I had the sleep study... and it was odd.

I had arrived and checked in at seven and filled out paperwork. I was then taken back to my room, which resembled a hotel room, except for the cabinet next to the bed was filled with medical jumbo. That and the camera pointed at your bed and the two infrared lights, one that is over your bed. I sat and ate dinner, that I bought, and watched TV until a Technician came in to talk to me about what was going to happen, how many things I was going to have attached to me, and when I wanted to go to bed. she then left to let me get comfy, put my PJ's on and settle in to watch more TV.


About 9:30 she came back and we walked to a room where she would put all the Sticky things on me. First she put a measuring tape to my head and marked certain spots in red. She then scrubbed those spots with desensitize and remarked them. Then out came the little things with wires attached that would be placed on my head, legs and shoulders. First came the wires for my legs. the went down my shirt and pants to the outside of my legs. She then started to apply all of the little node things that would go on my head. To stick them on she used a past based on water, sugar, and salt. It itched. She then gathered the wires and pulled them to the back of my head where she taped them together.

Next came the ones on my face, she pulled those back and taped them as well. I also had one placed under my collarbone on each side. The leg wires and chest wires then also joined the taped wires in the back. Each wire that was attached to me had its own little place in a little box. The box was then placed over my head and I went back to my room.

About 10:50 She came back in to put the nasal piece in, it was a little tickle, and a small tube like piece that went in front of my mouth. She also, after taking the box off, plugged it into something in the cabinet, and put a finger wrap on my right ring finger. Unfortunately the wrap had a bright light that would blind me whenever my hand met my face.

After that the lights were turned off and a few seconds later her voice was coming out of the phone next to the bed, asking me to do things to confirm that not only was I hooked up appropriately and to see how I moved so that the info could be processed correctly.

I went to sleep. And the next morning out from the phone came "MORNING ALEXANDRIA, IT IS 7:00 I WILL BE IN SHORTLY TO TAKE EVERYTHING OFF."

And OW everything did come off.