Sleep apnea

My insurance has approved the surgery (yay!!) but I'm still waiting to hear about my pulmonary diagnosis.  What would a positive sleep apnea test mean regarding surgery?  Would I still be able to have the surgery if I have sleep apnea?

Absolutely - it's one of the considerations given for granting approval for surgery - a lot of people find themselves cured of sleep apnea once they've dropped some weight!

Yeah what Tammy said. It also means you have to take your mask to the hospital when you have surgery too.

I can't add to much more than what Tammy and Kathy have already said. While undergoing all the testing to get approved for the RNY I was diagnosed with Sleep Apnea, it wasn't severe but was well on its way to become a serious problem which I was completly unaware of till that moment. Once I was diagnosed, took about a month for the doctor to get me a mask, set me up witht he correct setting and clear me for surgery.  Sleep apnea won't prevent the surgery but they have to be aware of the condition and you MUST take your CPAP machine to the hospital and use it once you are in your room!  If your apnea is severe you may wake up with the CPAP machine already on, thankfully I didn't but did have to use it once I was in my own room, that first night.    Since surgery I have to contact my pulmonologist to have the techie guy come out to "recalibrate" the machine.  The setting it is on is wicked high for me now, it wakes me up, dries my mouth and nose out and I can't use it ....  so definitly the RNY has helped my apnea!