Poke the Bear » Health Care http://blog.meadowsonline.com A Different View Sat, 20 Mar 2010 14:10:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Happy to be living in Canada http://blog.meadowsonline.com/2009/10/05/happy-to-be-living-in-canada/ http://blog.meadowsonline.com/2009/10/05/happy-to-be-living-in-canada/#comments Mon, 05 Oct 2009 21:31:44 +0000 john http://blog.meadowsonline.com/?p=319 For the last little while, even on nights when I get sleep, I have not been feeling very awake for much of the day, and my energy level is pretty low. Also, my wife tells me that I am snoring loudly at night, in a pattern that sounds like sleep apnea to her. At her gentle and loving prodding, I agreed to call my doctor for an appointment.

I called my doctor two weeks ago, to arrange an appointment; I could have been seen in less than a week, but since I was out of the country last week, I had to wait until this week to get an appointment; I certainly didn’t have to wait for months on end. After asking me about the symptoms, he said he would need to arrange a sleep study (basically you go to a special clinic where they wire you like a Christmas tree, in a strange bed, then tell you to go to sleep, ha!). He sent in his referral form, and arrangements are being made.

No copies, no credit check, nothing. For laughs, I looked up what it could cost me in the U.S., and I was filled with relief to be in Canada.

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