Random Ramblings

Staybrite wrote:

I have to spend tonight in a clinic.  Not looking forward to it.  I have had problems with snoring and getting a decent night's sleep for several years now (like 10+).  My doctor is forcing me to do a sleep trial in a clinic tonight.

Hopefully, they'll be able to figure out what's going on.

I don't know how to say or express how I feel.

Staybrite wrote:

I have to spend tonight in a clinic.  Not looking forward to it.  I have had problems with snoring and getting a decent night's sleep for several years now (like 10+).  My doctor is forcing me to do a sleep trial in a clinic tonight.

I did the sleep study, and they told me what I already knew: that I have sleep apnea. The main reason for the study was to determine how bad, and to verify it was bad enough to recommend a CPAP machine. The recommendation was to bring the insurance on board, which is laughable because I have the high deductible ($3600) plan that allows me to have a Health Savings Account, so essentially it all came out of my pocket anyways ... and still is.

The crazy part is that I still don't get a whole night's sleep because the blasted mask and hose wake me up.  Apparently I sleep better in-between now though.  

^Beardad, you probably have a better chance of, ummmmm...... not dying in your sleep! So I say the mask is a winner!

Last day at work! This is gonna be a weird day!

Readi_Sketti wrote:

Last day at work! This is gonna be a weird day!

Just be sure to tell them where you hid all of the bodies that way they know as well.

Through The Dark Radio wrote:

Readi_Sketti wrote:

Last day at work! This is gonna be a weird day!

Just be sure to tell them where you hid all of the bodies that way they know as well.

Yikes!  

Readi_Sketti wrote:

Last day at work! This is gonna be a weird day!

Are you going back after you have your little bundle of joy, or are you going to stay home for a while?

Through The Dark Radio wrote:

Readi_Sketti wrote:

Last day at work! This is gonna be a weird day!

Just be sure to tell them where you hid all of the bodies that way they know as well.

  I have no idea what you are talking about!!!

Staybrite wrote:

Are you going back after you have your little bundle of joy, or are you going to stay home for a while?

I am planning on staying home for a while. We are taking a bit of a step in faith & praying the Lord blesses & provides. It is kinda scary actually.
How did your sleep study go?

Readi_Sketti wrote:

How did your sleep study go?

Now that you mention it....exhausting, found it a little difficult to sleep all night in a strange bed being monitored by cameras with a dozen+ wires attached to me and an artificial elephant nose strapped to my face (won't know the results for a few weeks).  For those of you young and healthy on this board take some advice from me (and the other older rockers).....don't get old   

Don't get old? How?

xenonlion wrote:

Don't get old? How?

Easy, just stay young.  

I heard there's a pill for that.

My friend's funeral is this morning. I'm sure many of my school friends will be there too.

kerrick wrote:

I heard there's a pill for that.

Yeah, I took those for a while.  I think it accelerated aging.  I used to be 18 and will soon turn 45.   

Driven wrote:

My friend's funeral is this morning. I'm sure many of my school friends will be there too.

I hate funerals. Hope it goes well and many turn out for your friend. Sucks to lose a friend at such a young age.

Huge turnout, church was close to packed. My dad came with me, since he taught the guy a few classes in high school. A lot of my friends were there, but it was no time for pleasantries - we were mostly quiet when we exited the church. The eulogies, offered by the guy's family, were very good, though.

Staybrite wrote:

xenonlion wrote:

Don't get old? How?

Easy, just stay young.  

I can't

Driven wrote:

My friend's funeral is this morning. I'm sure many of my school friends will be there too.

I'm sorry. Was this a close friend?

xenonlion wrote:

Driven wrote:

My friend's funeral is this morning. I'm sure many of my school friends will be there too.

I'm sorry. Was this a close friend?

Not exactly close (he was a lot closer to many other people), but he sat one seat to the left and one seat to the front of me in calculus, so we chatted once in a while. He was a born comedian. Just about everyone he knew loved him.

Staybrite wrote:

Readi_Sketti wrote:

How did your sleep study go?

Now that you mention it....exhausting, found it a little difficult to sleep all night in a strange bed being monitored by cameras with a dozen+ wires attached to me and an artificial elephant nose strapped to my face (won't know the results for a few weeks).  For those of you young and healthy on this board take some advice from me (and the other older rockers).....don't get old   

Getting old ain't for sissies.

Just think Staybrite, thousands of people have to sleep with a huge gadget on their face every night. I know a lot of people using C-PAP machines to sleep.... I don't know how they do it.

Through The Dark Radio wrote:

Staybrite wrote:

Readi_Sketti wrote:

How did your sleep study go?

Now that you mention it....exhausting, found it a little difficult to sleep all night in a strange bed being monitored by cameras with a dozen+ wires attached to me and an artificial elephant nose strapped to my face (won't know the results for a few weeks).  For those of you young and healthy on this board take some advice from me (and the other older rockers).....don't get old   

Getting old ain't for sissies.

You got that right!

Guilty/Forgiven wrote:

Just think Staybrite, thousands of people have to sleep with a huge gadget on their face every night. I know a lot of people using C-PAP machines to sleep.... I don't know how they do it.

I know how they do it, they are all desperate for a decent nights sleep and will do almost anything to get it!   

It was really awkward but the nurse/technician who was working with me is a large guy who has been on a c-pap machine for a number of years, and he told me that you get used to it pretty quick.

My wife has a C-PAP as well.  What they need to make is a machine that would just basically be the head piece that had a blower attached directly while being lightweight.  That way you don't need the tubing.