I just finished my second sleep study last night. The first one was completed on December 30th - the results - I have sleep apnea. So, last night, I was fitted with a CPAP and monitored all night long.
Honestly, I didn’t mind looking like Mrs. Snuffleupagus as much as I minded all the electrodes on my head, chest and legs.
I spent 2 hours trying to wash out the damn paste in my hair that they use to stick electrodes to me -and it is going to take another shampoo or two for all that stuff to get out of my hair. Yuck.
If using a CPAP will make me feel more awake and give me more energy, I’m all for it. I have been tired for a couple of years. I don’t have the energy to do those things I need to do.
John also uses a CPAP - if a burglar broke into our room whilst we sleep, we would surely scare them away - with our nose-hoses and all.
Um, you've got a condition that's causing a serious deterioration of your quality of life, but you're angry about stickum in your hair?
Okay, this is a perspective I don't understand. There's an internal logic to it, somewhere, but I don't see it.
I hope the CPAP works and you feel a ton better, SWWBO.
On the stickum in your hair. Try something that's an emulsion to begin with. Like mayunaise. Or olive oil. I don't think you'd want to use something like turpentine or nail polish remover, which would work, or rubbing alcohol since they'll damage the hair, there's the danger of it getting in your eyes, and, if you have colored your hair it might take it out. The fat in the oil or mayo will slowly dissolve the stickum. Like dissolves like is a basic principle of chemistry. Shampoos are big, polar ions(big long organic part that's had a hydrogen pull somewhere so it can be made into a water soluble salt) for the most part. They're typically effective, but in this instance they might not. The mayo you can leave on for a long time and will slowly leach away the organic stickum(same with the olive oil or veggie oil). It'll take a couple of hours, but it'll be cheaper than using shampoo.
Since I don't give a damn about my hair I'd just lean off the couch with my head down in a bowl of IPA(rubbing alcohol), but I'm weird like that.
I can't wait for Miles to wander in and see his Grand-snuffleupagi and run out, screaming...
And Ry, you are so *not* a woman. Much to Jess' relief, I'm sure.
So, how did the CPAP work out for you overall? What were some of the benefits versus drawback? Can you tell us a little about the process, i.e. how you were prescribed the CPAP device, how your doctor assessed your apnea, etc.?
Thanks!
Federal Sleep Institute
What? Everything I said was actually practical, and I read a Help From Helloise like 20 years ago about the wonders of mayonaise in terms of hair care. just modded to deal with the, then, current situation.
And, no, I don't claim to understand women. I don't understand most people---particularly when they drive like absolute bucketheads( hey, it's called cornering and not cutting a tangent to the curve for a reason! See those little yellow dots on the road telling you which is your lane thru the turn? It wasn't just a make busy project for the city)--- so it's no biggy.
At least I left out the now obligatory, the Green Police and all, but it's a green practice!