I'm surprised I haven't found those 2 resources by now. I'll definitely check them out tonight, before I go MD shopping tomorrow.
Thanks! :-)

Hey, good news!!! It took me all day, but I found a clinic. Turns out it's an Internal Medicine group practice, but looks like about 80 % of the MDs are sleep certified. I've talked to a # of people with whom I've worked in the medical community here, and they all agree it's a good place to go, that they do education, etc., and they're not hard to access. I've got my fingers crossed. It's not far from where I live either. I'm gonna ask for an initial consult only. My family doc told me there's a doc at this particular clinic who's not sleep certified but that would help me get settled with a good fit. I'm gonna call him tomorrow and set up a consultation appointment to see who he recommends. Cross fingers!

Thank you so much for the feedback. I'm starting to believe I haven't actually lost my mind! I'm in Indianapolis--will check to see if I can find a sleep clinic. I'm on an active hunt today!! Don't want to see eval neurologist again if I can avoid it. May have to for ins. purposes. I'll find out. Do you know of anyone in Indianapolis that you'd refer me to?
Susan McCord Thanks again! :-)

I'm glad to see an MD with interest in apnea. I have a lot of concern that I have YET to be referred to a sleep MD for follow-up. Was diagnosed with severe OSA about 5-6 weeks ago. Have lousy follow-up with DME--they were extremely helpful till I was equipped, encourage me to call, etc. Now my tech won't even return the 3 phone calls I've made for machine info. I'm scheduled for a f/u with neurologist who sent me for sleep study--I don't know her. She did my eval, but my cardiologist referred me to her for eval. She's not a sleep specialist. How assertive should I be in getting transferred to a sleep specialist? I've been having significant problems with congestion vs. very runny nose and have, just in the past 2 days, gotten a halfway reasonable sleep accomplished at night. If it weren't for SleepGuide, I think I'd have been certifiably nuts by now. Is this as $$-driven a business as it appears to be? Everyone was SO concerned while I was in the testing process--lots of phone calls to check on me, easy access to medical system--now, not so much. Anyway, I'm not here to gripe to you about what's past--I just need to know how to move forward. I really feel I need medical care, especially in these initial stages when I'm more symptomatic with side effects than I'm interested in tolerating over a long haul. I understand there's a sometimes long adjustment time with treatment. But jeez, I feel worse than I did before I was diagnosed. I've only been out of my house one time in the past week. That's nuts!!!
I'll appreciate any input from you. Thanks.
-Susan McCord