By Checkpoint96 - 30/07/2016 16:25 - Australia - Victoria Point

Today, it's the fourth day in a row that I've been kept awake by my grandmother's snoring. I want to be pissed off, but she has sleep apnea, and I feel guilty for even wanting her to shut the hell up. FML
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Checkpoint96 10

Hi, OP here. Thank you all for your suggestions, I have not mentioned to her that her snoring keeps me awake, as I think that would be rude, especially as she can not do much about it. For all those telling me that I should tell her, or that it is fatal, she knows she has it, and she is also aware that it is fatal, as is my entire family. She is just one of those people who stubbornly refuses to get treated for anything, as 'it can't possibly be that bad'. My family and I have talked to her about getting a CPAP machine, but as I mentioned before, she stubbornly refuses to do anything about it.

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Dunwannaname 8

Either get some earplugs for when you sleep or politely tell her about the problem and try to figure out another solution

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yellowzinnias 20

Don't feel guilty. I was in a similar sticky situation with my former neighbors in an apartment complex. They were an older couple and both had emphysema, but refused to stop smoking. They both made this horrible, LOUD phlegmy sound every five minutes or so, even during the night. I wasn't getting any sleep, I was a walking zombie and struggling to stay up in my classes. I finally asked my complex manager if she could say something to them, and she looked at me in horror and basically called me a terrible person. Finally, breaking down into tears one night from lack of sleep as they performed in tandem, I called the local police non-emergency number and asked what I could do. The police said that it actually qualified as a noise disturbance because it was so loud, and told the apartment manager that if she didn't do something about it, they had to let me break my lease. She finally talked to the couple and they decided to move, which the landlord allowed them to do with no penalty. Just because they're elderly and can't help it, doesn't mean it isn't having a serious negative impact on us and doesn't mean we should just shut up and suffer!

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LauraAreias 10

I know how you feel. My grandma snores so much that I can hear her upstairs with my bedroom's door closed! xD

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Muerteds 18

That's a shame she refuses to get the CPAP machine, OP. My grandmother got one, and the world, or the part of the world that has slept under her roof, rejoices. So, record your proud and stubborn grandmother. Let her hear what you have to go through, so that she can wear the CPAP as a help to you, rather than admit weakness in herself.

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ForgotAboutDre 9

my dad had sleep apnea. he has a machine now, but before he did his snoring was the most annoying thing in the world. it would keep me up until 2, 3 a.m. in the morning

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tnebert 8

When I was 19 and my sister was 16, our family drove from Michigan to Kansas City, Missouri for a convention. We spent Thursday night in a motel partway there to break up the driving. Dad snored horribly and Mom was used to it, but Sis and I usually had 1 or more walls between us and the noise. We didn't sleep much on Thursday night...or Friday night...or Saturday night... When the convention ended, we refused to spend another night in the same room with Dad, and drove straight home. Mom and Dad kinda snoozed in the back while Sis and I traded off driving and keeping each other alert for 16 hours through the night. We were gonna be awake anyway, and it got us back to our own beds a day sooner. Funny how Mom and Dad stopped saying "it's not that bad" and got him in for a sleep study shortly after that. He's been on CPAP for over 15 years now.

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K_nightlight 19

try and talk her into going to a doctor to talk about the posibilities of getting a CPAP machine to keep her breathing clearly through the night. people with sleep apnea can stop breathing in their sleep. sometimes for a few seconds, and sometimes upto a minute. they end up choking and coughing trying to breath and it can potentially lead to them dying. in the mean time, get some ear plugs and try and get some sleep.

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