Well, if anything ever convinced me that I am NOT a hypochondriac and I do NOT like the attention of medical people it was a sleep study I did about a week ago. Now I won't complain about the people at this place because they are top notch, professional and kind.
However, anyone who can endure more than 15 minutes in a CPAP is a stronger person than I. If I could be even stronger against torture (water-boarding) that experience did it for me. I would have been willing to confess to dancing naked last year in Times Square if it meant they wouldn't continue trying to put that thing across my face. My panic attack and subsequent discussion with the facility made it clear that I would not ever be using that device.
So, I'm on oxygen at night. We'll see if it helps. Also lots of other crazy stuff. Getting old so sucks.
However, I'm here, the flowers are blooming, Jimmy has a great job and the babies are fine. So I have another day, yard work, dogs, cats and the Colorado Rockies in a day game. 20 minutes at a time. That has become my life. And so it goes...
A myriad of rambling thoughts and ideas from an old broad who has been there, done that, bought the T-shirt and threw it away a long time ago. However, this old broad still has a lot to say. Here we go...
Patti,
ReplyDeleteI learned the hard way that I am claustrophobic (hope I spelled that right), so I completely understand, when I had an MRI done. I kept telling the guy to quit putting the stupid machine down on me or I was going to climb out of it. He swore to me that the machine was not and he was not and I told him he was lying. He told me he has never seen that bad of a case when I came out of the machine due to how I looked and how bad I was shaking. Needless to say I have to be sedated whenever I have an MRI done. The guy was really nice about it and I told him I was sorry.
I started feeling like a hypochondriac when I was sick in March and they kept saying there is nothing wrong but I kept losing weight and had a fever for 5 weeks. You know when there is something wrong with your body. Always be insistent and persistent. I was even told during that time, well its not like you have some weird disease or something. Duh! I did not think that at all, but an otherwise healthy 35-year-old should not be losing 1+ pounds a day and have a fever. I saw some things on Dr. Oz that I have considered on some kind of alternative medicine...will have to think about what it was called. A more of a holistic approach with modern medicine as well. I already use massage therapy which works wonders.
Hope things continue to go down the right path for you. I think of you every day. Love you!
Jen