Tuesday, July 31, 2007

Mcapnea?


Wales

1. I have completed my statistical chapter for my PhD and shall email it to Wales soon. I reason that it is sufficient, but my advisor will let me know how many revisions need to be completed.

2. I also reason that I am vindicated once again in regard to my sleep apnea. On Friday, my waist was measured for a tuxedo in regard to Cousin Buff's wedding, as I am one of the groomsmen. In 2004, I was the best man at Documentary Man's England wedding/blessing and was measured for a Morning Suit. Since then I have lost six inches around the waist. I have always been a fairly small eater, and eat fruits and vegetables, and not a lot of junk food. I exercise roughly one hour a day, six days a week. I have never gone through an extended period in my life where I have not exercised with both cardio and muscle related exercise. But, at one point for a few years, I had three stage sleep apnea. Since 2006, I have had two major surgeries, and am left with one stage sleep apnea. Besides losing six inches around the waist, I have lost 15-20 pounds. It was, and still is very irritating to listen to sometimes well meaning, but ignorant people state that I must be eating too much at McDonald's (which I do not)! Prior to my surgeries I had one sleep apnea specialist insist that I must overeat to be so large and that sleep apnea was not the primary cause of my bulkiness, but unfortunately many of our medical doctors are ignorant in far too many areas. This specialist stated that the starving children in the third world are skinny and therefore, I would be skinny and not fat, if I did not eat too much. Out of respect I did not argue, but I was thinking that this doctor was a poor philosopher. My bulkiness merely means that I eat too much to be thin like a third world child, but does not mean that I eat enough to be fat, and that my bulkiness is caused by overeating! After that meeting with the doctor, my Mom and I went through and examined my daily diet and found I consumed 1500-2000 calories a day, and roughly 2500 a day is the UK male average. The surgeon that performed my throat and nasal sleep apnea surgeries told me that the medical profession has just started learning a sufficient amount about sleep apnea the last few years and in the media I keep hearing that overeaters can develop sleep apnea. It is also possible that persons born with problems can develop sleep apnea and become heavier than they should be, even with a healthy diet and plenty of exercise. Please see the link below.

http://www.weightlossresources.co.uk/logout/calorie_intake.htm


McDonalds vs. Burger King!

http://www.misterkitty.org/extras/stupidcovers/stupidcomics42.html

3. I have just received another 'quality' scammer email that can be used for satirical purposes.

ANDALUCIA & ASSOCIATES

Dear Friend,

I am Barrister Prince Adam the attorney to Mrs Suha Arafat the wife of Yasser Arafat the Palestinian leader who died in Paris.

Since his death my clients Mrs Arafat have been subjected to physical and psychological torture by the present leadership of the Palestinian Liberation Organization and the new Prime Minister. As a widow she is so traumatized she has lost confidence with everybody in her country at the moment.

You must have heard over the media reports and the Internet on the discovery of some funds in her husband secret bank account and companies and the allegations of some huge sums of money deposited by her husband in her name of which she have refuses to disclose or give up to the corrupt Palestine Government.

And they are not relenting on their effort to confiscate the money and make her poor for life as you know the Moslem community has no regards for woman hence her desire for a foreign assistance.

She has in her possession documents for the deposited of the sum of 20 million dollars with a security firm abroad in her name.

It is on this note that she have asked me to look for a very good trustworthy and God fearing person to help her receive this fund into his or her account while she come to join the person and start a new life all over.

I am based in spain right now. I shall be grateful if you could receive this fund into your bank account for safe keeping and any Investment opportunity; this arrangement is known to you me and my client Mrs Arafat.

In view of the above if you are willing to assist for our mutual benefits we will have to negotiate on your percentage share of the $20million that will be kept in your position for a while and invested in your name for her trust pending when her daughter Zahwa will come off age and take full responsibility of her family estate/inheritance.

If you are interested to help complete this transaction then let me hear from you on time because of the urgency of the situation.

You are to reach me on my contact information stated below giving your full names and your direct telephone numbers for me to contact you for us to proceed immediately.

Please expedite action is needed.

Regards.
Barr Prince Adam (esq.)


I thought I would look up Prince Adam on the web, and this is what I came up with.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Adam

Prince Adam is a fictional character in the Masters of the Universe franchise. His secret identity is He-Man the main character in the franchise.

4 comments:

  1. Hey Russ,

    I could start a whole blog on Obstructive Sleep Apnea since I sell a drug for that patient population - but since there has to be some separation between work and home I won't!

    But I agree, the medical community is just now learning about OSA and its far reaching consequences. The perception has always been that the guy with the big collar size has OSA. But that's not the case. Many sleep specialists I speak with are now urging fellow physicians to not pay any attention to BMI (or Body Mass Index).

    More and more "skinny" patients are being diagnosed with moderate to severe OSA. I suggest you keep looking for a specialist that understands this point to ensure that you're getting the best care.

    Side note: I never really liked He-Man because I thought that he had a girly haircut. I just couldn't get fired up about a superhero who had the same hair style as most of the girls at my school!

    Be good,

    W

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  2. Thanks Wade, for the insights.

    I have a problem with BMI since it does not differentiate between the weight of muscle and fat. With BMI many heavyweight boxers, body-builders, strongmen, and NFL players are obese. A reasonable person should be able to deduce the difference between one in these categories and a 'fatty' that overeats and does not exercise. My surgeon understood this problem.

    I have the look of a heavyweight, but not super heavyweight strongman.

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  3. Anyone who actually falls for these scam emails must be dumb as a rock. And I have to say, the scammers can't be too bright themselves... given how ludicrous this last email is.

    I'm sorry to hear about your enduring troubles with sleep apnea. Your doctor is, in fact, a poor philosopher-- after all, starving children in Africa often have large, swollen potbellies-- does that mean they drink too much beer?

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  4. I agree with you Ruthie, the last scammer email is a joke, and by the way for anyone wondering, I do not post all of my scammer email, just the ‘good’ ones. The apnea specialist with the eating comment was not listening to me when I told him that I eat little. He stated that many people who have the sleep apnea surgeries are overweight after them as well. But, if persons overeat before the surgeries they of course could overeat after the surgeries. I do not like it when professionals do not listen to me, and I tend to lose patience.

    When being tested for my first surgery, one of the women in front of me in the line was very obese and had been on the CPAP machine for some time. The technician told me that the CPAP does not work optimally as presented. Personally, I had a very hard time sleeping with all the wires hooked up to me and I would never seriously consider using CPAP.

    Cheers.:)

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