Good news!
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beowabbitGood news — I get my CPAP machine on Monday. And I don’t even have to miss much work for it.
I’m getting this one, and paying a bit extra out-of-pocket for a battery attachment so I can take it camping. I’m glad I did some homework, because I told the supplier about a mask I want to try (in addition to the more standard ones) and he didn’t know about it but is going to order it for me.
In less pleasant news, I scheduled a couple of EEGs (more elaborate than the ones during the sleep study), and they’re both going to be extremely icky. One requires me to stay up all night the night before. The other one requires me to have my head entirely wrapped in gauze and go home (that’ll be fun on the T; I just hope Homeland Security doesn’t decide I’m a terrus and take me out) and stay plugged into an electrical outlet for 24 hours while a monitoring device collects data. That’s because my sleep specialist noticed something odd in my EEG during the sleep study ("flowing", she called it) and wants to check it out and make sure it’s nothing to worry about.
I’m getting this one, and paying a bit extra out-of-pocket for a battery attachment so I can take it camping. I’m glad I did some homework, because I told the supplier about a mask I want to try (in addition to the more standard ones) and he didn’t know about it but is going to order it for me.
In less pleasant news, I scheduled a couple of EEGs (more elaborate than the ones during the sleep study), and they’re both going to be extremely icky. One requires me to stay up all night the night before. The other one requires me to have my head entirely wrapped in gauze and go home (that’ll be fun on the T; I just hope Homeland Security doesn’t decide I’m a terrus and take me out) and stay plugged into an electrical outlet for 24 hours while a monitoring device collects data. That’s because my sleep specialist noticed something odd in my EEG during the sleep study ("flowing", she called it) and wants to check it out and make sure it’s nothing to worry about.
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Date: 2006-09-27 23:51 (UTC)Get a ride, man. Or take a cab. Some things are worth the splurge.
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Date: 2006-09-28 00:17 (UTC)Short of a ride, a hoodie sweatshirt with the hood up. He won't look like a terrorist, more an MIT/gangsta hybrid.
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Date: 2006-09-27 23:58 (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-09-28 02:15 (UTC)The wrapped-in-gauze-with-adhesive-all-over-my-head appointment starts at 1:00pm on Wednesday, November 1, and it will take them a couple hours to place all the electrodes, so I’d probably be leaving around 3:00pm. Then I need to go back sometime the following afternoon, but I won’t know exactly when until I get there.
On the other hand, if I’m going by car, I can probably just drive myself there and back. I just don’t like using my car when I don’t have to. I suppose I should make sure that the gauze won’t interfere with my field of vision, or the cables won’t be incompatible with driving.
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Date: 2006-09-28 00:04 (UTC)I can hear it now: "Mommy, it's the mummy!"
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Date: 2006-09-28 00:20 (UTC)Depending on the night, I might be able to stay up with you and keep you company...
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Date: 2006-09-28 02:25 (UTC)I have to say, I’m getting exhausted just thinking about it. I used to pull all-nighters once in a while in college, but it’s not quite my speed these days. Maybe it’ll be less intimidating after a couple weeks with the CPAP machine.
Oh, and you should definitely read
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Date: 2006-09-28 00:44 (UTC)Are you sure your neurologist doesn't just have a good sense of humor? ;)
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Date: 2006-09-28 01:53 (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-09-28 02:10 (UTC)Well, I have an appointment with my PCP on Tuesday, and I plan to ask him whether he thinks the EEG stuff is necessary. Because yeah, I kinda wonder whether my sleep specialist just has a good sense of humour.
I’m thinking if they use enough gauze, I can wear gloves and dark glasses and tell people on the T that I’m the Invisible Man. :-)
I like the failed surrealists idea.
(The gauze is actually to hold the electrodes in place, I think.)
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Date: 2006-09-28 03:26 (UTC)failed surrealists decided to go to medical school or something.
*laughs*
*squirts rabbit fur out her nose*
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Date: 2006-09-28 02:09 (UTC)I’m thinking if they use enough gauze, I can wear gloves and dark glasses and tell people on the T that I’m the Invisible Man. :-)
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Date: 2006-09-28 09:21 (UTC)gauze-wrapped head
Date: 2006-09-28 00:51 (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-09-28 01:14 (UTC)Umm, what do they think it might be? The last time I heard discussion of an ambulatory EEG, it was in the context of diagnosing a seizure disorder.
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Date: 2006-09-28 02:05 (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-09-28 18:59 (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-09-28 09:20 (UTC)