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This remains to be something that terrifies me. My surgery is scheduled a few day before my birthday at the end of the summer. But I think at the end of the day - it will be worth it.

Don't be. As I mean mentioned in another follow up....switched providers and they agreed it was excessive. 1. Hospitals are fully equipped to handle breathing difficulties waking up from anesthesia. 2. Only patients with severe cases of.sleep apnea may be required to bring their own equipment. Having the test done was never the problem. It.was a at home test. Easy. Mailed to me and shipped.back. The anger was the request to.treat the sleep.apnea before surgery. Having a cpap machine.for use during recovery is fine.

Went to another doctor. All settled. Completely unnecessary for me to be on a machine for several weeks leading up to surgery. Having one IN surgery/recovery is fine (even though the hospital will provide one). More frustratingly, same doctor - my mother used - double my age, multiple more health concerns - didn't even have to take a sleep test, never mind this. Frustration levels would be less if location was closer. New doctor significantly closer. Shame on me for not looking around myself instead of just accepting a reference.

I get it. There are other things that are questionable: 1. I spoke with another surgeon with a gold status on here - and a patient needing their own CPAP machine to bring with them for use with recovery is rare and done only in the most extreme cases. Since majority of overweight patients considering surgery also likely have some degree of sleep apnea - its not uncommon to experience some breathing difficulties in recovery in which the hospital will provide a CPAP machine on the fly for such cases. <<< Never have I had a complaint or noticeable issue with sleeping. I had my appendix removed and did have difficulty breathing in recovery...they hooked me up to a machine for the night (which I had to stay anyways) and that was the end of it. I was not required to bring my own machine first or asked to continue use of it post surgery. 2. All that being said - I made peace with having to have a CPAP machine of my own for recovery. What I did not make peace with is the requirement from the sleep doctor to be on the machine for several weeks (in which they would verify its use through information stored on its processing chip) before they would authorize me for bariatric surgery. It is very clear - that every doctor has their own preferences or concerns that they highlight more than others. This other doctor, thought what this doctor was asking was extreme an unnecessary. To my knowledge - no one has died from sleep apnea in a recovery room in a hospital. If they did - I'm sure the hospital would get sued 3 ways from Sunday.

Yea, I did that with a few other appointments. It helps condensed the amount of days I have to go up sometimes. I think the real problem is the place I choose to have the procedure done. Unfortunately - I'm at a point where my options are limited to quit my job or have this surgery.

I definitely want to share your happiness. Just don't know if I can afford the surgery without insurance because I lost my job from so I can drive 1 1/2 to have someone smile at me and check my temperature.

Saga continues. I've come to terms with needing the machine just for recovery as the bariatric place stated. But now the sleep study place wants me to use the machine every day before surgery and prove that I'm using it. I'm actually in tears over how stressful doing the right thing is. Probably will cancel surgery by the end of the week if these places can't work with me. I cannot quit my job just to satisfy repeated follow ups for lollipops and temperature checks.

That's my issue. Why do I have to now clear the Sleep Apnea before having the surgery that supposedly will clear the issue? Your last sentence says it all. I want to feel like whatever team is working with me and not against me. When you look up surgeons on this site... I noticed mine was listed as "STARTER..." what does that mean? I looked up another one that was recommended to me and his comes up "GOLD..."

if my BMI was under 40 (between 35-39) - I would need to have some other weight related illness (such as sleep apnea). Being I'm at 40 (right at the line)- having the sleep apnea helps; but I feel like this is more of a run around situation and literally no consideration for me.

I suspect as much as well. Same stories. Projectile vomiting no matter what was given. She took me to our family doctor - and he said "I Don't want to scare you, but this is not uncommon and you need to take him to surgery immediately". I was 10 days old. Left a pretty awesome scar on my stomach; my older brother told his friends it was a war wound - HA!

Initial consultation. I had reached out to this Bariatric Center, made an appointment and met with various staff (nurses, nutrionist, and of course the surgeon) to go over what is expected. My next consultation with the doctor is 6/27 - by that time all the appropriate blood work, ekg, and xrays will have been completed.