February 6, 2002

Woke up this morning at 6:30 AM and repeated the same routine as yesterday.  I saw Bighead again at 7:00 AM.  This morning he told me that he had counted the incidents of sleep apnea from the night before.  Supposedly I stopped breathing a minimum of 20 times and a maximum of 40 times during the dream stage of sleep.  Bighead will be making the arrangements for me to get a CPAP machine.  I guess it doesn’t hurt to give said machine a try.  With our very efficient medical system, it will take at least two months before one becomes available for me.  However, Bighead did tell me that I had other more pressing problems.  He mentioned that he thought I had an endocrine problem and maybe an adrenal problem and that he would be writing Squirt to tell him.  Bighead then told me that he was very concerned that I might be low on potassium.  He gave me a requisition to take to a lab as soon as I got back home.   I asked him if he would release the sleep clinic records to me if I found my own doctor.  His reply was, “Mrs.—-, it is not that easy to find another doctor.”  I told him that I had already found two; one out west and one in the US.  Both were willingly to see me.  He was silent for a moment and then replied, “By all means; just contact my office and your records will be sent to you.”  I thanked him and left.   It was just before 8:00 AM when I got back to the hotel.  I decided to have a quick breakfast.  After breakfast I was so tired I decided to crawl under the covers and go to sleep for a while.  I slept until noon.  At 1:00 PM I checked out of the hotel and went to the airport to wait for my 5:30 PM flight home.  I finished reading “Every Breath You Take” about ten minutes before I boarded the flight to go home.

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I am a 77 year old woman who enjoys reading. maintaining my websites and genealogy research. This website documents my journey with Graves Disease. Included are stories submitted by readers of this site. Please feel free to add your story of living with an autoimmune disease. I was told that if you get one autoimmune disease you will probably get more. This has happened to me.
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