkins coffee (despite me making that artisan shit, I hate shit coffee) but finally after a while she admitted she didnt like their coffee, just had to go. Im so dumb I never put 2 and 2 together.

Now she can but I can tell when because she disappears to the guest bathroom on the far end of the house.

[DocL]

Originally Posted by dinonz

I've tried appliance like that before but sadly they're akin to a plate or braces, and I found over time they moved my teeth to the point where my childhood underbite was threatening to re-occur, that was corrected using a plate years ago.

Were you provided an aligner to wear in the morning after you removed the oral appliance? And was it titrated by having a CT scan or by using the ultrasound like I do.

[///d]

Originally Posted by ryan stewart

I shit you not (pun intended) the girl I am currently dating wouldnt poop at my house in the beginning. The next morning she would go up to dunkin for coffee even if I was making breakfast. I thought she just really preferred dunkins coffee (despite me making that artisan shit, I hate shit coffee) but finally after a while she admitted she didnt like their coffee, just had to go. Im so dumb I never put 2 and 2 together.

Now she can but I can tell when because she disappears to the guest bathroom on the far end of the house.

I can kind of relate. I hate hearing people in the bathroom. I'm planning out floorplans for a house I want to build and one of my must haves is no toilets are along a wall that is shared with a common space or bedroom. I dont want to hear someone dropping nuggets in the damn toilet while I'm eating my cereal or watching TV.

[ryan stewart]

Originally Posted by ///d

I can kind of relate. I hate hearing people in the bathroom. I'm planning out floorplans for a house I want to build and one of my must haves is no toilets are along a wall that is shared with a common space or bedroom. I dont want to hear someone dropping nuggets in the damn toilet while I'm eating my cereal or watching TV.

Just put in a door sweep and pay a little extra to have the wall insulated, no issue. My little mini-shitter in my master bedroom (where the toilet is its own room) is setup like that and, despite sharing a wall with the master, you cant hear anything be a faint sound of the flush.

She is mainly worried about:

Despite the fact that I have one of the vent things that is rated for like 4x the space and is only like 1 sone or whatever (aka quiet).

[Cyn-BMW]

Originally Posted by SickGTR

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Teddy is still going. This guy must have energizer batteries ��

That’s what happens when you get laid two or three times a day, by three different girlfriends and by whoever they might bring home! You should try it sometime.

[Sara]

Originally Posted by Cyn-BMW

That’s what happens when you get laid two or three times a day, by three different girlfriends and by whoever they might bring home! You should try it sometime.

And that's how you get the clap

[upstatedoc]

Did someone say clap

[SickGTR]

Originally Posted by Cyn-BMW

That's what happens when you get laid two or three times a day, by three different girlfriends and by whoever they might bring home! You should try it sometime.

Only 3. I have 7. If I only had 3 I would jump off a bridge. Me and my boy Geppetto are killing it with the ladies 24/7/365.

[Cyn-BMW]

Originally Posted by Sara

And that's how you get the clap

It’s nice that you came back. I missed you. I’ve been having sex for 40 years and 35 days. I’ve never had a sexually transmitted disease and I don’t plan on ever getting one.

[upstatedoc]

Originally Posted by Cyn-BMW

It's nice that you came back. I missed you. I've been having sex for 40 years and 35 days. I've never had a sexually transmitted disease and I don't plan on ever getting one.

You got it down to the day?

[dinonz]

Originally Posted by upstatedoc

You got it down to the day?

His right hand remembers it clearly

[dinonz]

Originally Posted by Onesie

@dinonz how's the getting used to it progressing?

Making progress. Slept till 4:30 this morning, took the device off, and then still managed to sleep some more without it. According to the app, my sleep has gone from 28% and 38% (without the CPAP) to 54%, 64% and then 89% last night. I feel better, although my nose was a little sore at 4:30 which is why I took it off. Hoping that eases, and I can start sleeping through until my dog wakes me for his morning requirements.

[///d]

This is not an interesting enough topic to keep me entertained during this CASP+ Certification course...

[Cyn-BMW]

Originally Posted by upstatedoc

You got it down to the day?

Down to the day and hour. It just happened to be my birthday. I lost my virginity to a famous actress who used to come to my fathers ranch and stay for a few days at a time, about every two months or so. When I have some time, I’ll sit down and tell you all how it happened. Sorry, it’s been a busy day of riding and I have stufff to do. And, I also have another, met a girl, story to tell from Costco today.

[Cyn-BMW]

So, the Costco girl today. I was driving the Tesla Plaid, which I will post a picture of. I pulled into the parking lot and drove by a cute lady. I said to myself, “she looks yummy”! I got out of the car, she walked by and said, “a Tesla Plaid”? I said, “yeah”. She said, “aren’t those really hard to get right now”? I said, “yeah but I texted Elon and asked him to send one over”. She goes, “oh come on, you did not”. I’m like, “I did”. She goes, “no come on, tell me the truth”. I said, “I’ll bet you lunch I did”. She goes, “only if we take the Plaid”. I’m like, “your on”. So, I showed her our text conversation. She goes, “damn, you weren’t kidding”. She goes, “where we going”? I’m like, In and Out, just down the street”? Now at this point, I didn’t even know her name yet. She got in the car with me and we pulled onto Russell Ranch road. I said, “hang on”, and at the same time I buried the throttle. Her head slammed back against the head rest and she starts yelling, “OMG, OMG, OMG”. I let off the throttle at about 100 and said, “I love it when I make women yell, OMG”! She hit me in the shoulder with her left hand and we both laughed our ass off. I didn’t get her name until after we ordered and sat down. Her name is Shelby. She said her dad raced cars and named her after Carroll. So, we had a nice lunch and nice conversation. I just love it when stuff like that happens!