4/19/25 in 2020s

It’s here! The tester is in Port Richey and out for delivery, and I can begin step 2 out of 5. Hopefully, there will be no technical issues or delays. Tonight and tomorrow night, I will be sleeping with the tester. According to the tutorial, there will be four pieces: a sensor stuck just under my left breast, a sensor stuck just above my belly button, a watch, and a ring. I don’t have to worry about taking clonazepam or anything else—just sleep as I normally do. That means I’m going to sleep on my stomach pillow only.

Decided not to skip my levo today because the further I got into my day yesterday, the less symptomatic I felt to warrant skipping. I sure was warm for a while today, though. The same thing happened last night that happened the night before. I started to fall asleep on my stomach, as usual, when I realized I wasn’t getting enough air through my nose. Eventually, I took half a clonazepam, and then I slept surprisingly well. Didn’t even get up to pee. So today I have reasonably decent energy, which means I’m going to sleep shitty tonight and be tired as fuck tomorrow, since it seems to go back and forth.

Early next week, I have to see if I can make yet another attempt to find out what allergy testing is going to cost. Yes, I’m curious about all the things I’m allergic to, but since I couldn’t do shots anyway, I’m not going to do it if it’s going to be that much money. I set a $100 limit. We have more important expenses right now. If I do go ahead with it, then the week before, I have to stop all antihistamines and the clonazepam. Really hope I don’t have any kickass sneezing spells during that week!

If the CPAP helps restore my energy, then I may make one last-ditch effort to try to get weight off. If I could lose weight and eventually get off the CPAP, that would be great. But the only problem with that would be my nose. I still may need the nasal valve surgery. I would really love to get back to a dry climate to find out how it would be. I mean, I couldn’t eliminate the collapsed valve issue, but I could eliminate some of these allergies. Then again, even if I could lose weight, that doesn’t necessarily mean I could get off the CPAP. I’m still older, and things change with age. Part of my problem is definitely my nose, and as it is, I’m barely into the obese range. I really hope the ENT and the CM doctor who agreed with him are correct when they say that a nasal pillow should help with nasal airflow, because I’m getting mixed results when I research it.

Giving the rat full rein of the bedroom and large master closet today. She comes and goes from her cage. Because she’s old and quite a hefty one, I’ve got a hanging ladder that goes in a bird cage by her door to use as a ramp to help her get in and out of her cage. It only took me a second to train her how to do it. Female rats are so smart and obedient. She’s amazing. I called her, she came to me, and then I taught her how to get up and down.