What needs to change

The snoring.

I cannot take it anymore. I am forcing DH to get something done about this or it is separate bedrooms for us. Not exactly how I pictured the end to our first year of marriage, not sleeping together.

See I knew he snored when I married him, but I thought I could fix it. So we tried the strips that go across the nose...nope didn't work. We tried the spray in the back of the throat, didn't work. We even tried this mouthpiece we found on the internet that dentists used to prescribe for people who grind their teeth in their sleep. DIDN'T WORK. Ahhhhhhhh!!! I am at my wit's end! The only thing left (outside of surgery) is a CPAP machine. And in order to get one of those he has to do a sleep study and be diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnea, of which I am 99.9% sure he has. But getting him to the doctor in the first place is the problem.

Besides slicing his fingers on knives while at work (he's a butcher), I don't believe he has EVER been to a doctor since we've been together. And that's 4 and 1/2 years now. His own father is now using a CPAP and still he doesn't think he himself snores that bad. Ummm hello? Why do you think I sleep on the couch most every night lately? The only way I can sleep next to him is with the help of Lunesta, my little blue sleeping pill helper. I have tried many sleep aids, over the counter and prescription, over the years (like ten years) and Lunesta seems to be the only one that 1) works wells to put me to sleep and keep me asleep and 2) does not leave me feeling groggy or hungover the next day. But I can't keep relying on a sleeping pill. I have the ability to fall asleep on my own, which has greatly improved since I have an early shift at work. I just can't fall asleep next to him.

If anyone has any suggestions on how I can get my stubborn I-don't-need-a-doctor husband to do a sleep study PLEASE let me know. I don't really want to give him an ultimatum, but if he continues to do nothing then that is what it will come to. :(