What a CPAP machine taught me about life

On getting older.

I snore.

I have known this about myself for the better part of the last decade. I would, intermittently, wake up in the morning and find the other side of the bed empty — my wife having absconded to the guest room to get away from the noise.

And yet, I never did anything about it. Never saw a sleep specialist. Or even talked to my doctor friends (I have…