Just thought I'd post something since nothing has been posted for over 5 weeks.  Happy Holidays!

This is an old post, but I'm feeling the same as the original poster - on my own, I don't 'quite' meet the criteria (BMI is 39 now) and blood pressure is borderline, no diabetes, or heart disease *YET*   

  I don't want y'all to think I'm going around looking for co-morbidities...

BUT, the more I read about sleep apnea (like the single mother who thought it was normal to need pots of coffee just to scrape through the day!)  the more I think it applies to me!!   I have a 30 minute commute to and from work each day  - (kids in the car with me)  there have been numerous times I have been dangerously drowsy on the drive home...and in the last 3-4 months, I have experienced the same thing on the way TO work in the mornings!!!    I know that my weight is a contributing factor to my fatigue (it puts the FAT in fatigue!! LOL)  but after reading up on things, I'm wondering if this is an issue for me!   I've always believed I have bouts of insommnia, because I have difficulty falling asleep (mind won't stop sometimes..and the internet is NOT helpful with this!!)  and I've been a 'night waker' for YEARS, but it's much more frequent now..probably an average of 5-8 times per night where I'm wide awake, only for a moment, when I might need to roll over, or my legs are twitching, but I'm fully aware and generally look at the clock, and digest what time it is.    I've also put my snoring down to allergies, or fatigue...but again, maybe it's more. 

My family Dr. has not been too co-operative, but I'm wondering if I should be asking for a sleep study before we even try to have the WLS discussion again?? 

Of those who were 'trying for approval' were there a lot who were tested and found NOT to have apnea?  I'm just thinking it seems pretty common with most folks on these forums....

Thanks!!


Jen~ 

I feel your pain. I was put on CPAP and BiPAP and I couldn't tolerate them at all, no matter what mask I used. I didn't have to meet any requirements, but I spoke to my surgeon about why I couldn't use my machine and he understood. I think maybe it would help to talk to your GP or surgeon to see if you have any options.

As for not being able to tolerate your machine, you may have some other problems that are making it hard. I would maybe suggest seeing an ear, nose, and throat specialist to check for sinusitis and such. What they did for me was do an MRI of my head to look at my sinuses, where they noticed inflammation as well as a deviated septum, which was making it hard to breathe through my nose. They treated the sinusitis with steroids and the deviated septum with a minor surgery. After that, my BiPAP was definitely noticeably easier to tolerate, but I still couldn't tolerate it all night, mostly because of comfort issues. It was definitely worth the try, though.

edit: oh, and if you still have your tonsils that may be a problem, too. Mine are grossly enlarged, but my ENT wouldn't take them out for reasons I don't even remember.

Today we released a couple of major updates to Health Tracker just in time for the holidays (as we continue on the path to Health Tracker world domination :). These updates include, 1) Profile display of Health Tracker - If you choose to, you are now able to display/share your Health Tracker within your personal profile. This can be kept completely private, it can be shared with only your friends or with the entire ObesityHelp community. 2) My Workouts - You are now able to build and store custom workouts that can be used over and over again. My Workouts will allow you to log multiple exercise/activity items at one time so you don't have to search for individual exercises each time you want to log your activity or exercise session.

Profile Display of Health Tracker .

The profile display of Health Tracker includes Body, Food Log, Exercise Log and the Macronutrient Report. As mentioned above, this can be kept entirely private or you can choose to share your Health Tracker information with friends, family, your bariatric surgeon or other clinicians.

In order to see the profile view of Health Tracker, when viewing your profile or another member's profile, look for the Health Tracker link to the right of the avatar. If there is no Health Tracker link, the profile view of Health Tracker has been set to private.

 

The privacy settings for Health Tracker can be found in the "Settings" section of My OH. To access your Health Tracker setting click My OH at the top of any page on ObesityHelp, select "Settings" on the left, click the Health Tracker tab and choose the "Sharing" option. Or, just click here to access your Health Tracker Sharing options :)

Workouts

My Workouts makes it quick and easy to log routine exercise and activity. For those who perform similar exercises on a regular basis, with My Workouts you can create a workout consisting of a series of exercises you often perform and instead logging each exercise indivivudally, My Workouts allows to log a single item (a workout) that contains all of the exericses you have performed. Build it once and log it any number of times.

Under My Workouts you will see a list of workouts that you have created and saved. You can log workouts directly from My Workouts by selecting "I did this", choose the day and click "Save"

You can also search for workouts you have created directly from your Exercise Log.

Create your first workout now!

One other addition

For your convenience, in this release we have also made some changes to the account deactivation process. In case you ever have the need to deactivate your ObesityHelp account, you can access this function by clicking My OH at the top of any page on ObesityHelp, select "Settings" on the left, and under the "General" tab select "Manage". Instructions for deactivating your account can be found there.

Have a great Thanksgiving and look for more updates soon!

If you have any questions, comments or concerns about this release, please post them in this thread on the Main Message Board.

When I started on cpap i was at a 7 - then after I had my tonsils removed, and a UPPP where they shave the soft palett -  my pressure went up to a 9 (even did a sleep study to show that)  I do not remember why he said that was a good thing but the doctor did at the time.

a couple years later I did an AUTO PAP trial and my pressure went up to a 12.  

Well, here I set post operative - and a month after surgery I had another auto pap trial and went from 12 to a 7.


There is the posibility, that with out all the weight compressing things down, there is less so the looser it is, more pressure is needed to splint your throat open.  Heck I don't know. 

My question for you, during your auto pap trial, did you have leak issues?  its suppose to detect that but if its not a newer machine then it might not.  Leak issues could cause the pressure to go higher.  Ask your doctor why an increase occured vs a decress would be interesting to know.

Good luck