Totally Wired
Originally uploaded by RichPav.
The nurse took this photo for me right before she took it all off. The tape and wires, that is. Not her clothes. She was a total professional. Didn't hog the covers or complain even once about my snoring.
14 responses so far ↓
1 Mike
// Feb 16, 2006 at 4:41 pm
looks like you stepped into a hive of bees =x
I hope the sleep went well^^
2 Naughty Ferret
// Feb 16, 2006 at 8:15 pm
Kids, let this be a lesson to you. Drinking and shaving don't mix.
3 Kuso Ba Baa
// Feb 16, 2006 at 11:47 pm
Diagnosis: Sleep disorder due to stress from running a podcasting site and late hours tinkering with pcs.
4 j3Nn1
// Feb 17, 2006 at 12:37 am
First impression: "Those Japanese are pure genuises!" (I thought you were wearing calamine tape squares.) On second thought.. "Rich, you're too old to be catchin' chicken pox." >:D
5 Adam
// Feb 17, 2006 at 5:15 am
Your lucky the wires were only taped on. In most sleep studies in Delaware and Pennsylvania, they glue the electrodes on. It requires acetone to get the glue off. Does wonders for your hair.
6 Dave
// Feb 17, 2006 at 7:04 am
Why do they have you strapped down? Looks like you're in a psychiatric ward! Does the Natl. Health Insurance not cover anything apnea-related, including surgery or medical equipment which is prescribed?
7 Dave
// Feb 17, 2006 at 7:09 am
Good advice. Last week after drinking 80% of a bottle of wine I was shaving in the shower before bed with a new blade and took a chunk of flesh out of my chin. It gushed blood for about 24 hours.
8 Ken
// Feb 17, 2006 at 10:38 am
Wow!! Your my hero!! If you can sleep like that your amazing.
I have a hard enough time sleeping in strange place let alone
being straped down to the bed.
Its good that you are seeking a doctors help for your condition.
I too have Sleep Apnea. In drug stores in America there many strange head gear appliances for sleep apnea. What kind of surgical procedure do they perform in Japan? Please let me know how it goes.
9 emmett j.
// Feb 17, 2006 at 2:27 pm
good luck with the tests rich … missing you and look forward to hearing your words of wisdom in the near future. bonne nuit …
10 Zaren
// Feb 18, 2006 at 12:10 pm
I don't think it's so much that he's strapped down, it's that he has monitoring apparatus that's strapped *to him* so it doesn't come loose while he's sleeping.
Best of luck to you, Rich. I had a sleep study done years ago that came back showing no problems; doc later decided my problem was too much caffiene and late-night computing
My father-in-law has a CPAP machine which has helped him out a lot – when he stops being stubborn and actually uses the thing, that is.
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// Feb 20, 2006 at 5:28 am
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12 Rafael
// Feb 21, 2006 at 7:40 am
Rich I applaud you for what you are doing. My boss wears a sleeping mask when he goes to bed – going on two years now. It made a world of a diiference when he started to use it. He is now a very nice person to work for and not a tyrant that he used to be.
13 Mark Jasper
// Feb 25, 2006 at 11:59 pm
Free WebCast on the treatment and investigation of patients with obstructive sleep apnea.
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http://webcast.ucsd.edu:8080/ramgen/UCSD_TV/9243.rm
14 David
// Dec 14, 2007 at 5:09 am
Why were you shaving your forehead!
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