Story Published: Oct 18, 2009 at 10:05 PM MDT
Story Updated: Oct 18, 2009 at 10:14 PM MDT
"Our patients sleep fine at 75 mph driving a car down the highway. We want to get them treated so that when they are driving that 2,000 lb weapon at 75 mph they are awake and alert," says Dr. Scherr.
Shelley Burdett suffered from several sleep disorders- Dr. Scherr's been treating her for six years.
"I feel like that it in a sense help save my life. At lest quality of life," says Dr. Scherr's patient Shelley Burdett.
For years, Shelley could not sleep well, through a sleep study she found she had restless leg syndrome and wasn't getting enough oxygen at night.
"I was very sluggish, no energy, I just wanted to be like a vegetable, and just sit around and that was not good," says Burdett.
"Our patients are all sleep deprived, our patients are all tortured, we fix the sleep deprivation we make the torture go away," says Dr. Scherr.
The two most common sleep disorders treated are insomnia and sleep apnea. Dr.Scherr describes the sleep study procedure as painless.
When you come to the sleep study you want to bring something comfortable to wear and maybe a pillow to help you sleep. Don't forget to take all the medications you normally would just like you would on any regular night.
"We just have this around their neck just resting here, they have this around their neck while we are attach all the different wires and connectors we need to connect to them."
"I have a whole lot more energy, I just feel better about myself," says Burdett.
Shelley's lifestyle changed and now she's an active member of the community- as a volunteer at Mountain View Hospital.