WOW

This is what early morning is like? The sleep study was fascinating. They basically stick electrodes all over your head and body, connect them to a little forest of wires, put you in a strange room, fix a remote camera directly on you and then tell you … to go to sleep. Thank God for Ambien. And then half-way through the night, the nurse comes in and puts this big mask over your nose and mouth. The mask blows a steady stream of air into your nasal passages and throat, and they can regulate the pressure remotely, depending on how your readings are. It really wasn’t that uncomfortable. And I have no idea what my readings were or what my diagnosis is. The nurse isn’t allowed to say. But he did hint that if I didn’t have sleep apnea, he wouldn’t be putting a mask on me at 1 am. And then there’s how I felt waking up. Usually, I need about nine hours sleep to feel vaguely fresh. And it takes about an hour for me to caffeinate, rouse myself and generally emerge from slumber. Not this time. I went to sleep around 10.30 pm and woke up around 5.45, feeling fresh as a daisy. I could feel the change instantly. Psycho-somatic? Maybe. I’ll get data soon. But I’m really excited at the possibility of having to sleep less, and being more energetic in the day. Yes, I know it seems as if I never sleep sometimes. But that’s the deceptive nature of a blog. More importantly: I really recommend this for people who seem to stop breathing intermittently in the night, or have really bad snoring, or feel listless and tired in the day. Sleep is so important to health. I may be finding that out all over again.