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Sleep study: Part... whatever
May. 11th, 2014 08:45 pmIf I weren't trying to document this whole process, I probably wouldn't be posting about this. I'm so frustrated and annoyed about this sleep study stuff.
So the first time got messed up. They hadn't given me the instructions on how to do it, so unsurprisingly I got it wrong. It would have been impossible to get it right without the instructions.
Month delay, then I had to go back and do it again. Rough patches, but the second time worked.
I was annoyed about the whole thing, because I was confident I didn't have sleep apnea. I have none of the signs of it. I wake feeling rested. I have never fallen asleep randomly during the day (I NEVER nap ever, period). My mother has listened to me sleep multiple times and said I neither snore nor do I stop breathing and then gasp for breath (one of the biggest signs).
I am overweight, which can cause it. I learned my sister has it, and it runs in families. But still, I was sure I didn't have it.
Not only was I wrong, they said I have "severe" sleep apnea. I don't usually question medical people and machines, but this sleep study group has made so many errors, I half-think they just messed up and gave me someone else's results.
However, fighting it would send me back to step one -- doing the study again, which will cost me another month if it is correct.
So what's the next step? Five nights in a row of sleep studies to be (fit for the machine? test out the machine?). And on top of that, they couldn't give me an appointment until mid-June.
The surgeon said he wanted to get us onto a machine before the operation. I'm going to ask if being in the process of getting one will be good enough, but I bet the answer will be no.
I'm just so damned frustrated and annoyed. I decided back in December of 2013 that I wanted to do this operation, and I'm still jumping through damned hoops! Because of the sleep study and a small period (2-3 weeks) where I can't take time off of work, this might be pushed back to September or later. Nearly a whole year waiting for this damned operation (which I don't even want, but I want to die young even less).
I hate this whole year. 2014 has been nothing but suck so far. I'm so sick of nonstop medical crap and appointments and dealing with my damned weight and arg.
I'm sorry, but I'm going to turn off comments. I don't want to talk about this, I just want to post it because it's part of the process.
So the first time got messed up. They hadn't given me the instructions on how to do it, so unsurprisingly I got it wrong. It would have been impossible to get it right without the instructions.
Month delay, then I had to go back and do it again. Rough patches, but the second time worked.
I was annoyed about the whole thing, because I was confident I didn't have sleep apnea. I have none of the signs of it. I wake feeling rested. I have never fallen asleep randomly during the day (I NEVER nap ever, period). My mother has listened to me sleep multiple times and said I neither snore nor do I stop breathing and then gasp for breath (one of the biggest signs).
I am overweight, which can cause it. I learned my sister has it, and it runs in families. But still, I was sure I didn't have it.
Not only was I wrong, they said I have "severe" sleep apnea. I don't usually question medical people and machines, but this sleep study group has made so many errors, I half-think they just messed up and gave me someone else's results.
However, fighting it would send me back to step one -- doing the study again, which will cost me another month if it is correct.
So what's the next step? Five nights in a row of sleep studies to be (fit for the machine? test out the machine?). And on top of that, they couldn't give me an appointment until mid-June.
The surgeon said he wanted to get us onto a machine before the operation. I'm going to ask if being in the process of getting one will be good enough, but I bet the answer will be no.
I'm just so damned frustrated and annoyed. I decided back in December of 2013 that I wanted to do this operation, and I'm still jumping through damned hoops! Because of the sleep study and a small period (2-3 weeks) where I can't take time off of work, this might be pushed back to September or later. Nearly a whole year waiting for this damned operation (which I don't even want, but I want to die young even less).
I hate this whole year. 2014 has been nothing but suck so far. I'm so sick of nonstop medical crap and appointments and dealing with my damned weight and arg.
I'm sorry, but I'm going to turn off comments. I don't want to talk about this, I just want to post it because it's part of the process.
