This is a response to Brian Palmer's long posting on Apr 21.  My hands are
shaking as I type, so please grant me some leeway.  I wish I had read Brian's
posting two years ago. My dear husband had a long history of snoring and what
I suspected at the time was sleep apnea.  I never could convince him that it
was anything to be concerned about, much less mention to his MD.  So, other
than some vague anxiety on my part, I never did anything more about it.  He
was in good health other than being slightly overweight and being treated for
mild hypertension.  He was not breastfed as a baby.
You know what is coming------------he died suddenly of a heart attack at the
age of 56.
I wonder what might have happened if I had been a little more insistent.  I
have to smile at myself, "confessing" my innermost thoughts to 1000 readers!
 I'm sorry for some of the sleeplessness that I may be causing some of you.
Thank you,  Brian, for educating all of us.

I am a recent subscriber to Lactnet and find it as stimulating as going to a
daily conference.  Where else could one have the opportunity to network with
colleagues from around the world?  I am a LC in a hospital in Madison, WI,
 having a love/hate relationship with my job.  Most days I feel blessed by
the responses of the mothers I work with.  Then, there are those other
days------.  I'm so glad you are all there.

Laurie Fjeldstad, RN, IBCLC