Putting the weeds to work for Us

[Buster's Uncle]

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[Rusty Edge]

That strikes me as funny. I sort of cheaped out.  Also, there's my "Happy wife, happy life" motto motivating me to find a solution.

 But I figured I'd find out if the concept worked for me  first. Doesn't matter if it's my money or the insurer's. $1500-3000 is a lot of money for a gamble. I can always spend more money on mouth appliances now that I know that they do work for me.

Actually my ENT was right. Mouth appliances can work, but the trade-off is that they make a person's TMJ issues worse. In my case, the better an appliance worked, the worse it was for the TMJ issues. I tried to seek a compromise with an adjustable appliance, making it so that it was just enough to stop my snoring, or minimize it. Even so, the longer I wore the appliance, the worse it got.

I finally went the CPAP route. It's inconvenient, but it's effective once you get used to it. You can find affordable refurbished ones on the internet with a prescription.

[Buster's Uncle]

Alphabet soup, man.

...I've had some limited success with training my subconscious to keep my lips shut while I sleep, habitually sorta sucking on my tongue while I'm drifting off.  I hate waking up with a dry mouth, and you can't snore with it closed, either.  -Of course, I'm the last person to know how much I snore and haven't slept in the same room with anyone else -and like it that way- since the last time I was in California, about a decade ago, and I'm told I was snoring then.  The bed involved encouraged sleeping on my back, though, and I don't do a lot of that.

[Rusty Edge]

Well, I'm not just a snorer, I have sleep apnea, which is serious. While it's not that common, I guess it's not that surprising that I have it since I have most of the risk factors- Sleep apnea can affect people regardless of sex, race, or age. However, risk factors include:
being male
excessive weight
an age above 40
large neck size (greater than 16–17 inches)
enlarged tonsils or tongue
small jaw bone
gastroesophageal reflux
allergies
sinus problems
a family history of sleep apnea
deviated septum

[Buster's Uncle]

I've got over half of those - and you haven't translated the alphabet soup.

[ColdWizard]

CPAP - Continuous Positive Airway Pressure, a machine that blows air into your head.
ENT - Star Trek: Enterprise, a tv show.

[Rusty Edge]

I've got over half of those - and you haven't translated the alphabet soup.

Sorry, I didn't understand the  statement Alphabet soup when I last read this. Haven't heard that in at least a decade. Sometimes I think of this as a dialogue, and forget it's a world-wide forum.

ENT is "Ear, Nose, Throat" - slang for my medical specialist doctor. 
ADA is American Dental Association
CPAP is " Continuous Positive Airway Pressure, a machine that blows air into your head." -  ColdWizard

[Buster's Uncle]

[Geo]

And "WTF" means "Went To France".

This year the label is appliable to the current POTUS.