It's Still Not a Too-mah

[rhondarubin]

Back in late 2009 I shared with you the magical properties of my face and the resulting diagnosis. Which, it turns out, wasn't exactly true. That explains why the headaches just pointed and laughed when attacked by the epically pricey migraine meds. Then the headaches changed. I've had them daily for quite some time, and the question is simply

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[tashabear]

If you get up to go pee in the middle of the night while wearing a CPAP, you have three options:

1) Remove the mask.
B) Unhook the mask from the hose and reattach it when you're done.
III) Forget 1 and B and drag the CPAP off the nightstand, spilling water everywhere and scaring the cat.

I have done B and currently do 1. I have never done III, but I have dropped the thing on my head when I tried to position it on a shelf above the bed I was in while on vacation. (It never impeded spontaneous activity once in bed, but it impedes the hell out of spontaneous staying over anywhere. Then again, it's a good excuse for not staying over at my mom's, whose spare bed is WAY uncomfy.)

[rhondarubin]

You're assuming a great deal of coherence on my part if I wake up in the middle of the night. Because, to be honest, I'm surprised I haven't peed in a closet yet. So...yeah...I'd totally do III.

[tashabear]

I wake to a functioning state pretty quickly. Have to, since my trip to the bathroom involves negotiating clutter, stairs, more clutter, and a feline escort for whom "walking in a straight line" is something other creatures do. He leads me to the bathroom and back, which is really amusing, except that he weaves back and forth across my path and doesn't progress forward as fast as I can walk. I'm not sure why he thinks I need an escort, unless he's hoping that I'll trip over some of the clutter and brain myself, at which point he'll eat my face, the which I would be more worried about, except that he doesn't seem to recognize anything other than cat food as "food."

But yeah. I wake up pretty fast.

[scottynola]

I refuse to believe neither you nor Lindsey have fighter pilot fantasies.

I also can't believe you two don't have some kind of Star Wars role play. I mean, c'mon--Lindsey in a gold bikini with honey buns on her ears?

[rhondarubin]

Thank you! I hate my mouth guard as well, and I'm sure yours is worse than mine. But...yeah...strapping things to my face will make me feel like I'm in some kind of "Alien" sequel. And not in a good way.

[rhondarubin]

There's a huge difference between fighter pilots and sci fi. I never said we don't have some kind of...um...Hi Mom!