Sunday, February 8, 2009

I'm a Believer..,.....

I virtually never write a blog about products that I love although there are many. Have you ever tried purple "Fabuloso" as an all purpose cleaner. Diluted in warm water and used with a microfiber cloth cleans almost anything.

But this week, we may have found a life changing product.

Throughout our marriage of over 25 years, David has snored. He had severe allergies that went largely untreated as a child and he sleeps with his mouth open. Snores like a freight train although he states that he stayed awake all night one night and never did snore....ugh! I was told him that if a barking dog (a serious pet peeve of his) had kept him awake in the night as often as his snoring had awakened me, the dog would have met a fatal demise.

Over the years he has had at least 3 medical procedures in attempts to reduce his snoring. A couple of these, the doctor was able to get paid through insurance. After a while when he began snoring again, he underwent a sleep study to be sure he did not have sleep apnea. The report...."You could be the poster child for perfect sleep." Then I had a sleep study to rule out that I had sleep issues that were causing me to be super sensitive to nighttime noises.

Last year, bless his heart, he had injections in the roof of his mouth that initially made his mouth swell like crazy for a few days. The intent was that the uvula (flap in the back of the throat) would develop scar tissue and become less flexible and unable to vibrate. Now that we have determined he is the perfect sleeper, no insurance to help on this procedure, but how much is your wife's sleep worth? After a couple of weeks of misery, I noticed a decent improvement for a few months. However, over time, the snoring resumed. It was becoming problematic over the summer and by year end, I rarely made it past 3 hours in our bed before I found myself on the sofa. Frequently on weekends, he would take the sofa.

We had seen the TV advertisement for Pure Sleep. Two easy payments of $29.95 plus shipping with a 30 day money back guarantee. Our initial thought....can a mouthpiece fitted at home after boiling in a pot of water solve all snoring problems?" Probably not. So we continued to think about it but not to push the "buy now" button. But we reached the point a couple of weeks ago to say..."Why not try it?" So I pushed the button.

The package arrived last Tuesday. He followed the instructions to fit the mouthpiece and so far we have seen 100% improvement. Every night since he started using it, I have heard the alarm go off while still sleeping beside my DH.

The jury is still out on long term correction, but for now I'M A BELIEVER!

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