C-Pap use in the hospital?

  I was diagnosed in early '09 with very mild sleep apnea.  The cpap machine was set on the lowest setting, but I still could not tolerate the mask (extreme anxiety and claustrophobia here!).  My primary doc gave me ativan to try and get me to sleep - I would fall asleep with the mask and wake up with it in pieces all over my room.  My pulmonary doc said to try sleeping pills because ativan would depress my breathing more, so I took Lunesta.  I still woke up with the mask either pulled apart  or where I had moved it to set on my forehead (HAHA).  The pulmonologist said if I was having that much trouble with it not to worry about it since the apnea was so mild.

   Now I am scheduled for RNY on 8/16 and sleep apnea is listed as one of my co-morbidities.  Will they make me bring my c-pap to the hospital? I ask because I have no idea where it is, I have moved twice!

I was told to take my CPAP with me. I didn't end up using it much once I came out ot recovery, but it's procedure at the hospital I used for patients with apnea to spend part of their initial post-op recovery time in ICU to monitor their breathing more closely and use their machines.

Start looking for it now ;0)

I've been told I must have my CPAP machine with me. 

I took mine in with me.  Since being diagnosed in 2002, I can count on one hand the number of times I slept without it.  I brought it into the hospital, after looking it over to make sure it was going to be safe (yeah, they do that), they gave it to me when I came out of surgery.  ANY time I was in bed, I had it on.  I like it, it makes it easier to breathe, and I was okay with it. 

Since then, I've even turned the pressure down once or twice, but I still use it. 

 I ended up asking my surgeon's nurse if I was required to take it since I never use it and she said no.   Thank goodness!

Just curious, what kind of mask were you using?  If it's one of those that totally covers the nose, I totally get where you're coming from.  I have claustrophobia issues, too. 
I've had lots better luck with the unit that uses just a nose cushion and two little things that push air up your nose.  With that, you don't feel like there's something IN your face all the time. 

 The mask was one that covers the nose.  The main problem I had though was the air being pushed into me... the resistance to my exhaling sent me over the edge.  The doc gave me anti-anxiety AND sleeping pills. I could fall asleep with the mask on and then wake up with it in pieces all over my room or it would be moved up to my forehead lol.  
  Fortunately my apnea is apparently gone at 6wks post op... I sleep soundly through the night and don't feel tired or the need for a nap throughout the day (unless it is a crazy busy day, then I am always up for a nap!).    Since I don't use my CPAP I don' t know if they will actually do another sleep study or not   *shrug*

What a bunch of idiots.  Don't they know those machines can be programmed to back off and how much to back off when you exhale???
I'm sorry that happened to you. 
And congrats on not needing it anymore!  I hope that sleep study concors.

lol... this was one of the machines that slowly ramped up over 20-30 minutes to give you time to go to sleep, and it did ease up on exhalation...... But I just can't handle ANY resistance to my exhaling  - at all. I freak out.
 Fortunately my apnea was so mild that after the meds didn't keep me from destroying the mask my pulmonologist told me to just not worry about it and he would schedule another study further down the road to see if the apnea had worsened. I believe it is better now, but I will probably still follow up with him.

 I was instructed to bring mine but they didn't pay much attention to it. I wore it anyway to tune out the idiots who worked in that hospital. (Great surgeon, horrible hospital)