I feel like I could pass out at any moment. I guess waking up at 5ish in the morning will do that to you. I did manage to go to sleep earlier than usual at the sleep study office. It was incredibly nice and nothing like I expected. (Well I didn't really know what to expect, so I guess that doesn't really count.)
What I Brought to the Sleep Study
-PJ pants (I was wearing the t-shirt I decided I was going to sleep in)
-a book
-my phone
-toothbrush and toothpaste
-invisalign
-my purse
What to Bring to A Sleep Study (if there is a next time)
-my own pillow
-D'Ann (my loyal stuffed animal--don't judge)
-socks
I felt like there was so much stuff I could have brought that would have made me more comfortable but really all I needed that I didn't have was my own pillow and socks (my feet are always cold when I'm trying to sleep, ALWAYS).
They can't tell you the results or anything in the morning but over all I felt like I slept like I normally do. So hopefully they got a good enough read to tell me what is wrong (or isn't wrong). I would love to post more about my whole day (I ended up making some really yummy brownies, my brother and some of his friends came into town, and my dad and I grilled out, well we cooked some mahi mahi and corn on the grill) but I am so exhausted I think I'm just going to post some pictures from the sleep study and call it a night. I plan on posting more tomorrow!
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| It was a comfy as it looks. |
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| And this was as uncomfy as it looks. |
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| All the wires that were hooked up to me (and it's missing a few). |
They had wires (called leads) hooked up so that they could do an EEG, an EKG, 2 belts (one around my chest and one around my stomach) to measure my breathing, a hookup to tell what position I was in, a pulsar thingy on my finger, 2 wires up my nose to measure my breathing (through my nose), a snore mic, a wire hooked up to my throat (also for snoring), 3 leads on my chin (to measure its movements--important to tell which sleep cycle I'm in), a few more leads on the upper part of my face to detect eyelid movement (also important to detect sleep cycles), and 2 wires on each of my legs. It was not much fun to get hooked to the wires, but it was even less fun to sleep in. It didn't hurt, it was just very uncomfortable. However, I did have as pleasant of an experience as anyone could have. Sleep studies are not something to be feared. Sleep disorders are numerous and can really affect your quality of life. I am ready and willing to do anything in order to get better. Maybe this will help me, maybe it won't. It's just something that it can't hurt to rule out.
Title: "Knots" by Lisa Hannigan
Labels: Migraines, Sleep Study
