[b1c1jones]

I saw an otolaryngology, got a sleep study, was prescribed a cpap with the study recommended pressure, and I am fine. I suppose I could have wandered the tech desert, but this is my health we are talking about. I have other tasks I am better suited to do than wander through a field I had zero training in. I approach my cardiology issues the same way.

[ruste]

The author is in the UK. They noted that they were on a wait-list just to get tested and likely wouldn't be for a year at least so they decided to take it on themselves.

[joshuaissac]

> but this is my health we are talking about

I think that this is the point of the article. In the end, you are responsible for your own health. From the article:

> I am in the system for NHS treatment, but things are so bad that I have not even received an inital letter with a date for a test. It would likely take up to year for the NHS to treat me.

So he could have just waited, trusting that the professionals will eventually diagnose him and give him the right treatment.

But it was his health, so he had a strong incentive to take independent action.