Slumber party at Harborview

Last night I did a sleep study at the Sleep Clinic at Harborview.  Can you think of anything else you'd rather do on a Friday night?!  They were testing for the normal sleepy things, with a couple of exceptions.  I didn't have to wear a mask since they don't think I have normal sleep apnea, and I got to wear extra wires to monitor my brain activity for seizures, funky brainwaves, etc. since I have a higher maintenance brain now.

Looks comfortable, right?!

Sandy, my technician, got me all wired up and tied in over about 45 minutes.  Then I got to hang out in my hotel-like room until lights out at 11pm.  Then she plugged me into the computer, had me do some tests (move your eyes, wiggle your feet, etc.), and turned on the infrared and video cameras.  And it was off to sleep!  Too bad I'm a super light sleeper and ambulances (and poor falling asleep abilities in general) kept me from falling asleep for a long time... sigh...

Thumbs up all around

Even though it was cold in the room and I didn't have a ton of blankets, I kept getting sweaty (TMI? sorry...) so Sandy came in in the middle of the night 3 times to wake me up and wipe down my scalp with alcohol.  Then she woke me up bright and early at 5:55am to get up!  Nothing like being up at the butt crack of dawn on a Saturday.  :)

Yes boys, I'm single, take a number.

Sandy isn't allowed to give me any specific results or information at the time, but she did say that I didn't do anything bizarre or embarrassing in my sleep, and that yes, it took me a long time to fall asleep and then was a light sleeper after that.  Just like I told said on my form.

I get my results from Dr. B on the 17th.  I'm assuming he'll just tell me I'm hard wired to be a poor sleeper, but there could be something more going on in there that we can fix, which would be fantastic.  To be continued.  Although I did get some pretty good catch-up sleep this morning when I got home.  :)