I've been suffering from lack of sleep for years due to a deviated septum stemming from a busted nose. Sinuses on both sides plug up with one worse than the other no matter which side I sleep on. Colds, pollen and of course smoke don't help a bit.
Smoke probably just gets the alien in my chest excited too the little ****er. His day is coming though... maybe I'll be able too look forward to getting a better sleep. One less thing right? Not looking forward to having my nose rebusted though. I certainly didn't enjoy it the first time which is probably a better story for the drunk culture thread.
Did you ever try these? My sinuses plug up due to allergies and I hate taking pills except in cases of extreme distress.
I used to use the Breathe Right strips, but using them every night flays the nose. The Sleep Rights work well for me.