good times

[phinnia]

in excellent news, i don't have sleep apnea! i just have lousy sleep habits and i'm supposed to keep this sleep diary for the next six weeks and i don't get to do any more reading in bed. this kind of sucks a bit because i like reading in bed, but i'm only supposed to be sleeping in bed. i guess this is kind of like the sleep-equivalent of slouching or really bad posture? oh well, no sleep apnea is good - there's a risk for 'central' sleep apnea with methadone use so it's good to have it checked i suppose. (that's when all the mechanical stuff is working fine but your brain gets all relaxed and forgets to tell you to breathe. this is apparently the biggest risk of methadone + narcotics use)
GO ME. also i probably should not sleep on my back as much, because they weren't able to check that, so I may still have sleep apnea when i sleep on my back. (that does happen - she sees it sometimes). apparently that one night i didn't sleep on my back. (probably because it was goddamn cold in the testing room and turning around with a ton of wires strapped to you is difficult and kind of annoying.)

further: i have put harnesses (not Harknesses. although that would be more interesting) on the cats. they kind of hate me right now, although i am winning back their love with pieces of freeze dried salmon and two new catnip mice.

the library is open again! and there was MUCH rejoicing.

that's all i've got.

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[phoenixsong]

*nod* For years and years, when Dad snored while sleeping on his back, Mom would tell him to roll on his side, and voila, no more snoring. hkellick also snores a bit and/or has brief apnea episodes when sleeping on his back, and is fine if he's on his side. It's something to do with the soft palate that doesn't kick in if you're sideways, but if you're on your back, gravity works against the relaxed muscles.