Good news and bad
Nov. 5th, 2003 08:58 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
vvvexationThe bad news: I have a midterm tomorrow for which I need rather badly to study, as I haven't been keeping up terribly well--and even this early in the evening I find I'm too damn tired to concentrate.
The good news: I at least have an excuse now for being tired. I finally got the results of my sleep study today, and it is official: I have sleep apnea. And now that I know I have it, I can get treated for it. In all likelihood this will vastly, vastly improve my life. I might even be able to take classes before two in the afternoon and actually manage to be awake for them.
The annoying news: It'll be a while before that happens. First I have to navigate the obstacle course that is medical bureaucracy, i.e. get an authorization form from the school clinic (which I wouldn't have to if my ENT doc hadn't run out of them), fax it over to the sleep center and then phone them up to make another appointment, which will probably not take place for at least a couple of weeks and at which I will probably simply be testing out the equipment which it will probably take another few weeks for me to be able to purchase. But the one last piece of good news is, it still looks as though my insurance will cover it.
(And the final question on my mind: Will this or any other post get half as many replies as the one where I mentioned shiny things? Not that I particularly wish it to, but I'm amused to have discovered that that is apparently how to attract people's attention.)
The good news: I at least have an excuse now for being tired. I finally got the results of my sleep study today, and it is official: I have sleep apnea. And now that I know I have it, I can get treated for it. In all likelihood this will vastly, vastly improve my life. I might even be able to take classes before two in the afternoon and actually manage to be awake for them.
The annoying news: It'll be a while before that happens. First I have to navigate the obstacle course that is medical bureaucracy, i.e. get an authorization form from the school clinic (which I wouldn't have to if my ENT doc hadn't run out of them), fax it over to the sleep center and then phone them up to make another appointment, which will probably not take place for at least a couple of weeks and at which I will probably simply be testing out the equipment which it will probably take another few weeks for me to be able to purchase. But the one last piece of good news is, it still looks as though my insurance will cover it.
(And the final question on my mind: Will this or any other post get half as many replies as the one where I mentioned shiny things? Not that I particularly wish it to, but I'm amused to have discovered that that is apparently how to attract people's attention.)
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Date: 2003-12-08 09:25 am (UTC)Good luck finding gear that fits well and may the "getting used to it" phase proceed quickly.
FWIW, the Respironics Remstar+ is quieter than others I've shared a room with, and is sufficiently multivoltage that I was able to drag it through southeast asia without having to worry about what I was plugging it into. Even has a 12v socket in the back of it for use whilst mobile (camping, etc.). Only downside is I've yet to find a Respironics-brand mask that fits well enough to avoid either air in the eyes or pressure sores.
Good luck! Enjoy the sleep!
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Date: 2003-12-08 01:59 pm (UTC)