OK – its 2:15 a.m. and I have no intention of getting to sleep tonight. This brings back memories of all nighters in university, or even late night marking sessions during my early years teaching. Tonight I have nothing so exciting keeping me up. I mentioned a while ago that I have epilepsy, and that I recently had a seizure. One of my triggers seems to be lack of sleep. My family doctor and neurologist have both recommended that I need to reduce the stress in my life, reduce my caffeine intake, and get more sleep. Despite that being a pretty good description of my lifestyle, I have been fairly diligent in these things.
Tonight, however, the get more sleep directive is officially replaced with get no sleep. I am scheduled (in about 6 hours – I can make it) for a sleep deprived EEG. In short, they want to scan my brain after 24 hours without any sleep. To make this a bit more challenging for me, I have also been told that I may not consume any coffee, tea, chocolate or other stimulants during this time. No problem – my will is strong, my browser window is open, and iTunes is cranking out the stay awake tunes (Jerk It Out by The Caesars is pummeling my eardrums right now). In the immortal words of Elwood and Jake Blues:
It’s 106 miles to Chicago, we have a full tank of gas, half a packet of cigarettes, it’s dark and we’re wearing sunglasses… HIT IT
If anyone wants to check in on how I’m doing, my skype name is omegageek . Call now – our operators are standing by.
UPDATE – Its now 7:35. I made it through the night. I only hope that I have enough of a brain to be scanned!
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