That is total bull. My doctor printed out the results and read it while I was siting there watching him.

I have had a CPAP machine for a few months now and recently got a chin strap to keep my mouth from opening at night. It seems to be helping but the problem is that the strap is irritating my skin, especially my chin. The strap is pretty big and wide and covers a lot of area on my face. (It is gray colored and I look like the tin man from the Wizard of Oz! lol) My chin gets sweaty and is still feeling irritated the rest of the day. Right now I am sitting here with a red chin and neosporin cream on it. I have even tried putting a soft tissue between my chin and the strap but it doesn't help much. Does anyone else have this problem? Any ideas or solutions on how to help? Thanks in advance for the help!

Stick with it, Pam. I have a feeling you'll be apnea free once you get to your goal weight. I'm in the same position as you. I weight 209 and I'm going to be tested again next week. I think I probably still have it too. Donna

I just had another sleep study done after 2 years and my number went from 11 to now 17! I knew it though I could tell a difference that the 11 wasn't working anymore so I went in for re-eval You should speak with your doctor as they can make the changes you need. I wouldn't change it on my own! Good Luck God Bless, Julie

Hi Pam, I never knew I had sleep apnea until I was required to have the testing pre-op. As soon as I began wearing the c-pap I almost immediately realized there was a big connection between my sleep apnea and waking up with headaches either the middle of the night or on waking in the morning. When I was in the hospital for my surgery I did not use my c-pap but they put me on oxygen when I was sleeping because they said my O2 sat drops into the low 80's when sleeping. The thing is I apparently had this problem even when I was below 200 because I remember when I started having headaces in the night a lot and it was around the time I was weighing about 180 ( years ago!). so I expect to have to use the c-pap until I am pretty much near normal weight. Sorry to be so long winded but the c-pap changed my life even before the surgery! The low oxygen level set off migraine headaches for me and I was using imitrex almost daily! My pcp had tried me on all sorts of prophylactic meds but nothing worked and no wonder. I had no clue that I had that problem and my husband said I don't even snore. Who would have guessed?! I hardly ever have to used imitrex since I started on the c-pap and no longer wake with headaches. What a relief!