NSV: No more hose nose to stop snoring!

fishgutzy

Finally. No more snoring without the hose nose, AKA CPAP.
Still should schedule a follow up with my sleep specialist to confirm that the sleep apnea is no more.
But my wife confirmed that I no longer snore without it.
I sleep better without it now too.

Yahoo!

RichOC

Now thats a great NSV. Well done!

fbcarlson

Now that is an awesome NSV!!!!! Way to go!!!

spike90

That is fantastic!! I can't wait until my husband can get rid of his. The cold are that blows out of that thing kills me!!!

nicola1141

Awesome, congratulations!!

katythemommy

Congratulations!! :flowerforyou:

I'm going to show my dad your NSV! He is on the CPAP and I know he would be able to get off of it if he lost some weight!

OneDimSim

truly a very large NSV! Congrats!!!

skelley331

how did you stop the snoring?

bethFromDayton

Fantastic! Congratulations!

fiferize

that is AWESOME! Congrats, I am just getting ready to start using a CPAP, but my apnea is very very mild. They really think it will just relieve stress hormones and in turn the pain I get at night that wakes me up. We shall see. I am willing to try it.!

bethlaf

CONGRATS !!!! that is an AWESOME victory!!
my husbands family all obese and all use it .. so i know how hateful the machines can be !! yea you!!

Wonderwoman2677

Awesome!

TriShamelessly

Congrats! Not sure that my weight loss will lead to no more CPAP since I've snored like a chainsaw my entire life regardless of weight.

TesselCat

Finally. No more snoring without the hose nose, AKA CPAP.

Read this as "AKA CRAP" and thought it was a funny.

Big congrats on that NSV though! Changes like that are the best.

Dwamma

Oh my goodness!! That is a HUGE NSV!!! I can't wait to hear what the doctor has to say! Keep up the amazing work! Blessings!!

fishgutzy

how did you stop the snoring?

Lost 80+ pounds so far. I was at 310 when I was diagnosed. Weight is one of the top causes of sleep apnea.
Snoring without sleep apnea does not rate a CPAP. The CPAP is primarily stop prevent breathing stoppage (sleep apnea) while sleeping. That it stops snoring is secondary.At least that is how it was explained to me.

My wife hated the air flow on her too but it was nothing compared to the loud snoring keeping her up or the panic she felt every time she saw me stop breathing. People have died from this. Luckily I did not before I got diagnosed.

mattschwartz01

That's awesome! You're getting healthy and adding healthy years to your life.

puddensisk

That is truly awesome! I hope that will happen when I lose my weight as well, but I've snored and had apnea even when I was skinny, but I don't think it was as extreme as it is now. Any improvement would be great. I'm so happy for you!!

GiveMeCoffee

That's awesome!! That's my goal to finally be able to give up the CPAP machine!

fishgutzy

The final step is making a followup with my doctor. Probably have to do another sleep study to confirm that the apnea is gone. But it definitely seems that way.:bigsmile:

Sqeekyjojo

The final step is making a followup with my doctor. Probably have to do another sleep study to confirm that the apnea is gone. But it definitely seems that way.:bigsmile:

Obstructive sleep apnoea, for those who don't know, isn't really just snoring. It's the sound of a person nearly choking to death multiple times every night from the sheer weight of their bodies crushing them. The noise is the choking in progress - the silence is when they stop breathing and the snorting sound afterwards is the body waking them up before they die.

Well done, you!

EAPTX

Congratulations! That's my new short-term goal, too. I hit a plateau over the past month and know I've been gaining muscle, but not losing weight. So I really needed a personal success that I could measure. About a week or two ago, I started gulping a lot of air with my CPAP and needing to rip it off at night. Since I've had it 3 years, that was still tough. I thought I needed to adjust the type of mask (from nasal pillows to full mouth and nose) which just made me want to cry, but not as much as it made me want to sleep. I searched around on here and it finally dawned on me that I might not need it to be as strong now! I went to my sleep doctor and he turned it down considerably and I slept like a baby last night. He said I was well on my way to losing it completely and wanted to know how I did it. Hence, a shout out to MFP! I'm more excited about this than the fact that I went from a size 22 to a size 16 pant - really! It honestly never occurred to me that I might be able to ditch that thing with which I have a true love-hate relationship. It is SO good to sleeeeeep...

jenny3073

That is terrific news, congrats! I have been using CPAP for 10 years and I'm so tired of it. I've snored very loudly since I was a mere chubby kid though so I'm not sure if mine is due to the obesity or other factors and I finally got diagnosed and on the CPAP when I was 30. Saved my life, but it's annoying to deal with every night, taking it on trips, etc.

EasterKingston

Wow! Good for you!

KReduced

how did you stop the snoring?

Bahahaha. Great NSV!

fishgutzy

Obstructive sleep apnoea, for those who don't know, isn't really just snoring. It's the sound of a person nearly choking to death multiple times every night from the sheer weight of their bodies crushing them. The noise is the choking in progress - the silence is when they stop breathing and the snorting sound afterwards is the body waking them up before they die.

Well done, you!

So true. Snoring does not mean one has sleep apnea. But sleep apnea is often accompanied by snoring. That is why sleep studies are done.
When I had my sleep study in 2011, I scored a 75. That meant I stopped breathing for 10 seconds or more an average of 75 times per hour. No wonder I was tired all the time. My wife was tired too because my snoring woke her up and then noticing my breathing stop kept her awake.
I had a sedated colonoscopy before the sleep study. I stopped breathing several times during it. And that was the final push to get the testing done.

It does feel good achieving these milestones along the way to my goal weight. And if sharing them helps motivate other "hose noses" that is a big plus in my book.