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user-inactivated  ·  3577 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: February 11, 2015

8bit somersaults into the room and then pops the Van Damme split on 'em.

Cleaned my desk and the area around it, as well as the area around my bed, and I feel much better and less nervous/more productive. My mom's clean-bug was planted on me without me looking, it would seem.

I've also gone a full week wearing my CPAP without taking it off in the middle of the night - a first in the couple months I've been wearing the thing. Cleaning it used to feel like a nuisance, but now it feels more like a "before I go to bed" ritual. Not bad.

I only have one exam-based class this year, which is nice. I hate tests, but I do like projects.

Oh, and I'm finally moving out of my shitty apartment and getting away from my shit roommates. Yeehaw.

Honestly now that I think about it, 2015 is looking pretty good. Awesome music coming out, games I'm excited about, The Avengers 2, Star Wars is coming back, I like my classes a lot more...knock on all the wood in your vicinity though.

EDIT: I just had this surreal moment where I realized I might have been on Hubski long enough at this point to repeat shit I've said about my life before on the website. Uh...let me know if that happens, I hate when I do that.

Edit 2: Forgot to mention I won Boulder Bingo yesterday:





caelum19  ·  3577 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Yeah, 2015 has been great so far.

What's CPAP?

user-inactivated  ·  3577 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Continuous Positive Airflow Pressure Machine. You wear one of these Bane-lookin masks:

And it opens up the airways that are partially closed when you have Sleep Apnea - when they're closed, they make you snore and wake up every couple of seconds.

It's uncomfortable at first, and you go to bed looking like Frankenstein's Monster, but you wake up feeling like a God, if you've never had a good night's sleep before.

caelum19  ·  3577 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Oh cool, do you try to do Bane impressions when it's on? I certainly would. I'd also probably use it to scare the crap out of my roomate/siblings in the middle of the night.

How long have you had Sleep Apnea? I heard it can really suck untreated.

user-inactivated  ·  3577 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I do, but it's hard because you can't really talk with the thing blowing air down your nose.

Since High School, though I didn't get treated till Junior year, I believe. And it totally sucks untreated, the difference is like night and day.

Complexity  ·  3577 days ago  ·  link  ·  

How did you become aware you needed to be diagnosed?

user-inactivated  ·  3577 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Had difficulty paying attention in class or focusing on anything at all. Things that I found enjoyable I couldn't spend more than 10 minutes on without switching to something else. I was fidgeting like crazy all the time. I also started snoring like crazy.

Went to my doc, thought I had ADHD, got me a sleep study at the Children's Hospital, and the rest is history!

I lost weight wearing this thing. It's not a miracle-worker, but man it's awesome.