Working toward qualifying...

I am being compliant. I went and had an esophogram, and just to top the day off, went and had my first mammogram in a couple of years too.

THEN - I had a sleep study. I have been sleeping 11 or so hours a day, and still not having any energy. My FP kept saying that most people don't get enough sleep. He kept asking me all the sleepiness questions. I am not abnormally sleepy during the day (most of the time) but that's because of how much time I give myself to sleep.

Anyhow, they wired me up like Frankenstein, and surprisingly, I fell asleep. Had the A/C down to 65 deg. but fell asleep on my side. Eventually, I felt a touch and I startled awake. It was the tech, saying she had called me a couple times, but I didn't wake up. She said I had been sleeping really well on my side, without any real apnea. She wanted me to sleep on my back. I tried, but couldn't get back to sleep. She asked if I wanted a pillow under my knees or a drink of water. I said water would be good (I had been really thirsty). Also, my bladder was bursting, it actually hurt, so I got up and pee'd. Then tried to sleep on my back again. I kept wondering how long it would be before she popped in again and - sure enough - she was back, offering me a sleeping pill, which I took gladly since I was not on call. Then I slept.

She took mercy on me and let me sleep until 7AM (I think that meant she worked overtime), then got me up and told me that I had had a LOT of hypopneas (decreased breathing, then decreased O2 sats) and that she wasn't the one to decide, but she thought I would be called back for another study and CPAP titration.

A couple days later I got the call, and I am scheduled for another sleep study in June. I can't say I'm looking forward to all the masks and machines, but I am looking forward to being rested during the day.

I also hope that the lap-band surgery and weight loss will make it so that I don't need to be on CPAP for a terribly long time.

I sucked it up, and called my FP's office for the first "physician supervised weight loss" visit, and made a seperate appt. for a Pap smear. I have to practice what I preach.:cursing:

I agree about the sleep test. I dont sleep on my back either. :waytogo: For the second test I took a tylenol PM before I got there. It help me fall asleep much faster than the 1st one. :cool2: Good luck on all those appointments...

*Christina :cursing: