My snoring will wake the dead.

Does WLS help snoring? Mine has gotten so bad that I wake myself up and don't get any good rest. My husband has slept downstairs for months. Today my kids had friends over. They were downstairs and outside on the screened in porch during a thunder and lightning storm and they could still hear me. My kids were so embarrassed. I should be having my surgery in the next 6 weeks. Please tell me it will help. Jenn

Hi Jenn, I believe it does help but if it is that bad you should probably tell your surgeon and get a sleep study before the surgery. You may have apnea and if you do, you fare better after anesthesia with a cpap. Good luck...Hope I helped. Christine

Thanks Princess. I may mention it to him .I'm just afrad of saying anything that ight deley my date. I' feeling desparate to get starteed. Jenn

I can definitely relate to not wanting to delay but I will give it to you as the sleep specialist gave it to me when I complained (I had the sleep study but it turned out I did not have apnea...I don't even snore much but my surgeon was being cautious). Anyway, he told me that if I have apnea and they don't know it when they put me under that I could die. That convinced me really quickly because I want my surgery now but I want to be alive after I go through all of that. You could definitely have the sleep study done within 6 weeks...I think between my consult, the actual study and the follow up appointment, it only took 2-3 weeks and the only reason it took so long was because my schedule was crazy. Good luck! Hugs! Christine

Thanks Chris !

I stopped snoring at about 1 month out. I don't wake myelf anymore and the kids can't make fun of me for it now ! Lois

Hello Jenn - In general, YES, it does - excess weight can cause the volume to go up (snoring wise) so as the weight comes off, the volume goes down. That being said? You might be lucky (like I was) and stop snoring the second you come out of surgery. Not sure if you're going to have an NG Tube? They normally insert it down your throat into the stomach, while you're on the operating table... or they did with me. Apparently when they shoved it down my throat, it nicked the lil ...um.... flappy thingie (how's that for technical talk?) that causes the snoring. My snoring was SO BAD before surgery that my husband wore ear plugs to bed, the night I came home from the hospital the ear plugs went in the trash, I was SNORE FREE!!! - Lei

Thanks. Maybe there's some snuggle time in my future.

Flappy Thingie= uvula (is that the word you were looking for?) Hugs! Shele

Jennifer, Loud snoring, where you wake yourself up, is not just embarrassing, but can be life threatening. I don't say this to scare you, well, maybe I do. I never had the problem but my sister did, to the point where I dreaded sharing a hotel room with her because I knew I would not get any sleep. I stayed on her case about it till she finally called her doc and arranged a sleep test for sleep apnea. Turns out she was NOT breathing about 50% of the time. She had almost died from a routine gall bladder surgery several years before, as it turns out, because her sleep apnea was undiagnosed. She got a C-Pap machine and the turnaround was amazing. She suddenly was filled with energy, and was not falling asleep every time she sat still for 5 minutes. People really don't understand what a terrible strain sleep apnea can put on your body particularly on your heart. The good news is, with rapid weight loss after your surgery, the snoring should go away and you may be able to stop using the C-PAP machine completely. But DO NOT wait for this. I can't stress enough that the anesthesiologist needs to know if you have these breathing problems before surgery. It could be the difference between surviving the surgery or having complications. Tell your surgeon today about the snoring problems, it should not postpone your surgery, but even if it does, it will save your life. Sorry for the sermon but this one is close to my heart. Good luck, Carole