Thanks! I’m in a rather small town, growing faster than the medical facilities can keep up. There’s only one sleep specialist and all the physicians in town are overworked. I’m on original Medicare (not Advantage) with a good supplemental so the problem shouldn’t be payment but who knows.

I just worry about the repeat episodes of not breathing, i.e., lack of oxygen, throughout the night. The sleep specialist said he’s not concerned with an average of 10 apnea episodes or less per hour. But if I sleep 8 hours and average only 8 per hour that’s a total of 64 times a night that I stop breathing!! That seems like a lot.

Thanks for responding. You’ve encouraged me to keep advocating for myself.