sleep apnea and anesthesia during surgery

Hello,

 Maybe I am over thinking today.  I am worry about sleep apnea and anesthesia during my surgery. I was reading some infomation online today and it started  to freak me out.  IS there any one that have sleep apnea and have success with their WLS?

Weber

I asked that question even though Iknew part of the answer.  Sleep apnea is really not a problem during general anesthesia because the intebation takes over your breathing.  My surgeon is concerned about healing with untreated sleep apnea.  you need oxygen to heal and those with severe sleep apnea may not heal well.    Sleep apnea does affect conscious sedation.

I wore a c-pap for apnea for 20 years. I was fine in surgery.

17 years with CPAP prior to surgery.   Had no problems during surgery.   The hospital required me to bring my CPAP machine in with me to the hospital and wouldn't let me check in without it.   They don't need it or use it during surgery but they put it on me as soon as they took me to my room since I was still out of it.

Just make sure to tell your surgeon about your CPAP and sleep apnea.   They deal with this all the time.

By they way, at 6 months out, I was cleared to stop using CPAP after an "all-clear" sleep test.   No more sleep apnea.

Best of luck to you.

 The only 2 things you need to be concerned about (on your end) are to  (1) make sure your surgeon and anesthesiologist know beforehand that you are a sleep apnea sufferer (obstructive, CNS, or "mixed" type?)  and  (2)  use your CPAP or BiPAP machine regularly at least a few weeks before surgery.   

  During the srugery, you couldn't be in better hands as far as your apnea goes, b/c the ventilator will be doing all the breathing work for you, forcing the air into you in a way no CPAP or BiPAP machine does ..  Also, your blood O2 levels will be constantly monitored so that any needed "adjustments" can instantly be made by the anesthesiologist  ..  

  Some WLS patients find they don't  need their CPAP/BiPAP just a few days after surgery, but if that is not the case with you, at some point when your weight is low enough you more likely than not will no longer need it (or just need a much-reduced pressure setting).   In any event, it is not advisable to stop using the machine or tinker with settings until you have another sleep study done in order to confirm that is in fact the case.   

   

I brought my cpap with me. I only used it after the 2nd night when the oxygen monitors should low levels. I didnt have any problems sleeping with that morphine drip!