OT: Sleep Lab Humor

[LoQ]

I bet several of you have had funny things happen or said or heard funny things at a sleep test in the lab. Let's hear some humor.


I'll start. At my first sleep test, the tech was chatting with me from across the room. She was asking about why they thought I might have OSA. I mentioned that I have very large tonsils. "In fact," I went on, "I'm surprised you can't see them right now."




I really don't like all the wires they put all over you. At my last sleep test, the tech finished gluing and taping all of the equipment on me. I'm sitting there in the chair, and he stands back and says, "Hmm, what am I missing?" as he looks me over.

I said, "a whip." He thought that was funnier than I did, but then he was not the one who was tied up.

[base2balls]

Well at my first sleep study, they did tell me about the camera that tapes you while you are sleeping. Well I had to get up to use the facilities and I started worrying about that video camera, soooo infront of me were towels on the towel bar and I leaned forward and parted the towels to make sure there was no camera of any sort in there. The second sleep study. ( tritation ) I mentioned this ot the tech person and she started laughing and there was a new tech in training and he was laughing. She then explained the camera is just video taping the bed area only. Have a great day, Huggies, Fay ......Oh and another thing,, try wiping you behind twith that thing on your finger too! I don't have full use of both armns so my right hand is useless in that area and the thing was on my left hand. Told them I should probably use that for a shovel. I think it is an oximeter thing that measure oxigen.

[Bons]

As I was getting ready to go into the sleep center for my titration, I received a telephone call from a distraught parish member who is going through a divorce. Talked with the person for awhile, which made me about 20 minutes late going into the building. When I rang the doorbell to go in I apologized and explained that I was in the middle of a "crisis call". The tech thought I had had a panic attack or something and reminded me that I could take a sedative if my doctor had prescribed it, but that the tests REALLY weren't worth getting so worked up over. Should've worn my clerics!

[steamfan]

RT was making a speech that began with "Some people do have considerable difficulty in falling asleep in our sleep lab and that's...." which is the point at which I fell asleep. They were amused.

[TerryB]

My mother tells the story that when she went for her first titration many years ago, she warned the tech. that she would be calling often to be unhooked so that she could answer the many calls of nature. Mom woke up when the tech. entered the room and said "that was good timing, I told you there would be a lot of calls and this is the first. The tech. explained that it was OK, but that since it was 6AM and time for her to dress and go home, it was OK. Mom couldn't believe the difference that the first night under treatment held for her.


Unfortunately, she is convinced that the new machine she has now, doesn't work right for her and she refuses to use it. I have been unable to convince her that her endless awakenings, dry mouth and sleeping all day in her recliner (without apneas) are symptoms which need to be addressed.

[jweeks]

My mother tells the story that when she went for her first titration many years ago, she warned the tech. that she would be calling often to be unhooked so that she could answer the many calls of nature. Mom woke up when the tech. entered the room and said "that was good timing, I told you there would be a lot of calls and this is the first. The tech. explained that it was OK, but that since it was 6AM and time for her to dress and go home, it was OK. Mom couldn't believe the difference that the first night under treatment held for her.

Terry,

I had a very similar experience in my titration study once they got the right machine and right pressure levels. I woke up totally disoriented, and I was curious why the sleep study was ending early. They explained that it was 7AM, and I was done. In my mind only about 30 minutes had elapsed from the last time they woke me up about 1AM, so I was convinced it was 1:30 AM. At that time, it was the first real sleep that I had in about 18 months.

-john-

[Amigo]

Well, yeah, that pesky camera....

I've slept au naturel for so long I simply cannot get to sleep any other way.

I explained this to the lab technician (female, of course), and she just smiled and said, "don't worry about it. I promise not to look if you get out from under the covers."

I thought, yeah sure, but figured I had no choice, and really wanted to get diagnosed.

Sometime during the night she came in and asked me to turn on my back. I'm a side-sleeper, but did as she asked and quickly fell back asleep.

The next thing I heard was her voice over the intercom telling me it was time to wake up, and it sounded as though she was trying very hard not to laugh.

To my utter mortification, I was still flat on my back, with the covers all askew, and a certain part of my anatomy pointing straight to the ceiling!

[Jaylee]

Well, yeah, that pesky camera....

I've slept au naturel for so long I simply cannot get to sleep any other way.

I explained this to the lab technician (female, of course), and she just smiled and said, "don't worry about it. I promise not to look if you get out from under the covers."

I thought, yeah sure, but figured I had no choice, and really wanted to get diagnosed.

Sometime during the night she came in and asked me to turn on my back. I'm a side-sleeper, but did as she asked and quickly fell back asleep.

The next thing I heard was her voice over the intercom telling me it was time to wake up, and it sounded as though she was trying very hard not to laugh.

To my utter mortification, I was still flat on my back, with the covers all askew, and a certain part of my anatomy pointing straight to the ceiling!

At the sleep lab I went to, they have a rule that you have to wear something to cover yourself with. It is in the list of rules they send out to you before you go.

[Amigo]

At the sleep lab I went to, they have a rule that you have to wear something to cover yourself with. It is in the list of rules they send out to you before you go.

Well, despite what happened, that would have been a problem for me. The lab technician seemed very professional about the whole thing, and waited until I was under the covers before entering the room and making the final connections.

Nevertheless, to this day, I keep wondering if my face and naughty bits might show up on YouTube.

[Jaylee]

I have trouble sleeping naked, so I am probably weird. I used to manage the domestic violence shelter in my town, and I had a private bedroom so I could sleep if it was quiet at night- it usually was. I would have to jump out of bed if the alarm went off, which happened a lot because people would open doors they weren't supposed to. Then the police show up, etc. I started wearing really modest pajamas when I worked there.

[mayondair]

My neighbor and I just happened to have apts on the same night, when we checked in we asked for a room together, told the clerk it was ok with our spouses and we thought we might save a few bucks. They were not amused

[roster]

Nevertheless, to this day, I keep wondering if my face and naughty bits might show up on YouTube.

Oh, you haven't see it yet? https://www.youtube.com/watchl8&feature=amigo-erectus - Careful. Not safe for office!

[Tired Linda]

Nevertheless, to this day, I keep wondering if my face and naughty bits might show up on YouTube.

Oh, you haven't see it yet? https://www.youtube.com/watchl8&feature=amigo-erectus - Careful. Not safe for office!

Hey, it says "Page not found"...WTH?

[NotMuffy]

Nevertheless, to this day, I keep wondering if my face and naughty bits might show up on YouTube.

Oh, you haven't see it yet? https://www.youtube.com/watchl8&feature=amigo-erectus - Careful. Not safe for office!

Hey, it says "Page not found"...WTH?

OK, Amigo says he's concerned that a video may show up on YouTube.

So Rooster puts up a link that says "amigo-erectus".

Now, when Amigo sees this, he's going to think "Oh, no, there is a video!"

This is enhanced by the "Not safe for office!" sign.

So now, Amigo is all nervous. But then, when he clicks on it, he sees he has been "spoofed".

NM

[Tired Linda]

Nevertheless, to this day, I keep wondering if my face and naughty bits might show up on YouTube.

Oh, you haven't see it yet? https://www.youtube.com/watchl8&feature=amigo-erectus - Careful. Not safe for office!

Hey, it says "Page not found"...WTH?

OK, Amigo says he's concerned that a video may show up on YouTube.

So Rooster puts up a link that says "amigo-erectus".

Now, when Amigo sees this, he's going to think "Oh, no, there is a video!"

This is enhanced by the "Not safe for office!" sign.

So now, Amigo is all nervous. But then, when he clicks on it, he sees he has been "spoofed".

NM

Dear NM,
I was born at night, but not last night. I was being facetious.