Hi,I know how your poor wife feels. I said in front of my ENT my husband snored so bad it was like sleeping in a pig sty.They laughed and he looked crestfallen that I would say such a thing! Anyway what cured him was that he quit smoking.EnT said ,yes the smoking would have irritated the area and created the snoreing, so if you are a caregiver, or whatever of a OC patient if that doesn't scare you out of smoking maybe the fact that you will sleep better and make your whole family happier may help.We are not beating you, we are "poking" you, gently so you roll over and quit snoreing long enough that we can get some sleep!Quiet in Pa. gnelson