David,

Have you ever been hit in the nose, broken it or know if you have a deviated septum?

For years I noticed that if I slept on my left side my sinus would get blocked and if I rolled over to my right side it felt like water shifting in my sinus.

I also had this clicking in my septum when I would wrinkle my nose.

MY GF-sometimes I wonder if my snoring killed her- would tell me that it was worse when I was tired or had some drinks beforehand.

Earlier this year I caught the flu and noticed that the left side of my nostril was really sore after I blew my nose. It felt like I had something working it's way out of the skin.

It was a bone chip-probably from the six or seven times I smashed my face doing sports or goofing around- that came thru the skin. As soon as it came out I could breathe. I guess it was lodged in a way that it made my nasal passage narrow on that side, forcing me to sleep with my mouth open!

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I did try the nasal strips and they helped, but you wake up with gummy crap on your face or your face starts to break out around the nose. The worst part was losing the strip on the pillow.

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You should see an ear, nose and throat specialist too. Sometimes they can relieve the problem bysurgically trimming the soft palate at the the back or your throat.


The procedure is called a Uvuloplatopharyngoplasty!


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