Peace, your story brings back some vivid memories for me. I am a very brave person, very stoic and accepting of things that need to be done to me. When they put that mask on me for the first time, I was like a mass of jello I was so scared and apprehensive. Finally, something had come along that I couldn't handle and it was a tough one for me. I ended up using my mind to control it, I would count in my head, over and over, just kept counting and squeezing my hands. By the second week or so, I had settled down a little. By the last week, I could have fallen asleep with it on, I was so relaxed.

Take the medicine if you need to. Oh, and tell the staff to kiss your rear end...........their job is to keep YOU happy. Report them if they make you feel that way again.

Where in Virginia are you? I'm in Va. Beach.