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So, on a peronal note…

As a New Years promise both to myself and to my girlfriend I started in January to see a doctor. The reason being mainly my sleep apnea was causing me severe issues and also my weight was becoming an issue.

My sleep apnea had become so bad, that after dropping of my girlfriend at work and driving towards my own, I would often take a nap. In the end it was so bad, that I actually fell a sleep at work. My weight at the time was actually unknown to me but I (personally) assumed that it was around 160 kg (320 lbs) something.

My luck is that I have a very good private healthcare insurance coverage, and it was finally time to put it to work.

I found a good english speaking GP (general practicioner) in my area (Dr. Bally) and went to see him. Immediately he paid attention to my issues and set me down two paths, one to deal primarily first with my sleep apnea and secondly my weight issues. He also had by blood checked and besides a low iron count I was all good. Lucky, because I had though my issues at hand were related to diabetes.

Dr. Bally had referred me to two specialists: Dr. Breitenstein (pneumologist) and Dr. Héraïef (obesity specialist). However, already when Dr. Bally did his initial check-up, he found that my toncils were (and I quote) “really really large” and it would most likely be the recommendation of Dr. Breitenstein, that they should be removed.
Dr. Breitenstein was the first appointment I had and again here I got the same reaction regarding my toncils “they are really really large and need to go”. He referred me to an oto-rhino-laryngologist surgeon Dr. Duscher for the surgery, but also made do a blood oxygen sleep test at home to determine the severeness of my sleep apnea. I had to return the very next day for the results and they were bad average 117 sleep apnea’s per hour, well above the “norm”. He put me on a fast track to get a CPAP (Continues Positive Air Presure) sleeping machine and tried to speed up the process for getting my surgery.

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