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Sorry to hear of the medical problems. I am not sure I could stay awake that long (unless I were on a plane since I can never sleep if I am on a plane).

Maybe drink lots of water. Having to run to the bathroom every hour should keep you up.

Tribe!

Wow, a day and a half of sleep deprivation? Some of us have done it, pulling an all-nighter or two, but that's when we were younger!

I wish you well, Moly.

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Just bear in mind that the inventor of the EEG was a crackpot Nazi.

“It was a case of spontaneous telepathy in which at a time of mortal danger, and as I contemplated certain death, I transmitted my thoughts, while my sister, who was particularly close to me, acted as the receiver.”

http://mattsko.wordpress.com/2013/10/18/the-twilight-zone/

Ten days until I get my mask fitted for the old apnea.

My thinking is that you need a varied routine, fly to Las Vegas adding in the Grand Canyon or catch the Pacific Surfliner and have a day out in San Diego Seaworld & Aquatica! Rent a car and get your kicks on route 66. http://www.historic66.com/california/

Don't forget to go to the Picklefest http://beverlyhills.org/exploring/farmersmarket/picklefest/ or maybe the Crawfish festival.

watch films or tv http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=jeeves+and+wooster+full+episodes, read books, cook for the freezer, visit http://www.banningmuseum.org or http://elpueblo.lacity.org/SightsSounds/HistoricStructures/TheAvilaAdobe/index.htm, play all of the Bloons http://ninjakiwi.com/Games/Bloons-Games/Bloons.html, lots of iced water and not too much heavy food.

Best of Luck my Friend

You can do the sleep apnea test at home, you don't need to stay at a sleep lab. I took one recently at the request (insistence?) of my cardiologist. They told me I do have sleep apnea: which is funny, because I'm pretty sure I didn't have it before they suggested that I/ordered me to take the test. I haven't called them back to discuss my "options". DAP (denial, avoidance and procrastination) is my MO these days.

It's now late Sunday evening, so I hope you're still awake. Good luck tomorrow.

4:02 AM local time and still awake (thou I may have drifted a bit once or thrice during the night, but only for a few minutes).

Yes, they're giving me the home version for the sleep apnea - but not until October. Still sounds a bit ponderous (at least the Wikipedia description does).

Oh well -- back to the computer solitare game.

So, who's winning?

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2014/08/04/venn-diagram-john-venn-birthday/13581205/

Well, it was a very interesting procedure.

You're brought into a room with a typical hospital-type bed. After getting into the proper position, 27 probes are attached (sans needles ).

The instructions are fairly simple -- lie quietly with your eyes closed. The first part involves a strobe light placed near your face, with a series of 6-7 flash patterns lasting about 20-30 seconds each. Next, you're asked to hyperventilate for 3 minutes (this ain't easy!), still keeping your eyes closed. Finally, you're asked to open/close eyes several times before being asked to relax and try to fall asleep. I was told that the rationale for the sleep depravation (as well as the strobes and hyperventilation) was to have the brain under stress during the test. The final quiet-time took about 20-25 minutes. The tech unhooks you and you're finished.

The description on wiki was fairly accurate.

I was told everything looked pretty good, but the neurologist will still need to review the results.

Overall, about an hour from start to finish.

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