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Stevoreno_55 wrote:

gsbuck524 wrote:I do realize that observation in a sleep lab is good.. i have restless leg syndrome and only slept 45 minutes in the sleep lab test all night. But they did put me in a room that had an awful old hospital bed, extra wires on me, and that awful gummy stuff all in my hair. I was so uncomfortable! Nothing like home, no remote control for tv and had to go to bed two hours earlier than usual due to techs scheduling needs. For the apnea i think the home test makes more sense for me. Just wondering what others might have done one and their experience. Thanks for your input.

You must not have had that many sleep studies just from reading your comments. Let me see if I understood you right, you went to a lab to be tested for sleep apnea; you were put into a room with a small bed that wasn't comfortable which is a legitimate reason to complain but you were also not pleased with the room because there was no remote for the TV? Most labs that I've been tested in were not set up like the Marriott but I was there for one thing; to be tested for sleep apnea and after I was wired up; electrodes glued to my head; belts around my stomach; wires running everywhere else I did not want to watch TV; I couldn't if I wanted to because my room didn't have one; the waiting room at my testing facility didn't even have one.

How's this for a complaint; on the first night of my 2 night study; in a facility that could test 4 patients a night and I was the only patient in the house that first night; the tech who was working that night took me to my room; it was 11:30 p.m. The tech began to turn the covers on my bed back and there was hair; skin particles; you name it; it was there. I asked the tech to put me in one of the other rooms so I followed her down the hall and as we went from room to room and the tech pulled the covers back on the other beds their linens also hadn't been changed so I told the tech nicely to either call housekeeping and get someone to change the linens on one of the beds but if she couldn't or wouldn't just unlock the door so I could get out and go home.

The tech decided to change the linens. Now that's something worth complaining about which I did. As for the home study verses the facility study; I've never done a home study; as uncomfortable as they are I will still prefer to be tested at a lab instead of being issued a machine with a kit and a set of instructions and sent home where I'd probably not follow the instructions right and end up messing up my test results. By the way that lab where I was tested at back in 2007 closed a month later; my complaint about their conditions wasn't the first one that had been filed again them but it was the most vocal so I was told by the agency that forced them to close.



Stevoreno_55
MS Gulf Coast
04/18/14

Scootergirl wrote:

Stevoreno_55 wrote:

gsbuck524 wrote:I do realize that observation in a sleep lab is good.. i have restless leg syndrome and only slept 45 minutes in the sleep lab test all night. But they did put me in a room that had an awful old hospital bed, extra wires on me, and that awful gummy stuff all in my hair. I was so uncomfortable! Nothing like home, no remote control for tv and had to go to bed two hours earlier than usual due to techs scheduling needs. For the apnea i think the home test makes more sense for me. Just wondering what others might have done one and their experience. Thanks for your input.

You must not have had that many sleep studies just from reading your comments. Let me see if I understood you right, you went to a lab to be tested for sleep apnea; you were put into a room with a small bed that wasn't comfortable which is a legitimate reason to complain but you were also not pleased with the room because there was no remote for the TV? Most labs that I've been tested in were not set up like the Marriott but I was there for one thing; to be tested for sleep apnea and after I was wired up; electrodes glued to my head; belts around my stomach; wires running everywhere else I did not want to watch TV; I couldn't if I wanted to because my room didn't have one; the waiting room at my testing facility didn't even have one.

How's this for a complaint; on the first night of my 2 night study; in a facility that could test 4 patients a night and I was the only patient in the house that first night; the tech who was working that night took me to my room; it was 11:30 p.m. The tech began to turn the covers on my bed back and there was hair; skin particles; you name it; it was there. I asked the tech to put me in one of the other rooms so I followed her down the hall and as we went from room to room and the tech pulled the covers back on the other beds their linens also hadn't been changed so I told the tech nicely to either call housekeeping and get someone to change the linens on one of the beds but if she couldn't or wouldn't just unlock the door so I could get out and go home.

The tech decided to change the linens. Now that's something worth complaining about which I did. As for the home study verses the facility study; I've never done a home study; as uncomfortable as they are I will still prefer to be tested at a lab instead of being issued a machine with a kit and a set of instructions and sent home where I'd probably not follow the instructions right and end up messing up my test results. By the way that lab where I was tested at back in 2007 closed a month later; my complaint about their conditions wasn't the first one that had been filed again them but it was the most vocal so I was told by the agency that forced them to close.



Stevoreno_55
MS Gulf Coast
04/18/14

I don't know how many sleep tests you've had. I've had two - the first was just as uncomfortable as the OP's....hospital room, no tv, very uncomfortable. I understand what the OP is saying - for a test that requires you to SLEEP, you should be as comfortable as possible. My last test was at a very nice sleep lab - clean room, regular bed, tv, private bathroom. I was told that because it is so important that you sleep some during these tests, they strive to make is as close to home and your regular routine as possible. After I was wired up, I was told I didn't have to go to sleep right away, but that they wanted to start their testing at 11. I had the TV on and watched it until I relaxed, then I shut it off. They also let me turn it on again when they put the mask on me at 2 am. It helped quell the panic. I don't think the OP is expecting too much to be comfortable and if they can handle an at home sleep study, more power to them. At least they don't have to worry about the conditions of the linens, like you did - btw - that's horrible!

As for the home study verses the facility study; I've never done a home study; as uncomfortable as they are I will still prefer to be tested at a lab instead of being issued a machine with a kit and a set of instructions and sent home where I'd probably not follow the instructions right and end up messing up my test results.

space45 wrote:I would love to have my own sleep lab

LSAT wrote:I think you just had a rotten sleep lab. Many are like hotel rooms with all the amenities.

gsbuck524 wrote:I do realize that observation in a sleep lab is good.. i have restless leg syndrome and only slept 45 minutes in the sleep lab test all night. But they did put me in a room that had an awful old hospital bed, extra wires on me, and that awful gummy stuff all in my hair. I was so uncomfortable! Nothing like home, no remote control for tv and had to go to bed two hours earlier than usual due to techs scheduling needs. For the apnea i think the home test makes more sense for me. Just wondering what others might have done one and their experience. Thanks for your input.

gsbuck wrote:Interesting and true, but because I had RLS so bad per dr phone call, I just wonder how much is apnea and how much RLS interupting my sleep? How can I find out?