# Calling the doctor about a sleep problem

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-the-doctor-about-a-sleep-problem/365991>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 25, 2006, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-the-doctor-about-a-sleep-problem/365991 "2006-07-25T18:46:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2006, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-the-doctor-about-a-sleep-problem/365991/1 "2006-07-25T18:46:01Z")

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My darling wife has made plain her concern that I might suffer from sleep apnea. Never mind that she calls herself “worst case scenario woman”…my parents were always thunderous snorers, so I can’t totally dismiss the possibility she has a point.

Yesterday my physician gave me a referral to a pulmonary specialist (that’s “lungs”) whom he regards as a good doctor for “sleep studies”. So I called them up today.

“Hello, doctor’s office?”

“Hi! My physician gave me a referral to your office and I think I need to schedule an appointment.”

“Pulmonary or sleep?”

“It’s a sleep problem.”

“Please hold.”

For some reason I find that hysterically funny. 😃

Sailboat

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**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2006, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-the-doctor-about-a-sleep-problem/365991/2 "2006-07-25T19:51:09Z")

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It’s for diagnostic purposes. If you fall asleep while you’re on hold and they come back to hear you snoring, you get fast-tracked for an appointment and sleep study 😃