Cure for snoring
It was a work colleague who had this one.

He tried everything to stop snoring. Nose clips, golf ball on back of pjs, the works. Next step was the nose opp. Not his choice, but being married, it wasn't up to him.

Simple opp, they apply anaesthetic, then drill out your nasal passage to make it wider. They packed it full of gauze, left him to recover.
When he woke, he felt ok. A little stuffed in the nasal area, minor tenderness, but fine.

Then they removed the gauze.

The second most painful thing in his life was when they pulled it out. The blood had dried making it one with the inside of his tender nose.

The most painful thing in his life was shortly after he realised that was only one nostril. Hurts more when you know whats coming.

As for the snoring, he is as loud as ever.
(Wize, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 1:16, 8 replies)

i was a VERY loud snorer
so loud that my neighbours from 2 floors above asked me to keep my bedroom window closed in the summer, as the noise was keeping them awake.
an operation stopped my snoring.
it was a gastric bypass operation. if you're no longer a fatso, there's a good chance the snoring will stop.
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 1:28, closed)

I used to snore so loudly that it would wake me up.
So I went and slept in another room.
( sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 1:42, closed)

i must be drunk
this is making me giggle like a twat
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 1:45, closed)

The wife
had a similar op done - for a broken nose. She went through the roof when they took out the first lot of gauze. And shd has a very high pain threshold. Up there with her 30 min long child birth she reckons.
(wino.NZ The Ayatollah of rock n' rolla..., Tue 3 Aug 2010, 6:53, closed)

I'm considering this at teh moment
..the operation, that is, to stop my snoring.

It's got to the point he wife and i are sleeping in separate beds.

"What's the issue", i hear some ask? Well, she's got the better bed - of course.

I've tried the nasal strips, spray, gargling etc. Everything that doesn't actually require too much effort on my half.

So. I's coming down to a choice. Lose weight and get fit, or get a divorce.

I know which one requires the least effort.
( Another_tragic_case wished he hadn't eaten all the cake, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 7:33, closed)

I too am
in the same position, I wish my snoring was just a nose thing but unfortunately it's the throat. When Mrs. Arrow used to let our cat upstairs she used to get it in stereo, purring from the cat and me snoring. I used to think that she exaggerated but she recorded it the other day and I sounded like a more mutated version of Sloth from the goonies.
(bROKEN aRROW PUA HVI Master, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 9:47, closed)

Me too, bud.
My fiancee snores SO TERRIBLY. Nose and throat, loud loud snores. I've endured it for nearly 4 years now. My sleep has been poor, it's true. I wake up from his snoring and make sure he's breathing okay by rubbing his chest to wake him a bit.

It pisses me off that most ladies get upset and distance themselves instead of making sure the other half can breathe okay. I only moved to the couch once, because I had work early.

He hates the nose strips so I won't make him wear something that ends up hardly helping him as it turns out, while making him uncomfortable and waking up.

Hell, he's snoring his ass off right now. I live in a 1bd apartment, there's no escape. Nobody should force a surgery though. I'll never leave him. He can lose some pounds, it won't ever stop it fully, but unless it's a direct health hazard, I'll never force a surgery. Get over it, most people. You live with a partner, and you must take them for what they are. Most ladies aren't the breadwinners anyhow, be concerned that he can breathe, not that he's keeping you awake.
(LakAttack, Tue 3 Aug 2010, 11:48, closed)

I snore like a mofo
the Chubs suffers from sleep apnea. It's a fair trade off he suffers with my stupidly loud snoring and I cope with him waking me up in a panic thinking he's dying every now and then
(Bababoon, Wed 4 Aug 2010, 12:38, closed)