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Tracy's professional experience includes business and advocacy. She has been involved in sleep disorders for many years after first being diagnosed with sleep apnea in 1989. After successful treatment, Tracy began extensive study into the causes, factors, and limitations imposed by her condition. As a sleep disorder patient, she is aware of the ignorance, prejudice, and fear that surround these disorders. Through painful personal experience, she has become aware of the problems of inaccurate diagnosis, improper treatment, and the radical options offered to sleep patients. Based on her study and personal experiences, she is dedicated to minimizing suffering by sleep patients. Her chosen tools are education, awareness, and support. In 1997, Tracy took her body of knowledge and experience and published it as "Tracy's Story". It is a story of hope and victory for the sleep afflicted person. She then took one bolder step by making herself available to counsel, free of charge, people who have sleep disorders. To date, Tracy has received hundreds of responses to her story and has followed each with a kind note and words of encouragement and instruction. This has formed the nucleus of a growing online following. Talk About Sleep is the next evolution of Tracy's sleep mission. While doing the same valuable work, Talk About Sleep provides a larger stage from which to operate and a vast array of new tools. Although her core goals remain unchanged the message can be conveyed to a larger audience generating additional knowledge, awareness, and support for sleep disorder sufferers. | 