Happy news on the sleep study

May 08, 2015

I had an appointment with my GP this week and asked her for a copy of my study results.  They weren't as bad as she made them out to be.  Hopefully the WLC will consider them fine and they won't make me get a CPAP afterall.  My sleep 'architecture' was perfectly normal and well within normal limits. As for 'sleep disordered breathing', the very first line states "There is no significant sleep disordered breathing observed" and then it goes on to talk about the apnea hypopneas index being 'very mildly' elevated at 9.5 per hour, where the upper limit of normal is 5 per hour.  Oxygen saturations were well maintained as well. So since it is so mild and likely to go away after surgery, I'm hoping the WLC doctors will not force me to get a CPAP.... The report said that 'at most' I have 'very mild sleep-disordered breathing'.

On the waiting front...  it's been 3 weeks since my orientation and still no call for the intake assessment.  I called the WMC this morning and they said it could take 'a few' months for them to call (last time I called it was about a month they said).  They wouldn't give me any more details.  I asked about the blood work and she said I'd find out when I got the call.  I asked if there was anyway I could find out where I was at in the process and she flat out said no, so I basically got shut down.  Nothing to do but wait.... which I find strange because I know of someone else who called 2 weeks after their orientation and they got all their relevant information - date for their intake appt etc.  Maybe some staff are more helpful than others? Who knows.

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