One Crazy Chick

Here you will find the life and times of a 40-something chick. Yes I can be a bit crazy, but life's crazy too. I've learned to just grab hold and hang on for the ride.

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I'm the proud mom of an 11 year old daughter, a 15 year old stepson, a handsome husband and the worlds cutest ShiTzu. I used to do karate but had to stop due to too many broken bones. All in all, life's good.

Monday, June 16, 2008

ZZZzzzzz.....

I haven't been posting much since my return from vacation because I've just been too tired. It all started last Tuesday. I was scheduled to have a sleep study so I went there thinking they wouldn't have much to study because I'd probably have the best sleep of my life and exhibit no problems. Boy was I wrong.

There won't be much for them to study because I didn't get a wink of sleep all night. Not one second. Why? The facility was so noisy. My room was beside the nurses office where they monitor the patients and I could hear them talking and laughing almost all night. I called the nurse in at one point to tell her to tell the staff to please be quiet. After all, how do they expect people to sleep in a noisy environment. Especially with all the wires and stuff they attach to you. By that time it was really too late because I was all stressed out from the environment. The nurse said to me the next morning that my doctor may need for me to come back and repeat the test. I told her there was no way I was coming back to do that ever again.

I left the sleep study that morning to get home and go to bed. I was so tired! But what do you know...I couldn't fall asleep. I can sleep any day even if I'm not tired. All I have to do is lay down and I fall asleep. Not this day. I went to bed that night and didn't get a second of sleep the entire night. I was afraid I was going to go psycho if I didn't get some Z's soon. I don't really know how I made it through that day but somehow I did.

The next night I lay in bed stressing out over sleep so therefore I had a hard time. I eventually got about 4 hours and I was thankful for that. It's been pretty much okay since but I hope I never go through that again!

6 Comments:

Blogger BRAINCHEESE said...

Well, darn it all! I empathize with your sleep issues as I am fully aware how difficult they can be. I've got no words of wisdom here (because I am a horrible role model for sleep!)...sometimes drugs are your friend to help with sleep? Beyond that, the hubby hitting you over the head with a rubber mallet might do!

Linda D. in Seattle

1:22 AM  
Blogger Moby Dick said...

Sounds very stressful. I wanted to do a sleep study. I thought it would be cool!

2:31 AM  
Blogger Miss Chris said...

Linda: Great minds think alike. I begged my husband to please knock me out if I didn't get some sleep. Fortunately I did get a little sleep as he seemed a bit eager to take me up on that!

8:59 AM  
Blogger Miss Chris said...

Spider: I don't know how anyone gets any sleep when they're attached to all that gear for the study. They even have stuff going up your nostrils!

8:59 AM  
Blogger Charles-A. Rovira said...

Oh boy do I sympathize.

I loathe hospitals because you can't ever get a good nights rest.

If their not actively keeping you awake with tests, they're making enough noise that sleep is impossible.

4:32 PM  
Blogger pb said...

Sounds like malpractice to me. I'd contact the insurance people and report it, especially if I were expected to chip in copay.

5:59 AM  

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