[at-l] The ethics of snoring......

[Farina6@aol.com (Farina6@aol.com)]

thornel@attglobal.net writes:


> I recall 
> stories of other hikers absolutely freaked out by a snoring companion who 
> had pretty obvious and severe sleep apnea. 

During the family ski trip 2 years ago, I shared a room with my brother.  Up 
until that point, I knew he snored, but that trip, I found out he had sleep 
apnea.  It scared the livin daylights outta me at night!  I'd lie there 
counting the seconds he wasn't breathing and wonder at what point I should 
throw a pillow at him to "remind" him to breathe.  I figured I'd let it go 
until the 60-second mark.  He only got to 45 or 50 before gasping for air. 

(RON////High Anxiety---you paying attention??)

He has since seen a doctor and uses a CPAP(?) machine at night (which I found 
out THIS ski trip, works wonderfully!).  What would a sleep apnea sufferer, 
like my brother, do on the trail?  Just take a chance and forget about it?

OB mentioned that smoking is correlated somehow.  Is alcohol consumption 
also?  It seems so from my experience.

Teresa

"Procrastination is a dream-killer."


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