Doctor’s appointment

Well, my appointment with my new doctor went almost exactly as I expected to; he said “Yup, sure sounds like obstructive sleep apnea could explain all of this; here’s a referral”, and tomorrow I get to call and schedule that. (I forgot to ask if he knew what the wait was likely to be like, but I’ll know tomorrow in any case.) He is entertaining and has a sense of humour and comes off as a Real Person rather than a Doctor Declaiming from On High, and he typed notes into his laptop as he talked with me. I like him.

He did confirm my sense that my oral pharynx looks unusually crowded.

Oh, I also took the opportunity to get my every-so-oftenly STD screening; go me!

Lovely date / my mother

Had a lovely date with plumtreeblossom tonight; she fed me yummy chicken and pasta with pesto and garlic bread and there was much snuggly goodness.

On my way to the T from her place, I discovered I had voicemail from my stepfather. Turns out my mother went into the hospital today. She’d been ill for quite a while and (like me) trying to deal with getting a new PCP. Today she finally got to see somebody and he promptly admitted her with “dyspnea and tachycardia. After a chest X-ray, they decided that she might have pneumonia or pleurisy. She’s doing much better since she’s been in the hospital. I’m going to try calling her tomorrow during the day.

(Speaking of doctors, I might have a consultation with a sleep specialist as early as Friday, depending whether the insurance referral paperwork can get processed in time. I hope so, because the next appointment available after that is mid-October.)