Sleep study does not include much sleep, does include much annoyance

[thistlechaser]

First off, have a cat, from the ru_cats_daily comm:



Second, I'm really, really annoyed. And tired, but annoyed is the important part here. The instructions for using the sleep study equipment SUCKED. I have no idea if I successfully set the recording device on or not -- if not, I have to do it all again another night.

There were two screens, one for standby, one for record. One had an icon of a lock and nothing else. The other had an icon of a person with blinking bits where the bands go as well as a spinning circle thing (looked like a hard drive or something recording). One would think the one with the spinning circle was the recording screen, but the tech said he left it in standby and the spinning circle one was the one displayed. But how could a lock be for recording? Unless it was locked in case you rolled over in the night and your weight pushed a button...

I'm so annoyed. Really, I am. I don't want to do this again. I realized why I still smelled the guy hours after I had gotten home -- the case all this came in smelled like him. (And I had it on my bed, ugh!)

Not to mention, I got even less sleep than I usually do. Blah. So long as it actually recorded, I can cope with the lack of sleep.

I HOPE if it didn't record they'll discover it and call me today, so if I go a day without a call I can relax. However, he said it would take days to process, so if they don't look at it until they start working on it, it might not be today. :/

Comments

[spike7451.livejournal.com]

What a total pain! I really hope that it did record.

*hugs*

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

I'd hope they'd check it when I turned it back in, just to make sure it did. So that I haven't heard anything yet must be a good sign. I hope!

[teaandfailure.livejournal.com]

I have always felt those sleep studies cannot POSSIBLY be accurate; a night's sleep when you are stressed out and worried about the results and uncomfortable with a weird device on, and sometimes (but not in your case) not even in your regular bed seems like it would not be a very good indicator of a typical night's sleep.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Agreed. While I was happy, I was surprised that not only they let you do it at home (where so many fewer elements are controlled for), but the guy told me I could take a sleeping pill if I wanted. How could that lead to accurate results?

At least I'm not doing this because I care about the results or have some kind of problem we're trying to narrow down, it's just a hoop to jump through before the surgery. If this were important, I'd be even less happy about the whole thing.

[gonzostar.livejournal.com]

Hi, I'm Tracey's friend (lady_bird and she recommended I add you because we have this one big thing in common. On my blog it's a secret and a super-seeekrit filter but I would add you to it. :)

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Hello! Sure thing. I friended you. :) Nice to meet you!

[gonzostar.livejournal.com]

And I added you back. Just in reading a few pages back, I can see we have a few other things in common: 1. I live in California (Bay Area) and 2. I had to fight the hospital who was sending me a bill for $55,000. Oh and 3. I'm a cat (and all animal) lover.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Ah! It does sound like we have a lot in common then! :D I'm glad lady_bird nudged us together.