Sunday, January 27, 2013

I got really scared

last night, when I went to bed
The SRE was not snoring.
What was wrong, I wondered.
This was unprecedented.
What had happened to my
roaring, snoring champion of
the world's snorers?
Was he even breathing?

I poked under his quilt,
and the pillow on his head -
yes, there was one
partly over his head
He was warm,
seemed to be alive(!)
but the silence was unnerving.

I read for a while.
He rolled over,
and the snores began again,
music to my ears......

At last I could sleep!

(P.S : A friend's husband has been diagnosed with sleep apnoea.
I think that added to my silly fear).
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9 comments:

  1. BannoJanuary 27, 2013 at 12:15 PM

    I can so identify with your fear, all kinds of thoughts pop up in the mind at night.

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  2. SukanyaJanuary 27, 2013 at 10:26 PM

    snoring does have its advantages:)
    glad he was OK!

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  3. OrangeJammiesJanuary 30, 2013 at 12:27 PM

    Haha! Did you ask "What's wrong with you?" only to be told you're never satisfied--snores or not? ;)

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  4. AanchalJanuary 30, 2013 at 4:35 PM

    Love it! :-D
    G got diagnosed with Sleep Apnoea last year. Earlier, he'd snore so loudly, that I couldn't sleep. Now, he puts on a CPAP mask while sleeping, so he doesn't. And I totally identify with this! Mind if I post it on FB? :)

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  5. dipaliJanuary 30, 2013 at 7:15 PM

    @Banno: Indeed they do!
    @Sukanya: You bet:)
    @OJ: I didn't wake him up:)
    @Aanchal: Why did he go for a test? Was it just the snoring?

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  6. AnonymousJanuary 30, 2013 at 7:45 PM

    love! and unfortunately enough, I relate.

    First it was constant monitoring of infants thanks to the SIDS pamphlets handed out in maternity wards, and now it's the spouse, for hair-graying medical reasons.

    I tend to get picky about the exact snore pattern too -- anything other than a rhythmic whir and the paranoia kicks in. Really, I ought to get a valium mask for myself because apparently the spouse doesn't enjoy my palm beneath his nostrils in the middle of the night checking for steady airflow.

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  7. radhaFebruary 7, 2013 at 1:17 AM

    It happens to me all the time!

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  8. dipaliFebruary 7, 2013 at 7:48 AM

    @radha: :)

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  9. dipaliFebruary 28, 2013 at 11:26 PM

    @thelastbyte: I'm usually not so bad! But if there are known medical reasons, your anxiety is absolutely justified. Wishing you sound sleep without a valium mask!

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