To sleep…perhaps to dream
I’m going to my sleep study tonight. I’ve been thinking it was tomorrow night for a week. I had figured out my schedule around getting to the hospital at 8:00 pm and being there until Saturday morning…until they called to confirm this evening’s appointment. So…um, I guess tonight it is.
I can’t have alcohol or caffeine from lunch on. The whiskey is not an issue, but I am jonesing for a Mountain Dew. I drink 3 or 4 a day, easily. Everything else is normal nightly routine…just in a hospital “hotel” room. They do ask that you wear clothes…pajamas or jogging pants. I wonder who showed up in the buff to make them actually put that in writing.
From what I understand, they will hook electrodes to my head and chest, with a pulse ox on my finger. No cameras…at least that I can see…then let me sleep. I usually don’t have an issue sleeping in strange places, and I even had a take home study that I slept pretty well during, so I think this should go pretty easily. I’ll fill you in tomorrow.
I’m excited to pin down my sleeping issues. I know Sarah will be. If I have Apnea, I’ll get the C-pap. I figure it will take some getting used to…having a Darth Vader mask on while I sleep, but hopefully it will allow me a better nights rest. And Sarah, for that matter. It will also give me more energy, which comes in handy with the 2 boys. I also hear chick dig the mask…
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