I’m not into New Year’s resolutions- I make resolutions to improve various aspects of my life all year long. And I have a nearly perfect track record of breaking/not following through with them. Why put the weight of all of that failure on the new year? I can just as unsuccessfully accomplish my goals in April. What are my current, ongoing goals? To lose weight- I’m now up to 250, and I’ve long passed the point where being tall compensates for it. I’m not a big dude anymore, I’m just fat. To come to grips with the new challenges at work and stop existing in constant crisis mode. To be more at peace with my life, the world and the insanity around me. Before I let it consume me and ruin the time I have left to me. And to avoid the D. That’s a big one.
Yeah, I probably should. Weird thing is, there are zero associated symptoms. No real cramping. A little urgency but not really. Just a whole bunch of peeing out my butt. I have shitty poor people state insurance right now so I'm kind of avoiding medical stuff right now, but if this keeps up, I'm going to need to get the ball rolling on testing I guess. Thanks for caring, you idiots.
I kinda feel like that last one wanted to be solid. It just didn't try hard enough. I'm still fighting the good fight. Ain't dead yet.
Lot’s of cheese. And pretzels. And don’t drink any water. You’ll either be dead or passing solid stools by tomorrow. I’m at the point now where simply putting the mask on puts me to sleep. It’s incredible how well I sleep with it.
Or just do a few days of medical grade opiates. You'll be shitting out a softball made of sandpaper in no time!
Going for my consultation on Wednesday. Hoping the actual sleep study is scheduled shortly after. What should I expect?
My experience is that they’ll give you some lung function tests (spirometry) and ask a bunch of questions to determine if sleep apnea is a potential problem for you. They will then schedule a sleep study. These days, you can do a home sleep study. They will have you return to the doctors office for a monitor you can wear overnight. Assuming you display symptoms of apnea, they can then prescribe you a CPAP machine. Previously, your sleep study would not only diagnose you, but would give the doctor an idea of what pressure you needed, and the CPAP would be programmed for that pressure. These days, the machine provides a range of pressures automatically, and collects data which is then stored via wifi in the cloud. After several months, your doctor can check the data and adjust the pressure as necessary.
Thank you! I guess I should have expected more technology in the testing and monitoring. My only real experience was the info my cousin gave me regarding his testing for his CPAP, but that was 20 years ago... which was an overnight stay at the hospital with all kinds of leads and wires hooked to you. I would NEVER get to sleep if that was still the norm. I'm sure whatever night the actual sleep study is done, I'll be anxious and not get much sleep anyway.