Not sleeping, not so beautiful.

The long-awaited sleep study took place last week, at Providence Milwaukie Hospital's Sleep Lab (and I am just now writing about it because I am the Queen of Procrastination!). It's always fun, going to a strange place at night, being told to put your pyjamas on, watch a video, and then get a bunch of wires attached to your body. I'd recommend it to everyone looking for a groovy night out. I was pretty sure I'd have trouble sleeping while wired up, since I have issues sleeping in my own bed, with my own stuff touching me. How was sleeping with wires taped to my calves and head, strapped to my chest & waist, and (worst of all) a little prong-thingy in my nose going to be possible?!

 

[caption id="attachment_1077" align="aligncenter" width="225"] Not only did the wires totally f#*k up my hair, the one on my chin itched, and the ones in my nose were frigging' ANNOYING![/caption]

Oddly enough, I was able to sleep. Which probably shouldn't surprise me, since my life is just that weird. I didn't sleep WELL, but I did sleep. The next morning, it was confirmed that I do not have sleep apnea (which I was pretty sure I didn't anyway), but that I'd never gone into REM sleep, and that my RLS had been active all night. I'm not sure yet what these things mean, since I've not spoken to the doctor about this, yet, but that no-REM-sleep-thing can't be good, can it?

On another note, I did see the doctor about my sore ankle and bad ear. A visit to Dr. Jeff, with his pointy shoes and metrosexual style, is always a pleasure, and not just because he's a snazzy dresser. He's a good doctor, pays attention to what I'm saying, and takes care of things right away. This time, he sent me to physical therapy to work on getting my ankle fixed, and gave me ear drops for the infection I didn't even know I had. I've had trouble with my left ear for the last year, ever since I got water in it, and over the last month it had hurt off and on. Now, I'm putting in ear drops four times a day, and with luck, will feel better soon.  Big fun.