Good news.... things are starting to fall in place (after a LOT of pushing)

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After one month of dinking around with the sleep doctor, I got a CPAP machine.

What a marvelous difference it makes... you were so right Bruce! My machine is

one of the newer ones that does an auto adjust. Because I have severe sleep

apnea I am set to ride between levels 11 and 14 at night. This ensures a

nighttime sat level >90. Because of the high setting I will not be able to use

the gel mask, but at this point I will take the good night's sleep with any mask

and I am VERY happy. It comes with the humidifier and has a carry-on case for

flying.

My appointment at National Jewish in Denver is also coming into place. It took

my doctor a week to " fill out " the referral form (seems there had to be some

codes added to the filled out form I brought to her office) but they finally

received it. Because there is some medical conference the last two weeks in May

I will not be getting into National Jewish until June 8, but hey, that is a lot

better than the last 3 years spinning my wheels. I have all of the right tests

requested and all of my pertinent medical records on CD. I can access all of my

other records by logging onto a computer or I can have my husband create .pdf

versions and send them to whomever may want them at National Jewish (my husband

is an Engineer who has been working with computers for his whole life). So,...

I think I am set. For now anyway. I will keep you posted.

As ever,

Stefani Shaner (age 60, feeling 50)

ILD / 2006, Diabetes II / 2006, PF / 2009, Severe Sleep Apnea / 2009