October 30th, 2008
EEG and Handsome Tom
The neurologist thought it would be fun for me to have a 24 hour EEG so there I am. I went to the testing office last night and spent about 45 minutes having all these electrodes glued to my head. It’s very uncomfortable but thanks to my Ambien I didn’t have any trouble sleeping. 
This goes back to the electrophysiologist who was fairly certain that I passed out because of the vasovagal hypotension but he wasn’t 100% certain. So today I get to wear this silly hat. I did decide to take the day off from work because I really didn’t want to walk around in public with this thing on. How about you? Would you want everyone to see you like this? 
Wifey (aka Mum) wrote,
Been there, done that…Ha!
Link | October 30th, 2008 at 10:48 am
Elbog wrote,
Hey, all you need is a bandana and a Harley.
And no cruising porn on the internet, today, alright?
;^)
Link | October 30th, 2008 at 1:33 pm
mary c wrote,
And yet you choose to let the entire world see you in your sartorial splendor LOL. Hope you get the results you seek.
Link | October 30th, 2008 at 2:44 pm
Tom wrote,
Yes, Mary, there is a certain perversity in posting my picture but then the whole art of blogging involves a certain level of perversity!
And Jeff… no porn? They might as well shut down the internet!!! But a Harley would, indeed, be cool.
Link | October 30th, 2008 at 4:25 pm
Wifey (aka Mum) wrote,
No doubt flat lines.
Link | October 31st, 2008 at 2:28 pm
Tom wrote,
When the young lady had finished gluing the electrodes to my head and she turned on the monitor, the first thing out of her mouth was, “Uh-oh!” When someone is looking at your brain waves, you do not want to hear them say, “Uh-oh.” The problem turned out to be the equipment. It uses a Microsoft Windows operating system and it wasn’t booting correctly. You can imagine that I was relieved.
Link | October 31st, 2008 at 3:09 pm
elizabeth wrote,
I laughed at your comment! Yeah, sometimes the techs forget that REAL people are listening and say thing that make you go, “What? What?” It looks very modern sort of – a retro old star Trek way. I am still amazed that you are getting a 24 EEG and I waited a couple months to be told I needed to wait a couple months to get a 35 minute eeg test. I think the 24 hour ones are too technical for us (if we Canadians can’t make it out of lumber….we don’t need it!) or have like a year waiting list.
I really hope nothing is wrong – well okay something IS wrong as you passed out but I hope that was like, um, er, dehydration?
Link | October 31st, 2008 at 11:57 pm
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