Re: My sleep study is tonight...

April 19, 2004

Hi Dora,

I go for my sleep study may 8th. I'm a little nervous not knowing what to expect

or even take. Can you give us an update when you get back? Or if you'd rather

email me privatly at findme@...

thank you and good luck!

hugs

My sleep study is tonight...

I knew that I was going to have to schedule a sleep study but did

not know it would be so soon. I was talking with the lady who does

the scheduling and she has had GBS. She understood where I was

coming from and told me she would get me in as soon as possible. If

I had to wait for an appointment it might be late May. She called

me this morning and told me that they had an appointment for me for

May 31st but they had a cancellation tonight and if I could come in

I could have it. So, I am going in tonight to sleep for them. That

should be pretty simple.

Also, I go to the surgeon for my first visit with him. After

tonight I will have done all the preliminary tests that they

requested and we should be ready to move forward with the insurance

company. Wish me luck. I hope to be approved and in surgery by

late July or early August. It would be a real blessing if it

happens sooner for some reason.

Dora

446 Pre-op

Waiting for surgeon's OK.

April 20, 2004

It was not so bad. They hook you up to 21 probes, 2 on your feet, some on your

chest in front and on your back, a bunch all over your head including some that

they have to glue into your hair. None of it hurts and the person who did mine

could not have been any nicer. They also put an oxygen thing on my finger. The

only hard part was getting to sleep in an unfamiliar bed. They told me that if

I have apnea they would come in during the night and put the machine on me.

Well I got the machine. It is not bad and it just goes over your nose. Can't

tell you if I slept better, because I was not in my bed. But over all, they

were very nice and it was not bad at all. You will do fine.