LGPA Veteran Deals w/Q-School and Narcolepsy [NYT]

[nevets88]

This is perseverance. Twenty two trips through Q-School. Imagine if you get an adrenaline rush, which causes you to... fall asleep. 

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But she has not always been able to meet her expectations because of the debilitating effects of narcolepsy. She has also wrestled with associated ailments: temporary sleep paralysis, in which she can hear and see what is going on around her but cannot awaken, and cataplexy, a weakness and loss of motor control often triggered by strong emotion, especially laughter.

“If she gets too jacked up, she falls asleep,” said her boyfriend, Jody Keepers, who was her caddie at Q-School. “She has to stay completely level emotionally for five hours just to play a tournament, which means she can’t get too excited about birdies or mad about bogeys.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/07/sports/golf/nicole-jeray-learns-to-carry-on-while-coping-with-a-sleep-disorder.html?ref=golf

[jamo]

Jeez. I wonder how many times she has fallen asleep on the golf course.

[chilepepper]

45 minutes ago, jamo said:

Jeez. I wonder how many times she has fallen asleep on the golf course.

Or on her boyfreind 

[natureboy]

Man. Similar feeling to when Jason Day had vertigo. Golf's hard enough as it is.

[rkim291968]

That's incredible.  Thanks for the post.