Well, for those of you who don't know, I have been having some sleep issues lately that I am desperately trying to resolve!!! I have very little energy, take tons of naps and fall asleep when driving. Basically, I would rather take a nap than do almost anything else! So, I had a sleep study done Monday and Tuesday. I arrived at the center at about 8pm on Monday and was shown to my room, which looks much like a small hotel room. A large bed, cable t.v. and a big bathroom. Soon after, I was having 20+ wires attached to my body; legs, chest, shoulders, behind my ears, all over my face and my head. I looked like half machine, half woman!!! I was allowed to watch t.v. for a little while before going to bed. So, I watched the Red Sox lose game 3 of the series! :( On a side note- Dave has definitely gotten me to love the Red Sox!!!! Anyway, I went to bed very tired, but somehow it didn't matter. I laid awake almost all night. At 2 points in the night, I felt completely claustrophobic and wanted to rip all the wires off and go home!!! There was one wire/tube that really bothered me! The wire went right under my nose and had 3 sensors attached to it. One went into each nostril and the third hung right in front of my mouth so they could tell if I was breathing from my nose or mouth. There was also a tube that followed the same path (under my nose, across my face and wrapped behind my ears) that was intended for oxygen just in case they discovered I had sleep apnea, they would have turned it on during the night. Anyway, these 2 were very uncomfortable and made it hard to breathe. During these times of claustrophobia, the nurse came on the intercom to make sure I was ok. It was nice and freaky to know that someone was watching me so closely. I finally fell asleep for about an hour before they woke me up at 6am. Tuesday was a whole new ballgame. They thankfully took a couple of the wires off, including the ones under my nose! I was required to stay awake for 2 hours and then I could take a nap. I had 5 naps all together...at 8, 10, noon, 2 and 4pm. Between these I watched lots of boring daytime t.v. It's funny how some days I would do anything to be able to be that lazy, but when you have to, it's really annoying and frustrating!!! They give you 20 minutes to fall asleep. If you do, they allow you to sleep for 15 minutes. If you don't fall asleep they wake you up and the nap is over. I didn't sleep for the first 3 naps, although I was right on the verge each time the nap was ended!!! The fourth nap I slept for 1 minute! Ooooo, refreshing!!!! Sense the sarcasm? The last nap, I didn't feel like I slept, but they said I did. By 5pm, I was wire-free and on my way home! I will find out the results on Monday. I just hope all this was worth it! Now, speaking of sleeping...goodnight.
