Sleep apnea study

Nov 30, 2009

I had my sleep apnea study done on Friday November 27th. Wasn't sure what to expect out of it all so I went into it with an open mind and said a little prayer before hand, if I do have sleep apnea or any problems now is the time for them to show up.
Got to the clinic and had to fill out some paperwork. He then told me he had to hook about 25 things up to me. I didn't realize it was that much.
I had 2 probes on each one of my calf muscles, he said that was to see if I move when I sleep, I had two bands around me, one around by my belly button and one above my chest to monitor my breathing, had one on each shoulder to watch my heart rate, had one behind each one of my ears, one on the sides of both of my eyes, one on the both sides of my mouth, one on the both sides of my chin, think about 5-6 on my head. And then two breathing type tubes placed under my nose. Wow I felt like Frankenstein! We had to calibrate and make sure all was working ok, so I had to open my eyes, close my eyes, blink my eyes, "snore", move my legs, hold my breathe and a few other things. Once all was ok it was time for me to sleep.
I don't do well sleeping in new places, I can sleep but I don't get that good deep sleep that you normally do. I tried to relax myself as much as I could so I could fall asleep. Now mind you my sinus', allergies and whatever else this is has been acting up bad for the last week, I have coughing spells at night and have issues breathing, my lungs were so congested. I let him know that before hand and warned him I would probably wake up coughing. Sure enough around the same time as usual around 2am I woke up, coughing over and over again for like an hour and he came in and asked if I was ok and needed help, he seen I was struggling. Nothing he could really do about it. So after 2 hrs of coughing, struggling to breathe I dozed off again but it was a light sleep. He got me up at 6am and unhooked me.
I went into the bathroom and looked at myself in the mirror and felt like Mary in the movie There's something about Mary when she used his "gel", my hair was so gunked up with the sticky stuff they use to stick the probes I had to giggle a bit. The tech didn't mention to me of anything so I don't know how to read how well the test went. To me it didn't go well and I am a bit concerned but I hope they take into consideration that I am congested. I will find out at my next doctor's appointment.
I did buy some Mucinex on the way home, it has helped a little bit but I am still congested.
So now just to wait and see what the results are and if this congestion clears up if not I need to talk to my doctor about it.

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