Phil, I'm laughing at this entire scene!! You describe it all so vividly
that I can even see you sitting there in your underwear!! LOL!! What fun!!
Helen
Earlier, Phil Scovell wrote:
>I slept about like I do at home. I know nothing about the sleep study
>itself and won't till their report is concluded after 10 to 14 days and
>mailed to my doctor. I will be surprised, now, if they think I have sleep
>apnea because they did not come in during the night to put the oxygen mask
>over my nose like they thought they would. It is sort of weird, however,
>trying to go to sleep when you know the room is wired, because they not only
>can hear every single noise you make, and you can use your imagination on
>that one, and furthermore, it is an odd feeling to know that your mouth,
>eyes, lips, chin, forehead, your brain patterns, heart, chest, stomach, and
>even your legs movement is all being monitored by a computer called the
>Beast. I'm kidding about the name of the computer, of course. In short, it
>does everything but tell them what your dreams might be. You are also video
>taped the entire time. I think I'll get a copy to show during family get
>togethers. It took the lady 45 minutes, as I sat in my underwear in a
>chair, to tape and glue all these wires and probes and belts up to my near
>naked body. Then I had to sleep on my back at first, which I cannot do, and
>after about an hour, I could sleep however I wished. Sure. Go right ahead
>and try and roll around about like you do at home with all these plastic
>wires dragging around as you move. I was tempted to die on them just to
>play a joke but I didn't figure they would think it was funny. It seemed
>funny at the time to me but instead, I lived. I lay on my back in the
>silence of the room, once she left, and recalled the verse Stanley shared.
>I realized I wasn't afraid, however, because I was safe as it was. So I
>focused on the first part of the verse and finally went to sleep. I
>awakened at 3 o'clock, about like I normally do, and then slept off and on
>until 6 o'clock when she came in and ripped off hair and skin as she removed
>all the wires and probes from my near naked body and near naked scull. If
>you aren't awake before then, once they begin ripping that stuff off your
>body, you are then. It could have been worse, I suppose but I lived anyway.
>By the way, I gave up water all afternoon and evening so I wouldn't have to
>get up during the night to go to the bathroom. Aren't you proud of me?
>
>Phil.
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