Phil,

lol. I did that last June first, so I know what you went through. lol.

I didn't sleep really great, but enough to get my sleep patterns. lol. I
had just had a perm, and I was worried about the junk they put in my hair
messing up my perm, or worse yet, making it go straight, but that didn't
happen. lol.

Love and Blessings,
Pat Ferguson

At 01:05 PM 7/26/04, you 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.