Thursday, October 30, 2008

Sleep studies and fingerprinting

Neither sound too attractive, do they? So there I was back at the sleep clinic for a "titration" which is what the doc is calling it.

This means I got to take another sleep study to ensure the first diagnosis of sleep apnea is correct and the CPAP machine I've been sleeping with is doing what it's supposed to.
So imagine me, sitting in a chair, getting wired to whatever machine they're hooking me up to. I have about 20 cables attached to various parts of my head and upper torso to monitor various levels of sleep, heart rate, breathing, etc. Then you get in bed and they tell you to have a good nights sleep....... what's wrong with this picture.

Thankfully falling asleep has never been too difficult for me considering that I had a short sleep the night before and had helped replace the transmission on my jeep and various other forms of activities that fill my regular day.

Overall the night wasn't too bad, a little restless due to the contraptions I was hooked up to, but I managed to get a number of good REM sessions throughout the night... No, not the band...
I was actually woken up about 40 minutes late as I was in "a very deep sleep" and the technician didn't want to wake me up.
Once I was woken up I was told that everything looked good and I will get the final report from the Doctor on Monday. So fingers crossed...


Fingerprinting process:

I picked up my fingerprinting cards from my Flight school and went to the local police fingerprinting office to get my 2 sets of print cards. I paid my 15 bucks and got all my digits printed and sent off.

I'm still getting a chuckle out of the AFSP or Alien Flight Student Program as the thought of Aliens flying through the sky brings a few cool t-shirt ideas to mind...

Anyway, once that's done I should be cleared by the TSA to begin lessons, now just to finish up the medical portion and I'm good to go.

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