ASIN: B00HUISHVE
Publisher: Amazon.com Services LLC
Pages: 65
In 1998, the author, a physician closed her family practice. She did not go back into clinical practice for almost a decade. During those ten years, she was treated for depression that would not respond to medication. After three years, she discovered why---she had obstructive sleep apnea. Once the correct diagnosis was made, she assumed that her life would return to normal immediately. However, she found out that treating OSA can be as difficult as diagnosing it. CPAP, the treatment that was supposed to make everything better ended up making her worse. This is the story of how she came back from disability to resume the practice of medicine. OSA---obstructive sleep apnea---is a common condition that is commonly unrecognized by health care providers. Anywhere from 4 to 10% of Americans suffer from OSA, but only two out of ten know what is wrong with them. Why is sleep apnea so difficult ...
