[ Originally posted Sept 28, 2000 ]
I go in for my sleep apnea study tonight. This is one of the tests Dr. Welker wants me to have before surgery. I believe that I have mild sleep apnea, but it doesn’t really bother me because I always sleep on either my side or my stomach. But when I do occasionally sleep on my back, I have dreams where I am under water or something and I can’t breathe and I wake up very short of breath.
It’s important for the sleep apnea to be diagnosed before surgery, because during surgery I will be on my back and under general anasthesia and won’t be able to wake myself up to breathe!
I will post more on how the actual study goes after I have it and what they will do to ensure I can breathe right during surgery once I find out.
I said in an earlier journal entry that I would post about “more seemingly-minor things I am looking forward to” that this surgery will bring. So I am just going to list them here: doing house & garden work without having to rest every 10 minutes; not having my back, feet, legs, hips hurt all the time; being able to go for walks and feel good both physically and emotionally (not worrying about people staring or making comments); riding a bike or a horse or an airplane or an amusement park ride; going to the movies or out to eat and not having to worry about the narrow seats; getting in and out of the car without it being a hassle; borrowing my husband’s t-shirts; feeling more comfortable around in-laws & my husband’s friends; shopping for clothes without an “X” on the tag; shopping for clothes in a normal store… believe it or not, I could go on and on!!
It’s unbelievable, now that I know there is a cure for my super-morbid-obesity, how much I have let myself realize about how being this fat affects my life. It affect every single aspect of it – and not in a positive way.
I look forward to being more active and not obssessing about food, for the most part. The rest will just be “gravy”, no pun intended. LOL
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