Has anyone been able to ditch the CPAP?

[Rekx 7]

Hi I'm wondering if anyone here has lost enough weight to ditch the CPAP?

How did you know it was time?

How much weight did you lose?

How much do you LOVE not having the CPAP anymore??

[joatsaint 2,814]

I had lost over 100 lbs when I started trying to sleep without my CPAP around 9 months post-op. My CPAP was filling my stomach with so much gas every night that I couldn't sleep the entire night. I'd try sleeping without it about once a week.

I reached a point where I felt like I was getting the same amount of rest without the mask, I stopped using it. I haven't been back on the CPAP since. It's fantastic not being on the CPAP anymore.

When I 1st got my CPAP, the difference in my sleep was so incredible, I didn't mind wearing the headgear, but I don't miss having to arrange that hose!

[moonlitestarbrite 902]

my sleep study several years ago slowed mild sleep apnea. but i used a cpap cause i apparently snored really loudly. and my H couldnt sleep. i did it to keep the peace, though i hated it with a passion. they monitored me in the recovery room and hospital room and said i didnt need it. and since H said i wasnt snoring anymore, its still in the the bag in the closet from the hospital.

[j2014 5]

I am getting sleeved next week. My pulmonologist thinks that I will be off the CPAP 6 months after surgery. I can't wait!

[Rekx 7]

Yeah I have to think that if I lose 100lbs then I won't have the sleep apnea anymore. I mean - I didn't have it when I was skinny!

But my plan will be to...

1) lose the ding dong 100

2) get a sleep study done again

I want to get the sleep study just to be sure. That being said - my spouse is very sensitive to my night time buffalo noises, so she will be able to tell!

[awold0 246]

Yeah I have to think that if I lose 100lbs then I won't have the sleep apnea anymore. I mean - I didn't have it when I was skinny!

But my plan will be to...

1) lose the ding dong 100

2) get a sleep study done again

I want to get the sleep study just to be sure. That being said - my spouse is very sensitive to my night time buffalo noises, so she will be able to tell!

I stopped around 6 Months. I kept going back to lab to have adjusted to being lower. Then was no longer needing it. I must say my husband does not mind sleeping with Darth Vader anymore!