Facehugger: first night

[mdlbear]

(Side note: I'm not putting the name of the medical condition (s. a.) or the device (cp@p) in the post or the tags because they seem to attract comment spam. Follow the tags if you can't figure it out.)

So I got to bed somewhere around 11:30, and got a couple of hours of good sleep. Was awakened somewhere around 2:00 or 2:30 by the flower_cat, and had trouble getting back to sleep due to a stuffy nose (treated with Afrin) and problems finding a comfortable sleeping position that didn't make the mask leak. That's going to be an ongoing problem, but I expect I'll eventually get used to it.

I speculated at the time that the three hours' sleep I got at first might have been the equivalent of my usual six, but probably not.

I'm going to try shaving a bit off my mustache to see if that helps in seating the mask.

I need an icon for this, don't I? Anybody with the appropriate screencap from Alien?

Comments

[selenesue.livejournal.com]

Good screencap here, about halfway down the page:
http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/A/Alien.html

[mdlbear]

Thanks! The version here in Wikipedia looks a little better, since I can re-crop it to taste.

[mdlbear]

Alternatively, there's this. The web is not only stranger than we imagine...

[catsittingstill.livejournal.com]

good luck with the facehugger! My friends who have got them have all seemed to have good results in the long run.

[ravan.livejournal.com]

My doctor recommended that I get a SleePap Pillow. I haven't ordered mine yet, because I haven't got my unit yet.

Oh, when you get an icon, can I gank it?

[mdlbear]

Gank away!

Try googling for cpap pillow -- there seem to be several flavors. I'm going to see whether any are available locally.

[roaringmouse.livejournal.com]

Hi, Darth Mandlebear..

from the Darth Maus...

I got this nickname from a SCA herald who lived on our couch for a couple of months.

giggle.

[mdlbear]

The kids already call me Darth Ursus.

Now why didn't I think of that?

[kayshapero]

ROFL! That does it - I shall never use another term for that device again... :) (Don't need one myself, but know plenty of those who do.)