Your Sleep Test Results
Question:
> I don’t know if they have one. I don’t even have an appointment yet as
the hospital is still > transcribing the orders sent from my doctors (ENT) office. Once the
orders are received by the > sleep study clinic they will call and give me an appointment. I
understand that I also have to be > interviewed by the hospital doctor before they will accept me and that I
may not be accepted for a > sleep study because I have nasal polyps. All I know for sure is that the
appointments for sleep > studies are already reaching into April.
they will have a cancellation list, I don’t know of any place that doesn’t have people cancel their appointmets because something else comes up. When they give you your appoitnment date, ask if you can get in sooner, and then ask if they can get you in if someone else cancels……you can often get in much faster that way cause ppl cancel appointments all the time. — Beth in Australia =================== FAQ for alt.support.sleep-disorder can be found here http://www.anchorweb.com.au/sleepdisorders this site is a work in progress – feel free to submit info/articles
Response:
> Whoa, am I the only who noticed the nasal polyps comment? What reason did they > give you for the part your nasal polyps play in a not accepted status?
Mike i figured they just wanted to check that out first….but i dont’ see the sleep centre denying a sleep study based on that one way or the other…..likely just the uneducated ENT made an assumption? — Beth in Australia =================== FAQ for alt.support.sleep-disorder can be found here http://www.anchorweb.com.au/sleepdisorders this site is a work in progress – feel free to submit info/articles
Response:
> When >they give you your appoitnment date, ask if you can get in sooner, and then >ask if they can get you in if someone else cancels……you can often get in >much faster that way cause ppl cancel appointments all the time.
That’s a fact…the sleep lab I went to has only 6 beds. The first time I was scheduled 2 weeks out, but got in at 5 days because of a cancellation, and the last time I was scheduled in 10 days and got in in 2 on a cancellation. My schedule is very flexible so I was able to go on pretty short notice. So asking to be on the cancellation list is a very good idea if you want to be in sooner. Regards, Sandy in Seattle
Response:
> Your Sleep Test Results > You show symptoms of sleep apnea, a potentially serious sleep disorder.
People with sleep apnea quit > breathing repeatedly, often hundreds of times during their nights sleep. > You show symptoms of insomnia, which is defined as a persistent inability
to fall asleep or stay > asleep. > You show symptoms of periodic limb movement disorder, a disorder resulting
in uncontrollable leg or > arm movements during sleep.
go see a sleep doc 
not likely you’ll regret it – it’s not definate that you’ll have all or any of these disorders, but you do need to get it checked out. — Beth in Australia =================== FAQ for alt.support.sleep-disorder can be found here http://www.anchorweb.com.au/sleepdisorders this site is a work in progress – feel free to submit info/articles
Response:
> As I have stated I am having a sleep study done in April. I wish I could
get in sooner but I can > not.
ahh,……missed your mention of that, sorry – are you on the cancellation list? — Beth in Australia =================== FAQ for alt.support.sleep-disorder can be found here http://www.anchorweb.com.au/sleepdisorders this site is a work in progress – feel free to submit info/articles
