Sleep Study

Hi All

 

Once step closer to sending off everything to the insurance co, have to have a sleep study done before the pulmonary doctor will sign off for my surgery. I have never had a sleep study done was wondering if anybody could tell me how it goes? 

 

Thanks for the help.

 

Michele

I had one years ago.  Went in basically in my jammies.  They hooked up all these sensors including on my head, put me in a room with a bed. The idea is to sleep "normally".

I tried, I really did.  I toss and turn alot, so I kept pulling the sensors off and they had to keep coming in and re-attaching me.  I also never went into REM, so it was kind of a waste of time.

The next morning, they sent me on my way.  Got the results back a week or so later.

Yes they hook you up to sensors and there is usually a camera in the room they monitor you're sleep to test you for sleep apnea. Had it done years ago.

Make sure you wear two piece jammies...no nightgowns.

Next, it is weird to be wired up and many people have trouble sleeping like that. They do understand.

Take something to help you fall alsleep...such as a boring book, etc. And try not to drink too much prior to the study cause once wired up it's a pain to go potty!

You'll survive...we all did.

Liz

"And try not to drink too much prior to the study cause once wired up it's a pain to go potty!"

 

OMG this, this. I think I slept "weird" during mine because I kind of needed to pee but tried to force myself to stay asleep because, having gone once before after they wired me up, I knew what an insane ordeal it would be. So the whole night I felt like I wasn't "fully" asleep, like I was in this weird fluttery in-between not-quite-awake, not-quite-asleep phase.

 

There will likely be glue in your hair in the morning, but it's not the worst thing ever.

Have had about ten of them. Have had apnea over 25 years it caused my obesity and afib. It is verry serrious condition.
They do aconstant ekg. & brain scan. While monotoroning your breathing. All this to determine if you have sa. If u do and anesthesiologostizt fails to treat acordingly you don't wake up when uou should or may just die like a sid baby sundrom.
thats the how come part