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First, some background:
I've always snored, but in the past week or so, I think I'm starting to have some OSA. I'll awake (or not be able to fall asleep, if I'm awake but trying to go to sleep) with what feels like I was starting to snore, but it's more than that.
I've gained a lot of weight in the last year due to a very stressful job that keeps me sitting behind a desk all the time, and to be honest, I've gotten very lazy once I get home with respect to diet and exercise. Something I am definitely going to correct, but obviously won't see results overnight.
Long story short, I think it's time for a sleep study. As much as I would dread having to wear a CPAP, if that's what's needed to help, then so be it.
I don't have a family doctor nor general practitioner. I've always been the kind to go to specialists when I needed them.
So...I'm looking for a good place I can go for a sleep study in the San Jose, CA area, or anywhere in the general Bay Area? Preferably one that's aware of FAA rules around this kind of thing, because I want to start going for my PPL in the next few months and don't want any "gotchas" (like a doc prescribing some kind of medication that would kill my chances of getting a third class medical).
Also, it would be nice to find a place with the actual sleep doctors onsite to review results with, and talk to, rather than just techs who have to send the results off and you don't hear anything back for weeks.
Any recommendations greatly appreciated, and thanks!
I've always snored, but in the past week or so, I think I'm starting to have some OSA. I'll awake (or not be able to fall asleep, if I'm awake but trying to go to sleep) with what feels like I was starting to snore, but it's more than that.
I've gained a lot of weight in the last year due to a very stressful job that keeps me sitting behind a desk all the time, and to be honest, I've gotten very lazy once I get home with respect to diet and exercise. Something I am definitely going to correct, but obviously won't see results overnight.
Long story short, I think it's time for a sleep study. As much as I would dread having to wear a CPAP, if that's what's needed to help, then so be it.
I don't have a family doctor nor general practitioner. I've always been the kind to go to specialists when I needed them.
So...I'm looking for a good place I can go for a sleep study in the San Jose, CA area, or anywhere in the general Bay Area? Preferably one that's aware of FAA rules around this kind of thing, because I want to start going for my PPL in the next few months and don't want any "gotchas" (like a doc prescribing some kind of medication that would kill my chances of getting a third class medical).
Also, it would be nice to find a place with the actual sleep doctors onsite to review results with, and talk to, rather than just techs who have to send the results off and you don't hear anything back for weeks.
Any recommendations greatly appreciated, and thanks!