Sleep study done!!!!

Well finally!!! The sleep study is done and now all I have left is the stress test. I've seen more doctors in the last month and a half that I have in my entire life. The good news is that it turns out that I'm just a really healthy fat guy. No heart issues, cholestrerol, diabetes,lung problems or sleep apnea. Now i gotta go run on a treadmill for a while and then I should get my clearance and approval. My surgery is scheduled for April 23 and I can't wait!

Congratulations!  I'm somewhat in the same boat as you, so it's good to hear someone making so much progress.  I'll look forward to hearing about how your surgery goes.

I have my sleep study tomorrow night.  How hard was it to go to sleep?

I'm about half way through my appointments, but hopefully I'll have surgery in the beginning of June...or sooner.

-Danny

 It's good to find that you don't have heart problems.  You may still end up with heart problems in the future based on the strains you have already put on your heart or simply due to heredity.  However, you can see that many men finally feel like they are truly alive after losing their excess weight.

On a different note, I really hated the sleep study.  I haven't slept for 8 hours in a row in well over 15 years  I usually go to sleep around 12:30am, wake up at 3:00am, and go back to sleep aroung 4:30am.  I'm retired and I've been doing that for years.  I do take planned or unplanned naps during the day--since I've been using a CPAP I haven't just suddenly nodded off.  But, when I went to the sleep studies, they hooked me up, had lights out at 11:00pm, and I still didn't fall asleep until 1:00.  As soon as I woke up at  3:00, they were trying to hurry me out of there.  I had to fight them to be able to stay to get my needed sleep until 7:00am.  They all thought their day was over.  They moaned that I didn't have enough REM sleep.  Damn, I wouldn't have had that problem if they had just let me sleep in my normal pattern.

Oh, and I really rated trying to get that gunky glue out of what little hair I have left.  That took multiple washings.  I'm glad that I didn't have to go to work after that.

 Yep - it's a pain in the ass...  I scheduled mine for Friday precisely so I wouldn't have to go to work afterward...  Better to find out, though.  I learned I was getting about 10 minutes of REM sleep in an entire evening, and having 94 apnea episodes per hour (one every 40 seconds or so).  The guy doing the study said it was the worst he'd ever seen, and he was amazed I was still able to function.  I'm no so sure I was actually "functioning", but...  

Make sure you get copies of all the test, results, outcomes....

Put these in a binder (also scan them into your computer if you can).

Keep this updated.   It's YOUR advocate.  It will show you're prepared and taking this stuff seriously.  It's the best advice I can give you - because docs DON'T talk to each other.  If you have it all together, mistakes won't happen.  

Also, it's a great thing to bring with you if you travel and have any issues that require emergency room visits.

Thanks for all the great advice guys! I really appreciate it.The sleep study wasn't too bad. I only had about 10 disturbances an hour. I am almost there and the closer I get the more anxious I get. My surgeon says that it would be a reasonable goal for me to lose 200 pounds in the first year. Can't wait!!!

I have had about five or six sleep studies over the last ten years because I have sleep apnea.

All I can say is that as unpleasant as it might be, being obese is even worse!