I have been on my C Pap since July.  It has really made a difference in my life.  I have a humidifier on mine, but I still wake with dry mouth and sore throat.  I also have worse GERD with the C PAP, but it passes fairly soon after getting up and drinking a hot beverage. My Dr already had me on Nexium before bed, but told me I needed to also take an over the counter acid reducer pill in the morning.   I like to keep a cup of water with a straw in it next to the bed so I can get sips of water during the night if I wake up.
Good Luck.  I am hopeful have my RNY will help my Apnea.

CPAP machines don't cost $2000 dallors you can get one for 189.00 from this link.
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for me even in the hospital I was waking up with the extremely dry mouth.  I think the pressure issue changed for me drastically and quickly.

I went from a 12 and now I'm set at a 7 and thats with an auto pap trial for a week showing that was where I needed to be.

Good luck, and keep on top of the cpap thing.  Won't loose weight if you don't get good rest.

Mishelle

well having surgery you WILL loose weight - but it would be even better if your sleep is on target too

Last week we released two major updates. First was the public release of OH Groups where any ObesityHelp member can now create their own Group. Second was the addition of Activity Tracking to Health Tracker, which provides a robust and easy to use tool to track and monitor your exercise and activity. Today we have added My Meals and an Activity vs. Weight Loss Report to Health Tracker. 

My Meals My Meals allows you to group and store multiple food and beverage items as a custom meal that can be used over and over again. If you have meals that you eat on a regular basis, you will no longer need to log each food item individually.

To access My Meals, go to your Health Tracker in My OH and click on the Nutrition tab. You will see My Meals listed under Nutrition.

Creating a new meal works similar to your Food Log. You can search for food items on the right and add the foods to the meal on the left. A Calorie Breakdown chart and Nutrient Summary Label are also available for each meal.

Once a meal is created you can add that meal to your Food Log from My Meals by clicking "i had this" or you can search for the meal from your Food Log.

When searching for a meal to add to your Food Log, all meals will be returned when "My Foods" is selected in search. So, to "drill down" on meals that you have created, select to only show "My Foods." When a new meal is created it may require up to 30 minutes for that meal to be indexed and become searchable.

Activity vs. Weight Loss Report Adding to the Macronutrient and Export Reports previously available, there is now an Activity vs. Weight Loss Report. This report will allow to compare Average Time in Activity vs Weight over time, providing you with further insight into what impact physical activity as on weight loss and weight loss maintenance. In Health Tracker, click Reports and then select Activity vs. Weight Loss.

We hope these additions to Health Track reduce the time required to log your daily food intake and makes it easier to view how physical activity impacts your weight.   Create your first meal now! If you have any questions, comments or concerns about this release, please post them on the Main Message Board.

Thanks for sharing that. I will definately check it out as I'm having problems after using my CPAP for 4 months.

Thanks again!