Sleep Study

So last night I went for my sleep study. For those of you who don't know me, it is rather odd for me to be having so many weird things like this going on at the same time.

I reported to the sleep clinic at 9pm as instructed and had to fill out some paperwork, and then was shown to my bed room for the night. It had a good feel about it in that it wasn't a generic hospital room or anything like that. It had a bed, nightstands, dressers and a TV. I was told to change into my night time clothes, which for the purposes of the study was shorts and a t-shirt. Typically I'm a boxers and t-shirt guy or less, but the shorts and t-shirt works just fine.

Next, the technician came in to wire me up. First were sensors for each of my legs to measure limb movement and then two bands across my chest to measure respiration. Next she started to take measurements on my head, making marks on my scalp where various sensors were to go. She then scrubbed the skin around where she was going to put sensors. Next up was putting glue at these spots, and then affixing the sensors to my scalp at these locations. My face was the next to get the treatment with senors placed at my temples and below my eyelids, on my jawbone. Then sensors were placed on my chest for an EKG to measure heart function.

I was then told to get into the bed, and the final two sensors were hooked up- a sensor that went into my nose to measure air flow, and a sensor on my finger tip that measures the amount of oxygen in the blood. I'm not sure how it's able to measure that without piercing you, but I'm OK with it. After these sensors were on, I was plugged into the computer and had to go through a calibration procedure with the technician to make sure all of the sensors were working properly.

I was then left to my own devices (keep in mind there's a camera in the room shooting me at all ties) to fall asleep. I finished watching the show that was on TV and the news through the weather like I would want to do if I was home. As uncomfortable as those sensors sound, I was able to fall asleep rather quickly. My nights sleep was as most of mine have been lately, awakening many times through out the night seemingly for no reason, lying there for a little bit and then going back to sleep.

When I woke up like this at 5am, I was told that they had enough data and it was time to go. It took about 20 minutes to get all the sensors off of me, and then I was left to fill out a questionnaire about my sleep that night, get dressed and go home. I got home just as the sun was coming up and promptly went to bed. I woke up around 9:30 or 10am.

I'll get the results from the sleep study in 5-7 days.