sleep test
9:00 PM
health card
height and weight measured
5 forms completed
astringent scrub on skin
dibs and dabs of conductive adhesive
125 ft of wire
25 connectors
2 chest straps
man-machine made
‘do you need the bathroom?’
nope
laboratory-like hotel room
video camera watches me sleep
voice on speaker asks if I am comfortable
test the connections
‘open your eyes’ ‘close your eyes’
‘look up and down’
‘look right and left’
‘push your left up and down, like on a pedal’
‘do the same with your right foot’
‘inhale’ ‘exhale’
‘inhale and hold your breath’
‘ok’
‘sleep well’
‘good night’
I have sleep apnoea
this is only a test
