PkSteph
Sleep study ugh
Dec 30, 2011
Well, I had my "treatment portion" of my sleep study last night.
I just got home an hour ago and, OMG , am tired right now. With all the glued in probes, waist strap and chest strap along with the CPAP mask I have a VERY hard time getting to sleep. I think I could handle the mask and having air blown in my nose. What was really annoying was the chest strap. The tech had to put it on so tight it dug into my armpits. It felt like going to sleep with a very tight bra that had crept up past my boobs and decided to rest on my breast bone. lol I'm not quite sure why it bothered me so much. My original test went without a hitch. Maybe it was the combination of wires, straps and foreign thing on my face? 
I kept on getting an itch on the tip of my nose that I couldn't scratch. That didn't help either. 
Hopefully, the tech was right. He told me when the test was over that I had gotten enough rest to show the CPAP treatment will help me. (He, also, said it was common for people to struggle with all that's going on and that's attached to them if it's their first time with all of it.) I guess when I finally did get to sleep I slept well. I'm so glad to hear that!
Now I have to wait 23 days for my consultation with a sleep doc.. How strange that it takes so long to actually get treatment at home!
Oh, that reminds me. I have to remember to tell my surgeon that I had been DX'ed with Sleep Apnea and use a CPAP. I guess they'll have me on it during surgery.
Listen to me. I don't even have a surgeon yet. My consultation isn't for a few weeks and I'm talking like I'm positive I'm having the surgery. Gotta stay positive!
My first sleep test was the reason I am starting this process in the first place! When I got the results back saying I have moderate sleep apnea - and, like my family always tells me, I snore like a train going off the tracks and crashing into another train - I took a month looking over the different WLS's before I gathered the courage to fill out the online forms at two surgeons. I see both of them in the same week on Jan. 9th and 11. I would have loved to have done this sooner, but, it's probably a really busy time for them. lol New Year Resolutions and all. All I know is that I AM READY!
