I had the pleasure of accepting Agape's offer to visit his new sleep lab.Agape=Love wrote: We are in Denver so if anyone is in the area.. and would like a tour or a study please let me know
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My only experience w/a sleep lab was the hospital lab I went to.
Situated deep in the bowels of a major hospital.
Very intimidating, like most hospitals are.
It had a nice room w/attached bath/shower.
It had that massive lab cart next to the bed w/all the sleep equipment on it.
I was barely able to function when I went in. I had to take ambien to sleep,
which further dulled my senses. I can hardly remember much about the night.
I was totally wasted when I walked out that am. Thought the entire thing was a waste of time.
Agape has a new idea. Take the lab experience out of that atmosphere.....way out.
LoDo. For those not familiar w/Denver, LoDo is Lower Downtown.
When I grew up, lower downtown was the warehouse/skidrow area.
In the past 20yrs, LoDo has been reclaimed and rebuilt.
It is the home of the new baseball stadium and the center for ice hockey
and basketball. I rarely go down there. I have no interest in any of those things.
I'm a west side kid....always have been....always will be.
The warehouses and historic buildings have been reclaimed into retail centers,
upscale restaurants, apartments and lofts.
The new sleep lab has been created in a loft.
The east wall of the lab is entire glass looking toward the east.
At night it would be beautiful w/the lights and I could just imagine
waking up to the view of the sun coming up. Pretty cool.
As you enter to the left of the stairs, you feel like you are coming home.
Full kitchen for snacks before/during the night and coffee/breakfast in the am.
As you pass through the sitting area, you are immediately drawn to the view out the
windows to the east and the techs monitoring stations.
Pretty nice work environment.
This is the first floor bed room w/all the monitoring equipment, neatly on the shelf.
Nothing intimidating here.
and the private, adjoining dressing room and bath room. Very nice.
The floor to ceiling windows of the bedrooms create a wonderful open, relaxed atmosphere.
The second lab sleeping room is up stairs and just the same layout.
There is not a feel of being in a clinical/hospital setting at all.
Very not intimidating. Very much like being at very nice hotel or
even a bed and breakfast.
We discussed all aspects of the sleep business.
Very enlightening. Very educational.
As I was driving home, I thought about all the people that,
through this lab and experience and the watchful, caring eyes of Agape,
will be given a chance for their lives to begin anew,
just as mine has.
Thanks! for the opportunity to meet you and share your dreams.
Agape=love, I wish for you success beyond your wildest dreams.
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