Now that is funny Phil, I would have done the same thiong with the water and
all *grin well, I bet your glad that is over.


Lelia Struve email [log in to unmask] msn [log in to unmask]
----- Original Message -----
From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, July 26, 2004 12:05 PM
Subject: Sleep Study


> 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.
>
>