Hello Jeff, Yes I had the same headaches for the last couple years. When I found out my companies insurance was not going to pay for WLS, I started to looking into alternative ways to finance it, and what happen, was my company was baught out by another company and I investigated there insurance carrier and I found out that the new company was not going to cover it. So what happen is kinda, funny I was approached by this strange Blonde gal at a gas station and she was a Hottie, and she gave me a note and left her phone # and so I got home and called her and she said she had medicaid pay for her WLS. So I knew I would have a good chance of getting on disability, so what I did was instead giving my employer a 2 week notice I gave them a 2 monthe notice and New Years Eve of 2003 I said that it and I got a monthes severance pay and I signed up for social security disability and got approved in 4 monthes and then I had my primary doctor referre me for WLS and last October I went in for my Orentation meeting to my WLS Surgeon and I had all my pre-op exam done by December and then in March Medicaid had approved me for surgery. Thats one option you have. As all the exams and the C-PAP or BI-PAP machines are pricey I saw the bill that was sent to medicaid for my BI-PAP machine and mask and it came up to be $1600.00 dollars, heck the mask was $120.00 just by itself and they say you should replace it every 3 monthes. So it can be spendy. Also I have to say that you have to have a prescription for the BI-PAP machines also. So no plain Joe can just go out and buy one and so on.... Well I wish you luck there. By the way I am just over 4 and half monthes out and have lost 120 lbs. I was at 536 lbs and I am looking forward to hitting the 300's .... Take care. Tom

I need to get rid of a Respironics bi-pap plus machine with the remstar humidifier connected to it. This is considered the cadilac of machines. Has the built in ramp that you can set. All digital. It was barely used i had it for 6months and now that i lost 150lbs in 6 months i no longer need it. I see them advertised new for around $1500. It also has all the accessories and manuals and carrying case. Please email and we can discusss terms.

Paula - I have quit my cpap. I haven't used it for a while now. I've lost 80 lbs total and I sleep like a baby!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I don't wake up once, don't snore, don't gasp for air. Just another benefit of wls!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Laurie 266/262/186/135

Hiya Jeff. To my knowledge, yes, sleep apnea DOES cause headaches. I get them nearly everyday. When I wake up in the morning, it is a heavy-type feeling... But if I don't take something for it, within a few hours it is raging. When I had my sleep study last month, I told them about the headaches, and they hooked me up to a carbon dioxide monitor. It turns out that with the sleep apnea, high amounts of carbon dioxide were in my blood stream, thus causing headaches. Your insurance doesn't cover sleep studies? Have you had WLS? Are you considering it? I know that with the weight loss, sleep apnea is usually always corrected completely. But if you can't get WLS, at least have a sleep study, and buy yourself a CPAP or BIPAP. (Whichever one they recommend) Sincerely, Amanda

I have only seem my GP, but he suggested that I have a sleep study conducted. I wake up with a severe head ache between 4:00 and 7:00 am probably 10% of the time. Sometimes, It is so bad it caused nausea and vomitting. Is this a symptom that any of you have experience? My insurance pays nothing on any "obesity" related disorder. So I am on my own as far as my own health is. My BMI is great than 55. jeff