I remember sharing a room with my snoring grandfather as a kid, and the shortness of breath pauses, which were much, much more disturbing than the snoring itsel

I remember sharing a room with my snoring grandfather as a kid, and the shortness of breath pauses, which were much, much more disturbing than the snoring itself, especially to a young person who's aware that old people sometimes die in their sleep. Wasn't until a lot later I made the sleep apnea connection (he lived another couple of decades to a grand old age. When the cancer did get him, the neighbours said the cessation of his notoriously loud daytime sneezes should in hindsight have been a giveaway about the change in his general health...)