Ace's Battle to "Stop the Snore"

[Angry White Male]

I snore.  Always have, as long as I can tell.  Drove my Ex fucking nuts (she would often move to sleep on the couch).  I am not obese.  Quite slim, actually.  It's just a matter of the lower jaw 'falling back' just a tad too much.  Anyone that has taken a First Aid course like I have, knows that they teach to tilt head back and slightly raise lower jaw before mouth to mouth...  This is done for the sole reason of ensuring airway is nice and open.  I do believe they've since changed that though, and now only recommend chest compression, but that's off topic now.  I have no doubt that snoring is disruptive to my sleep patterns.



I also suffer from Bruxism, meaning I grind the fucking shit out of my teeth at night also (I live with stress even in my dreams ), which may be relevant to the issue, and to my hopeful solution.



I don't have an insanely massive jaw like Breakfall/Panty Pirate.  Maybe Evs was right, and it's a smaller Mild Fetal Alchohol Syndrome jaw, but she's probably not right since she's usually wrong most of the time anyhow.  Not entirely sure what the correlation between larger and smaller jaw is in relation to the propensity to snore.  It simply needs to be 'held forward' a few millimeters to prevent snoring.  They make anti-snore oral appliances, so recently I went to a 'sleep specialist' to see if I could simply get a referral to a Dentist that makes these oral appliances...



Here's what to expect at a sleep specialist here:  First off, they will automatically assume you have private insurance.  Canadian universal health plan covers essentially nothing dental related.  Some employers may offer their employees private plans that cover some dental-type work.  Usually unionized workplaces will.  I am self employed.  I made this clear to them right from the get-go, with the hopes that we could 'expedite' straight into getting an oral device made.



No.  Now they want to find the level of sleep apnea first.  They do this by sending you home with a small electronic device that you strap around your chest.  Connected to this device is an oxygen sensor that is exactly like the tube you'd wear in your nose at the hospital when receiving oxygen.  There's also a sensor that you clip onto your finger.  Understand that I don't sleep that great at the best of times, and here I'm all 'wired up' now before bed.  Some time before I actually went to sleep, I ripped all that shit off my body for comfort, so of course there was no usable data available.  They wanted me to try again another night...  I can't sleep with that shit on.  I just want an oral appliance made.  That's all I want.  I haven't returned their call yet.  Plus I'm busy with work, and don't have time to be driving back and forth with the electronic device that I'll just end up removing anyhow.



So I found this online.  London Drugs sells them.  Oddly enough these are only available via prescription for US customers, but they can be purchased in Canada without prescription, so I can have the thing delivered right to my door easily.  It's not exactly cheap at $179.99, but considering I was prepared to spend in the four digits getting a 'real one' made, I'm willing to try this out and see what happens!



The reason I brought up Bruxism earlier has a point...  I have a custom made night guard for that, and it was not uncommon for me to remove that at some point during the night, generally finding it somewhere on the bed.  This could be relevant here, as if I do the same with this device, $179.00 sitting on the bed is better than a $1,500.00 device sitting on the bed.  I will also find out how well this thing can stand up to violent grinding...  Will I destroy it quickly?  Only time will tell.



Will order this up tonight, and post results once I get a chance to do so.  The few reviews online seem mostly positive, so I'm pretty confident that I don't have that much to lose by trying it...



It's called ApneaRx, and it looks like this.  Also, see how the woman went from hating him, to loving him again?  









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[Berry Sweet]

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[Angry White Male]

Too much text for ya, Berry?  I did include a few pics at the bottom, just for posters like you!

[Anonymous]

I  know someone who's husband got a device paid for through his company benefits to prevent him from grinding his teeth in his sleep.

[Angry White Male]

I  know someone who's husband got a device paid for through his company benefits to prevent him from grinding his teeth in his sleep.

When I worked for Yellow (Teamsters) we had pretty decent bennies.  Covered most of my wisdom teeth removal, and also had my night guard made while I was employed there also.

[JOE]

Clearly, you eat far too much wiener schnitzel, bratwurst & sauerkraut.



That is the root of your problem, Mel.



Lay off it, and soon your problem will quickly disappear.

I snore.  Always have, as long as I can tell.  Drove my Ex fucking nuts (she would often move to sleep on the couch).  I am not obese.  Quite slim, actually.  It's just a matter of the lower jaw 'falling back' just a tad too much.  Anyone that has taken a First Aid course like I have, knows that they teach to tilt head back and slightly raise lower jaw before mouth to mouth...  This is done for the sole reason of ensuring airway is nice and open.  I do believe they've since changed that though, and now only recommend chest compression, but that's off topic now.  I have no doubt that snoring is disruptive to my sleep patterns.



I also suffer from Bruxism, meaning I grind the fucking shit out of my teeth at night also (I live with stress even in my dreams ), which may be relevant to the issue, and to my hopeful solution.



I don't have an insanely massive jaw like Breakfall/Panty Pirate.  Maybe Evs was right, and it's a smaller Mild Fetal Alchohol Syndrome jaw, but she's probably not right since she's usually wrong most of the time anyhow.  Not entirely sure what the correlation between larger and smaller jaw is in relation to the propensity to snore.  It simply needs to be 'held forward' a few millimeters to prevent snoring.  They make anti-snore oral appliances, so recently I went to a 'sleep specialist' to see if I could simply get a referral to a Dentist that makes these oral appliances...



Here's what to expect at a sleep specialist here:  First off, they will automatically assume you have private insurance.  Canadian universal health plan covers essentially nothing dental related.  Some employers may offer their employees private plans that cover some dental-type work.  Usually unionized workplaces will.  I am self employed.  I made this clear to them right from the get-go, with the hopes that we could 'expedite' straight into getting an oral device made.



No.  Now they want to find the level of sleep apnea first.  They do this by sending you home with a small electronic device that you strap around your chest.  Connected to this device is an oxygen sensor that is exactly like the tube you'd wear in your nose at the hospital when receiving oxygen.  There's also a sensor that you clip onto your finger.  Understand that I don't sleep that great at the best of times, and here I'm all 'wired up' now before bed.  Some time before I actually went to sleep, I ripped all that shit off my body for comfort, so of course there was no usable data available.  They wanted me to try again another night...  I can't sleep with that shit on.  I just want an oral appliance made.  That's all I want.  I haven't returned their call yet.  Plus I'm busy with work, and don't have time to be driving back and forth with the electronic device that I'll just end up removing anyhow.



So I found this online.  London Drugs sells them.  Oddly enough these are only available via prescription for US customers, but they can be purchased in Canada without prescription, so I can have the thing delivered right to my door easily.  It's not exactly cheap at $179.99, but considering I was prepared to spend in the four digits getting a 'real one' made, I'm willing to try this out and see what happens!



The reason I brought up Bruxism earlier has a point...  I have a custom made night guard for that, and it was not uncommon for me to remove that at some point during the night, generally finding it somewhere on the bed.  This could be relevant here, as if I do the same with this device, $179.00 sitting on the bed is better than a $1,500.00 device sitting on the bed.  I will also find out how well this thing can stand up to violent grinding...  Will I destroy it quickly?  Only time will tell.



Will order this up tonight, and post results once I get a chance to do so.  The few reviews online seem mostly positive, so I'm pretty confident that I don't have that much to lose by trying it...



It's called ApneaRx, and it looks like this.  Also, see how the woman went from hating him, to loving him again?  









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[Angry White Male]

Clearly, you eat far too much wiener schnitzel, bratwurst & sauerkraut.

That is the root of your problem, Mel.

Lay off it, and soon your problem will quickly disappear.

If you would have bothered to read the text, I make it clear that I am by no means overweight.  I'm not even chubby.  I'm slim and toned.