So I took delivery of my positive pressure mask thing last night, it was dropped off by a tech who showed me how to use it and how to get telemetry and firmware updates and settings onto and off of it. (Memory sticks + snail mail, btw – very retro).
Last night was the first night of using it. It’s .. very weird. It’s a strange sensation to have something else doing your breathing for you. It kinda runs against hard-wired stuff in the psyche, breathing is something you do for YOURSELF. It’ll take quite some getting used to. No wonder post-Lava Vader was tetchy.
This morning, after sleeping with the thing doing it’s job last night, I feel .. weird, frankly. I don’t seem to be _tired_, but nor am I super-engergised. I did wake up a few times during the night, but mostly because of the previously mentioned uncomfortableness of the interface. This morning .. no sign of randomly falling asleep, and Annette did say that I slept very peacefully last night. This is good. But I do feel odd. I’m not at ease in my skin today.
I did notice that I got up this morning and wasn’t staggering around and bumping into things on the way from the bedroom to the shower. That’s new.
March 6, 2008 at 8:53 pm
Maybe you feel weird because you’re now a CYBORG.
A CYBORG, dude.
March 6, 2008 at 9:03 pm
Cyborgs are awesome. You know you want to be one too.
March 6, 2008 at 9:12 pm
They are very cool indeed, but I think I’d prefer to be a Cylon.
March 6, 2008 at 10:33 pm
You dig the light-up-spine effect during sex, I reckon.
It’d be more stylin’ if their spines lit up and also beeped out a low-fi version of the opening bars of “I wish I was in Dixie”.
Just sayin’ is all.
March 7, 2008 at 2:13 am
Dixie who?
March 7, 2008 at 3:04 am
I’m not 100% certain but I think I just got served.
March 6, 2008 at 9:03 pm
How sizable is the interface? I have visions of a huge mask, rather than say a small tube up yer nose, tho I suspect either is just as uncomfortable as the other. 🙂
March 6, 2008 at 9:13 pm
*giggle*
How sizeable is your “interface,” JSR?
March 6, 2008 at 9:48 pm
*snigger* THAT’S RUDE 😀
March 6, 2008 at 10:29 pm
I’ve never had any complaints. 🙂
March 6, 2008 at 10:37 pm
I have a tube thing that terminates in a couple of nostril seals. This is the least intrusive version of the thing – I’m trying it for a couple of weeks, to see how it works. If it doesn’t work right, there’s also a full mask which covers mouth and nose. That’s a bit more intrusive (I am told) but doesn’t work well if you have a beard…
March 6, 2008 at 10:56 pm
Interesting. I suspect I would prefer the tube thing.
The full mask would be a bit of a PITA, but thankfully no beard on me to break it. 🙂
March 7, 2008 at 4:53 am
like nostril plugs?
hur.
March 7, 2008 at 10:06 am
No, they just sort of sit up against your schnoz. I don’t think I _could_ sleep with something stuck UP my nose. Having something against it is annoying enough.
March 6, 2008 at 10:18 pm
Welcome to ‘feeling normal’. We hope you enjoy your stay.
March 7, 2008 at 2:51 am
Next thing you’ll want a USB3 interface at the back of your skull and surf the internet in a big vat of lube insisting that “I R NEO!!1!1”.
…on the other hand, isn’t that the most of the internet already halfway there?
March 7, 2008 at 3:01 am
I am definitely first in the queue for a good direct neural interface.
USB3 might be a bit slow tho. 🙂
March 8, 2008 at 7:29 am
How are you feeling after a couple of nights of the magic breathy box? I find that one good night’s sleep after a run of broken ones makes very little difference (and sometime even leaves me feeling worse) but give me a week of good sleep and I can take on the world.
March 8, 2008 at 11:09 am
I plan to make a journal posting detailing a week with the machine, in a few days. Stay tuned!
March 11, 2008 at 7:20 am
A friend of mine has one of these. I hear it takes a little getting used to, but eventually you’ll be sleeping much better.