On January 11th, big news came in the form of a short Stanford MyHealth letter: “This study indicates that Obstructive Sleep Apnea was not present. A negative result on this study does not rule out Sleep Disordered Breathing.”
On January 13th, I received further notice from the Stanford sleep clinic. More data had arrived and the home sleep study was deemed inconclusive. The nurse I’d been in contact with wanted me to come into the hospital for an overnight study.
Due to the Omicron surge, I didn’t want to stay at the hospital too long. After some back and forth, I agreed to do a second home sleep study using the WatchPAT One that had gotten lost (and later found) in the mail.
I wore the device to bed on January 15th. The results from the second study came on the 19th and backtracked the findings of the first: “This study demonstrates the presence of obstructive sleep apnea. The pAHI was 5.1, the pRDI was 20, the ODI (4%) was 1.8, and the O2 nadir was 85%.”
As for next steps, I will follow the advice of the sleep clinic nurse and consult with a pulmonologist (aka lung doctor).
