Sleep Clinic cont. "I Can Breathe!"

What to wear was a concern for me since I have no pajamas but I pulled together some bright blue sweats, a purple t-shirt and a multi-pastel-colored, super cozy sweater so I must have looked like a jelly bean clown - then to top it off after washing everything someone must have left a tissue in their pocket so my comfy makeshift PJ's were covered with white pieces of tissue. I certainly would not have won any beauty contest.

Thanks to everyone who prayed for me because things went smooth from there. I pulled up to a great parking spot, found my way to the Sleep Center and met Jon right away. Jon is a wonderful Christian man who is excellent at what he does and he made me feel right at home and very informed. The bed was a sleep number bed (my number is 35) and the temp of the room was perfect - very comfortable all around.

Once Jon hooked all of the electrodes to my body (there were about 20 of them) I got to take a look in the mirror and I looked like a drunk jelly-bean clown because my hair was all messed up and I looked like I had just been sleeping in a garbage can with clumps of white glue-gel all over to keep the 'trodes in place. And of course each 'trode had either a black, red or white wire attached so I had wires and straps from head to toe, in my nose, down my pants, attached to my face, chest, head and legs - I looked like a colorful Star Trek Borg.

They asked me if I wanted a sleeping pill and I said, "If you want to see me sleep you'll need to give me a sleeping pill." Well, even with the sleeping pill I was tossing and turning, thrashing around and waking up every time I moved so Jon came in and placed a nose/mouth mask on my face and all of a sudden I could BREATHE!!!

Next thing I knew I was sleeping like a hibernating bear - all sprawled out on my back, arms and legs flung out across the queen bed! What a difference breathing makes!!

Now I have to wait for the results, which I was told can take a couple of weeks because they have to go through hundreds of sheets of data. I say just give me that breathing mask NOW!! I think I will wear it 24/7!! Breathing totally makes you feel like you are full of clean air and lighter or something. I am really looking forward to real sleep finally!

As I left the Sleep Center I said goodbye to Jon and as I shook his hand the way he looked at me made me think that he knew something about me that I'd never know...

Paranoid - only a little,

Rebecca