Portland, OR

My trip to Portland was uneventful compared to last week. I was fully refreshed and ready to play in the qualifier. Shot 71 along with two other girls, so we had a playoff. Lisa Fernandez birdied the first playoff hole just after making a long curly putt on her 18th hole to tie Kelly Cap and me for the lowest rounds. Bummer!!! Kelly and I battled two more holes. I thought I had her when I hit my hybrid from the right rough under a tree to about 8 feet. She knocked her first putt 7 feet past the hole and made it coming back. Wow. I played way too much break on my 8 footer, tap in par. The next hole Kelly hit it to less than a foot, a kick in. She won. So very disappointing. I am playing good golf and no tournaments to play in. Springfield is next week and I am currently 8th alternate. Keep your fingers crossed.

In the meantime, I agreed to fly to Palo Alto, CA to speak to the sales reps at Jazz Pharmaceuticals about Narcolepsy. The reps need to know what it is like to have Narcolepsy so they can educate the doctors and get people diagnosed sooner and treated more effectively. Xyrem is one of Jazz's drugs, and I have been on Xyrem for almost a year now. I am sleeping better at night now, so I feel much better during the day. Almost no cataplexy and naps are much less common. My scoring average is also the best it has ever been. There is hope for me yet. Keep following me for greater things to come.