Sleep studies suck.

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It doesn't matter where they happen, sleep studies suck. This one sucked less than the last one because the tech was young and cute and personable, and my arthritis wasn't acting up so laying in a strange bed wasn't painful. For all that, though, it's still lying in a strange bed hooked up to wires with tape pulling on your leg hairs.

For those of you, dear friends, who want a review of the Tempurpedic mattress, you'll have to look elsewhere. My pulmonologist, for all his many talents, does not know the difference between memory foam and regular old closed-cell foam rubber. It was not a comfortable bed.

There is blessing in that I was able to sleep with the CPAP machine. The delivery system wasn't a full face mask, it was like a scuba regulator for your nose. Large-ish and cumbersome, it took some getting used to but it wasn't unbearable. The machine was silent, which surprised me.

It was not a restful night, and I'm draggin' ass today. I hope they can learn something useful.

We'll know the results in a week or so.

Comments

[jehosefatz.livejournal.com]

That's pretty much been my experience - suckage. That and they want you to go to sleep around, say, 10 ... and I don't normally go to sleep until, say, 1-2am. The 6:30am wake up call isn't usually a problem. Taking 10 minutes to un-harness to take a leak is a pain.

- J

[billthetailor.livejournal.com]

The 5:30 wake-up was a relief - I was awake and waiting for it, like anticipating a pardon from the Governor.

As an extraordinarily private person, the idea of having to page the tech a couple of times through the night so I can visit the bathroom is really uncomfortable. Didn't help the ol' male pride, either, that the tech was cute.