HELP PLEASE

Do you have sleep apnea ?? I need some answers , Ok so Ohip requested that I needed a sleep study before my approval , but they ended up approving me after my first denial with oput the sleep study results .. So I had already went and had my consult with the Dr and am now aiming to have surgery in the very near future .. when I had my consult the Dr DID NOT request a sleep study .. Well I got the results back today and it came back positive that I do infact have Sleep Apnea .. So my question is do I need to tell the Dr that I went for a sleep study and I do have Sleep Apnea and do I just let it be .. I really do not want my surgery date pushed back and futher away , Nor do I want to go spent $1100.00 on a machine I am only going to need for a very short amount of time .. WHAT DO I DO DO you have sleep apnea what happens during surgery ?? please I need alll the info I can get on this ASAP Thanx Nickie

It is very important to tell the doctor that you have sleep apnea I have it serverely But i Have not yet had the surgery, i will on the 27th. If you have sleep apnea it is important to tell because while you are in the hospital you will be under strong pain meds after. It is very dangerous to have sleep apnea and not where the cpap mask because being heavily sedated will put you in a deep sleep that may be hard to wake up from when you have episodes of apnea during sleep. Having sleep apnea will not keep you from having surgery it makes you better prepared. I'm surprised your doctor doesnt require you to have a sleep study.

as a nurse and a fellow pt on cpap, you need to tell your doctor, At the Univ of Missouri Baratrics you stay in ICU the first night if you have sleep apnea. This can be very serious as nickie stated, if you become apnic and your airway closes off on the heavy pain meds post op. Anasthesia will also need to know so they can intabate you ASAP as you are groogy. Usally you rent a CPAP machine for 12-13monthes then you have bought it. So if you only need it 3 or 4 monthes you don't have to bu it. olora

My insurance has covered my cpap from the beginning and I have had one since about the year 2000. As you aren't certain when you will need to come off the machine, it is best to keep your doctors informed and to follow their instructions. One thing they look for is that you can be compliant with their directions in order to have surgery. I did bring my cpap to the hopsital but never used it. I am now off of the cpap after 8 years. I do still use it from time to time if I feel stuffy or am just concerned about falling asleep and sleeping wel. Good luck!

How did you get off the CPAP? I am planning on having a lap band procedure, and I wonder is there a chance I might be able to hang it up (the machine)?

After about 9 months following my surgery, I had a repeat sleep study performed. At that point, the doctor decided I no longer needed a cpap. She waited until my weight loss slowed and seemed stable before doing the repeat sleep study. You too can hang it up!

I am a lot older than you, and old people snore to beat the band, but I hope you are right, and I won't have to depend on it anymore.

I'm over fifty dear.

Well dear, I'm over 70 . . . in fact I will be 72 on Feb 12th. My picture was taken appprox. 3 years ago when I was half way skinny, and that is where I want to be again. I get compliments often that I do not look my age . .. . let those compliments keep coming. All the while I am thinking to myself, "wait til they see me at my goal weight", then watch out, you ole geezers out there, this old lady will knock your socks off . . LOL

I would suggest you tell the MD you have sleep apnea. I recently had some 1-day orthopedic surgery, and ran into some major respiratory problems that resulted in a partially collapsed lung and pneumonia. I'm not telling you this to scare you; I'm telling you because I had not yet had my sleep study and the anesthesiologist said that he was sure I had sleep apnea and that + my weight contributed to the problem. Guess what - I went for my sleep study last week and within 2 hours I was placed on CPAP. You can bet I'm going to find a way to get comfortable with that mas****il I lose the weight!