Dad is booked in for a sleep study and then a day later an angiogram (in late April). Mum sounds a bit worried about it all, especially since both Dad's parents died fairly early with heart problems... Hopefully the fact that he hasn't yet had a heart attack bodes well and means they will be able to take corrective action such as putting in a stent. Dad would have a pretty good diet already since he's diabetic, and he has exercised frequently for the past decade or so since moving off the farm.
I had a sleep study last year (my dear husband complained that I kept him awake at night). It was really interesting, and quite a holiday for me - I was given dinner, read a magazine, and the nurses fussed around wiring me up for monitoring before I settled down for the night. The room was really dark and silent. Best of all, I knew there would be no little person calling out "good morning mum" at 6am, and no stressed out person tossing and turning beside me. The nurses said I slept like a princess and I had to be woken at 7am so I could go to work. When the results came back, they showed that while I did snore, it was well within normal range. The specialist facetiously said that sometimes it's the sensitivity or sleeping habits of the partner that's the problem....
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