Check it out, 22nd entry on the 22nd lol. I know, what a weirdo. I can't help it. I have to be a little bit weird even in a blah mood.
Sooo, I saw the Sleep Apnea doctor today. I actually may have it in some form! 1 in 20 people does have sleep apenea. Ya never know, if your a snorer, go tell your doctor! Snoring is one of the major telling signals (not everyone that snores has sleep apnea, but go get yourself checked just to be safe.) Sleep apnea for the most part is where your tongue etc slides back and blocks your airway so you actually stop breathing for 10 to 90 seconds! It can happen 100's of times a night too! Here are a few sites you can use if you would like to learn more.....www.ninds.nih.gov .....www.sleepapnea.org .....www.sleepfoundation.org. Now I havn't checked these sites out myself as of yet but I got them out of the pamplet I got at the sleep office. I intend to study more about it.
So anywhoo, back to the story. I went to the doctor today. Got my paperwork started and all that jazz (blood pressure dropped some from yesterday but I gained a little bit of weight and am up to 405.5 now blah). Now I have to wait until May 2nd to have the actual sleep test.
Here's how that works. I go into the hospital at 9 pm. I check in, I go up to the sleep area, get hooked up to all kinds of nifty or not so nifty (will have to remember to let ya know when it happens on the nifty part) gadgets. I'll have wires attached to my head, torso and legs. I'll also have a mask of some sort on to monitor my breathing. So once I'm looking like a computer tower with all kinds of gadgets like web cam coming out of it, I'll go to sleep. Or in my case, try to go to sleep around 10:30 or so. Then around 6 am they wake me up, unplug me from everything and send me on my sleepy way. They didn't say how long it would take to get the results but once that is done, I'll only have to get the surgery.
In a way, it would actually be good if they found I do have sleep apnea because loosing weight would help eleviate or even totally eliminiate the apnea. The more bad marks I get the better my chances are of the insurance company approveing me.
Speaking of that, I finally got the new doctors office to send copies of my medical records over to the surgeons offic. So while I wait the next 5 weeks, the surgeon office will be sending my request through and hopefully I will find out before the test that I am approved.
Goddess I hope like hell it happens! If your of a faithful nature (be you pagan or non) ask your Gods to be with me please. I need it lol.
So its no less then 5 weeks to go (if an opening comes up before May 2, they will call and squeeze me in but I'm not gonna count on it.). After the sleep test, I then will a short time later start a 2 week special diet to shrink my liver. So right there is about 8 weeks at the minimum, barring any early openings for sleep. My surgeons patients get put at the top of the list for being let in on the jump ups if they happen so thats a nifty thing :)
Gonna be a long, mind boggling, nerve wracking wait. Lets hope it doesn't take tooooo long for the insurance reply. Getting that part there done would make the wait so much easier and I'd be able to relax.
Anywhoo, enough chatter. I'm gonna go listen to Lisa Marie Presley. If you havn't checked her out, I recomend her if you like a blusey rock. She's definatly got her daddy's voice!
Merry Ostora and Happy Easter.
More to be written later.
