Do as I say, not as I do - Preliminary update

[kteague]

I'm a bit irritated at myself tonight. I am good at giving advice but not following it myself. I struggle to understand why people don't follow up on important things with their doctors, yet here I sit.

In January my doctor sent me for cardiac and respiratory function tests since I stay so short of breath. I was told that I had restrictive lung problems, and to follow up on it. Then I had a bout of what I was told was pneumonia, and in the followup xray it still was abnormal. So I made an appointment with the pulmonary doctor - then slept thru the time and missed it. Weeks turned into months and I finally got around to going in today. I didn't feel much a need to rush, assuming the only thing restricting my breathing is my weight.

Now the doc wants me to get a CT scan and maybe a bronchoscopy. They tried to get me in over the weekend but I declined since I'm going out of town for my mother's funeral. So we settled on Monday evening.

I say all this to say that when one is sleep deprived, every little thing feels like too much effort, so things get put off. But I (we) have to figure out how to not let the important things fall by the wayside along with the insignificant.

Now I'm sitting here wondering if their office is just super efficient or why they were trying to book my tests so fast. Argh!

If anyone reading this has been stalling on taking care of their business, here's your prompt.

Kathy

[Snoredog]

sorry to hear about your mum,

[Wulfman...]

Please accept my condolences.

Den

[lilsheba]

I'm sorry to hear about your mom.

[Kattitude]

Kteague,
My thoughts and prayere are with you and your family during this difficult time. Please do take care of yourself. Your posts on this forum have helped and encouraged many and we would like to keep you around!

Kattitude

[NeedinZs]

So sorry to hear about your mom, along with everything you're dealing with!
Sending you good thoughts. Hope all turns out well with your follow-up.
Keep us posted. Thanks for all YOUR comments and help to the rest of us!

[sharon1965]

I say all this to say that when one is sleep deprived, every little thing feels like too much effort, so things get put off. But I (we) have to figure out how to not let the important things fall by the wayside along with the insignificant.

ain't it the truth!?

Now I'm sitting here wondering if their office is just super efficient or why they were trying to book my tests so fast. Argh!

i hear ya...that freaks me out sometimes, too

I'm a bit irritated at myself tonight. I am good at giving advice but not following it myself

please ease up on yourself...it's taken care of now, so be kind to you

i'm so sorry about your loss...you're in our thoughts, kathy

sharon1965

[Catnapper]

I am so sorry for your loss.

Perhaps you could call the doctor's office and ask if there was a reason for the hurry. It might be that there was a cancellation that they wanted to fill.

I send you my best wishes. Please know that there are many people here who care about you.

Let us know how things go.

Catnapper - Joanie

[Vader]

Kathy, very sorry to hear about your Mom.
My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.

Best Regards.

[ufo13]

Kathy:

Very sorry about the loss of your mom. Our thoughts and prayers are with you always!


Steve,
ufo13

[Guest]

I don't know why they don't issues us Personal Assistants along with our Xpap machines. It's just SO FREAKIN' HARD to deal with all this stuff when you're sleep deprived!!!!

Kathy, you have my deepest sympathies, both on the loss of your mother, and the STRESS of wondering what the heck is going on with your health.

BIG GIANT CYBER HUG!!!!!!
Babette

[RosemaryB]

Kathy, I'm sorry to hear about the loss of your mom. My thoughts are with you. I hope that you can deal with your health issues, although I know it's hard to do that right now. Maybe knowing that we care very much about your health will help you do all you need to do. ((((((((hugs and kindness))))))).

[echo]

Dear Kathy - I know it's hard to lose a parent, so I wish you lots of strength and eventually peace. Good luck with your health issues, you've already passed a major hurdle with taking charge of your OSA so you know you have the ability to take care of yourself - just be gentle on yourself and take one thing at a time..... {{{ hugs }}} .

And thank you for sharing this difficult story with us in the hope of spurring people to act!

[AdmiralCougar]

I'm a bit irritated at myself tonight. I am good at giving advice but not following it myself. I struggle to understand why people don't follow up on important things with their doctors, yet here I sit.

I say all this to say that when one is sleep deprived, every little thing feels like too much effort, so things get put off. But I (we) have to figure out how to not let the important things fall by the wayside along with the insignificant.

If anyone reading this has been stalling on taking care of their business, here's your prompt.

Kathy

First of all let me add my condolences to you and your family. My Prayers will be with you and yours during this difficult time.

Now Kathy don't get down on yourself, you're only human and sleep deprived at that. I totally know how you feel though... I've been putting off getting a hold of the Bariatric program and finding where to send my questionnaire (I gave the information to my husband to read over and he lost the return envelope, he had totally misplaced everything but finally found the most important stuff). Kaiser has approved me to participate in their Severe Obesity and Bariatric Surgery Program. I suppose I've put it off because I'm scared and not sure I really want to resort to surgery but at 30 and weighing 486 lb (513 at the time of referral) I'm not sure I really have a choice. The thing is even if I don't choose to have the surgery the rest of the program is beneficial to weight lose and management so I need to kick myself into gear. Feel free to poke me till you hear I've actual sent off my questionnaire...

Christy

[Moby]

I say all this to say that when one is sleep deprived, every little thing feels like too much effort, so things get put off. But I (we) have to figure out how to not let the important things fall by the wayside along with the insignificant.

ain't it the truth!?

Now I'm sitting here wondering if their office is just super efficient or why they were trying to book my tests so fast. Argh!

i hear ya...that freaks me out sometimes, too

I'm a bit irritated at myself tonight. I am good at giving advice but not following it myself

please ease up on yourself...it's taken care of now, so be kind to you
, kathy

sharon1965

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Exactly what she said



And I'm so sorry to hear about your loss.

Keep us posted please, we care about you and want to know how things are going for you.