Perhaps this is just Andria playing a trick on me and small sliver of the Nebraskan medical community? After all, I don't feel like someone that would stop breathing at night. Sounds silly. Why would I do that? Denial is my friend.
The camera and infrared lamp mounted ominously above the bed might disagree with my self assessment. It's lights out in a couple hours and a pleasant young man named Samuel is duty bound to monitor my every twitch. 20 minutes ago he left me watching an informative video on a rollaway cart, and wandered off to "hook up the other guy." He promised he'd be back in 45 minutes or so, and I simply can't wait.
According to the video I'll have 4 electrode thingies on my scalp, a hearbeat thing on my chest, 2 frilly expansion things around my chest and belly to measure expansion or lack thereof, 2 more electrodes on my calf for something unintelligible (the VHS fuzzed out a bit during that part), and some gizmo mounted on my upper lip to measure air flow speeds. A regular Inspector Gadget I'll be.
A couple hours after I fall asleep he should know whether or not a CPAP is something we should try. A CPAP is this pump thingie that goes over your nose to push minor air pressure into my nasal channel to keep my airway from collapsing. hmmmmm.... Not a big fan of this thing already. Luckily all the folks on the video enthusiastically recommend it, so I'm convinced.
... at this point Samuel came back and hooked me up ...
What a surreal experience. I'd give $50 for a picture of those 27 (yes, literally 27) electrodes all over me. Its hard to sleep w/ probes up your nose. I had nightmares which freaked me out since I only remember dreams once a year or so. In 2 weeks I should have the official results of the sleep study in hand... gak.