Comments on: I Have Upper Airway Resistance Syndrome

By: JD

JD — Mon, 11 May 2009 20:42:30 +0000

Richard Mongler: Good point. And those punks only get to wear a flimsy surgical mask. HA!

By: Richard Mongler

Richard Mongler — Sun, 10 May 2009 20:16:08 +0000

Don’t feel bad. At least you don’t have teh swine flu.

By: JD

JD — Thu, 07 May 2009 23:37:32 +0000

Baron von Rochester: I was rather proud of that score. They said it was the “low end of the normal range,” so, yeah, I’d say it was about a B. I am efficient at sleeping!

By: Baron von Rochester

Baron von Rochester — Thu, 07 May 2009 20:07:47 +0000

I love it that you have a "sleep efficiency" of 85%. That sounds pretty good, really. I mean, it's a solid "B" on most grading charts. Baron von Rochester’s last blog post..My Day at the Dentist

By: JD

JD — Wed, 06 May 2009 19:13:40 +0000

TheSnackHound: I have that same stupidity disorder with drinking while talking. You’d think once would be enough to drill it in my brain that those two activities don’t go together. I’m not sure where you got the cold room thing for sleep studies. I was pleased to find my room had a thermostat; unfortunately, it controlled another room, too, and apparently THAT person didn’t enjoy Arctic temps.

By: TheSnackHound

TheSnackHound — Wed, 06 May 2009 00:06:17 +0000

Yes...I check my throat opening on a regular basis. Well..if I figure out how...I would. I do have a disorder where I try to talk while I am drinking, so it goes down "the wrong pipe." But that is not a true throat disorder, that is a stupidity disorder. All I can think of when I think of sleep studies is that it must be darn cold to do one. I always think they put you on a cold table with one thin sheet for warmth and you freeze all night. But maybe that's not true. TheSnackHound’s last blog post..The SnackHound Tribute to Dom Deluise

By: JD

JD — Tue, 05 May 2009 23:38:28 +0000

Jay: My mom is hinting around for me to hang out while she sleeps to see if she stops breathing. I asked her if she couldn’t just videotape herself. Happy Mother’s Day!

Tiggy: Oh, always. The more I can suffer, the more blog fodder. And thanks for planting the YouTube idea. I’m scouring for videos with keywords “sleep study,” “fondling,” and “JD.”

By: Tiggy

Tiggy — Tue, 05 May 2009 15:08:44 +0000

It was worth your suffering for a great post, surely?

I wonder if they were just being kind about the ‘no limb movement’ thing… Just to be sure, I’d check YouTube, I don’t trust those doctors…

By: Jay

Jay — Mon, 04 May 2009 21:28:52 +0000

I keep telling OH he needs to get checked out, and also that losing weight to reduce the size of his neck would help, but he never listens to me.

“Can you hear him not breathing thru your earplugs?”

The earplugs don’t block out all noise, they just seriously reduce it, but I think it’s more of an instinctive ‘WAKE UP – YOUR HUSBAND’S DEAD!!’ thing. Thankfully, he usually isn’t.

By: JD

JD — Mon, 04 May 2009 12:01:50 +0000

Queen Katherine: You are very welcome. And why have I never realized that "pain in the ass" is abbreviated "PITA." How pretty! Anyway, yes, I suppose the flat throat is a tradeoff for all the arousals. I've been eating only flat food lately, which seems to be making absolutely no difference at all. unfinishedrambler: Oh, now, wait. Shieldmaiden could still chime in. Or maybe Seamus will be the one to call you out. In our house, it's the cats who usually say the things we're reluctant to say ourselves. WOO! Arousals! Puglette: Oh, how could it have been my sweet Ollie?! I hope Ollie very gently shoved him off the bed! dcr: I forgot to say that a free sample of hand sanitizer comes free with every comment. EVERYthing sounds more threatening when you acronym-ize it (except PITA). shakespeare: Aw! Your husband likes you. There's got to be some deep meaning behind the fact that he only snores facing you. Well, for now, try insulting him and see what happens. Natural: Sounds about right. My cats try to smother me every night, but they usually leave a small opening for me to breathe/snore through. They seem to have the reviving part down pretty well. Musingwoman: I wish I'd thought to ask if it was a record. I bet it was. We should probably all be checking YouTube right now to see if those sleep technicians uploaded the video of my arousals.