My wired up face and "robot" box. And Yes, I do look like crap, thanks for noticing.
I ran 20 laps today!!! Yeah me! It was a slow one today, but I did it and it felt great!
Last night I did the overnight sleep study. I have to say I was a bit nervous, but it wasn't all that bad. The worst part was being bored, and very tired. I went to the clinic at 9:30 pm and hung out for a while while the other patients were being hooked up and put to bed. Finally I was ready to be hooked up at about 10:30. I had electrodes hooked to wires attached to my face, head, chest and legs. It didn't hurt, it was pretty boring though. It took about 45 minutes to get me all hooked up and then I was sent to bed. Once in bed they hooked me to the wall, put a nose tube on and told me to go to sleep. I was able to have a sleeping pill, which was probably the only way I was going to get to sleep with all that crap on me.
The bed was comfy enough, it was dark and quiet, I can't complain about that. What bugged me was they let me be in bed for 8 hours, regardless of how much sleep I actually got, and pulled me out of bed. I woke up with a monster headache. I got up, brushed my teeth, ate some breakfast and watched the news. I felt like total crap and couldn't wait for my first nap. I got to nap at about 10am, and I have to say, this was the worst part of the study. They put me to bed, and I was able to stay in bed for 20 minutes. 20 MINUTES????!!! Holy crap - I had barely even fallen asleep and there they were over the intercom, wake up Pam! It sucked.
So I got up, sat around, read a book, watched a bit of tv and tried very hard not to fall asleep. Did I mention that the headache got worse? Well it did. I had a little lunch and then was able to nap again at noon. Guess what? It was another bullshit 20 minute nap! I was so mad, I felt like crap, I had a headache, I was nauseous, I was not in a good place. That went on all day, read, watch tv, stretch, walk around an area the size of my bathroom, nap, read, watch tv.....you get the picture. At about 5pm I was allowed to go home. I perked up a bit for that.
I went home, which was a 5 minute drive to my house, took a VERY long shower to get the antiseptic stink off me and the glue out of my hair and sat down to watch a little soccer. By 7pm I was passed out on the couch. I got up at 8, got some ice cream to make myself feel better, put the kids to bed and sat around. I still had the headache and I still felt like total crap. I took a sleeping pill that night and slept like the dead.
I get my test results in 2 weeks, which I will blog about whether it's good or bad. It was a very frustrating experience. I hope I don't have to do it again. I hope they found the reason I have such sleep issues. I hope they have a way to fix me, even if it is whatever the legal version of speed is.
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