Sue hit that nail square on: sleep tests are not fun. It's like paying for a very expensive hotel (although Medicare does pick up quite a bit of that) and then discovering that it's very clean, but barely comfortable.
I got to sit in a very basic 'patients lounge' in which the TV didn't seem to have an ABC channel. There was fresh fruit, dip and crackers and tea or coffee. There were only two people in last night, and the other person didn't show him/herself, so I got to pick the channel. I found SBS and watched that for an hour or so, knitting away peacefully. Then I got into my jarmies and had a lot of leads attached. Two on each leg, two under each clavicle, two under my chin and an unknown number on my head - at least ten I think. All of these were taped to my face then up over and down behind my ears. Then straps around my belly and under my arms, with leads on the front to measure my respiration, and finally nose prongs with more leads. Each of these leads was plugged into a kind of peg board (with a strap so it could be hung off my neck when I needed to leave the bed to pee), which was then plugged into a wall unit.
I was then left to read until I wanted to turn out the light and sleep, which I did fairly quickly. Negotiating the leads when I went to pee was interesting; some of them hung round my feet, perhaps because I'm so short. Without glasses, in a strange bathroom, it was a challenge to get back to bed safely. The bed was very firm, which I'm used to, but wasn't very comfortable. Itb felt lumpy - I am so spoiled with our lovely wool matress topper. My hip ached quite a bit and the tooth that I'd had the root canal done in the night before was reminding me of its existence too. I popped a couple of panadol when I went to the loo, but didn't sleep as well after that - I had a lot of very vivid dreams. I'm not sure what that means but no doubt I'll find out next week when I see the doctor.
Today I'm at home, being a blob. I may nap in a bit. In the meantime I'll catch up on what was on the ABC last night.
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