About that sleep study...
Dec. 24th, 2020 03:22 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
debgeisler...I didn't sleep very well, alas, either Saturday (the night before the test) or Sunday nights. But Sunday night was clearly not the fault of the sleep clinic, and I can say many good things about the Sleep Center at the Salem Hospital/North Shore Medical Center. The place was comfortable, the staff technician was an absolute peach who was just a pleasure to deal with, and everything was as safe and healthy as they could possibly make it.
My pulmonologist wanted to do the sleep study because a different test done several months ago showed a sudden wakening (or short pattern of them) in the middle of the night. "It was the cat, jumping on my hip, at 2:30 in the morning." They didn't think that was it, so they decided to check for sleep apnea.
Ha. Ha. Ha.
The test results showed 0 apneas of any sort. No problems with breathing or heart rate. No unusual movement of my legs. No snoring.
Nothing.
Apparently, once I finally got to sleep (took several hours), that was that.
Granted that there are nights when I'm restless (aren't we all?), can't get comfortable, toss and turn, wiggle around. But this surely wasn't one of them, nor is that my norm.
If there is someone who is the anti-sleep-apnea candidate, that would be me.
A friend of mine went through the same test, his wife tells me, and he had *more than 100 an hour*. That is pretty hideous - that he stopped breathing that many times in an hour. OMG. I am so glad not to go through what he does (or my other friends with sleep apnea, of which there are quite a few).
But Mischa T. Kat has a lot to answer for.
My pulmonologist wanted to do the sleep study because a different test done several months ago showed a sudden wakening (or short pattern of them) in the middle of the night. "It was the cat, jumping on my hip, at 2:30 in the morning." They didn't think that was it, so they decided to check for sleep apnea.
Ha. Ha. Ha.
The test results showed 0 apneas of any sort. No problems with breathing or heart rate. No unusual movement of my legs. No snoring.
Nothing.
Apparently, once I finally got to sleep (took several hours), that was that.
Granted that there are nights when I'm restless (aren't we all?), can't get comfortable, toss and turn, wiggle around. But this surely wasn't one of them, nor is that my norm.
If there is someone who is the anti-sleep-apnea candidate, that would be me.
A friend of mine went through the same test, his wife tells me, and he had *more than 100 an hour*. That is pretty hideous - that he stopped breathing that many times in an hour. OMG. I am so glad not to go through what he does (or my other friends with sleep apnea, of which there are quite a few).
But Mischa T. Kat has a lot to answer for.
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