Well, that explains a lot

I got a phone call earlier this week from a nurse at my doctor's office about scheduling time to fit a mask. Whaa? (Confusion partly because, um, WHAT mask? and partly because it was like 7:45 in the ayem). Turns out my doc had told her to arrange a fitting, but something or other had to be approved by a cardiopulmonologist first so maybe she should've called me in a couple of days and... I gently interrupted and upon query, she confirmed that she had my sleep study in front of her. So what exactly does it say, I ask. Oh, she says. You haven't talked to your doctor yet? No, I haven't, I tell her, trying hard not to sound as annoyed as I felt. Oh, she says. Let me talk to him and I'll call you back.

A few days later, she calls back to say that (long boring explanation deleted) and she won't be able to fit me until sometime next week. Oh, I say. So can I see this sleep study report? Sure, she says, and pops it into the mail.

So, even though I haven't heard peep from my doctor, and even though I'm not going to actually be able to get a machine for a while yet, I have a copy of my sleep study.

( And guess what? Turns out I've got apnea. )

Interesting stuff

I started digging through links after a comment by essaying on my last post, and found some evidence that a low-carb diet can reduce inflammation. I /think/ I'm sleeping a little better since restarting Atkins, (she says she KNOWS she is), and I wonder if this is why.

Here's an example of what I'm talking about.

Cravings are down, too, and I've definitely been less sleepy during the day on days I'm not doing Provigil (I'm still going to take it if I'm driving or watching Linc alone... I can't risk nodding off).

I do know that there's a lot about mind-body connections that we don't understand yet. Some estimates say that up to 90% of healing is based upon the patient believing in the power of whatever therapy is being used.

I've been doing some hypno stuff for a few weeks. Perhaps anticipating getting better is helping me get better? Gotta keep working on that...

Not that I'm counting on anyone else to do my healing for me.

Thanks for all the wonderful positive comments on my last post... it's very soothing and way less scary to have your support behind me on this exploration.