Sleep apnea and snoring

[delightfulness 10]

I have sleep apnea and was wondering if it went away after your surgery? I would love for the snoring to stop, its soo annoying having your family tell you that you woke them up and they couldn't go back to sleep.

[Stevehud 1,790]

I have sleep apnea etc. ive had the UPPP in the past as well. I can say this according to my surgeons paperwork I have sleep apnea is reduced by 89% on average with goal weight loss.

[BeagleLover 1,020]

I was told that my sleep apnea would most likely disappear 3 - 4 months out from surgery. Another benefit!

[delightfulness 10]

Thanks for you response, I pray it goes away, this is one of the reasons I choose the sleeve.

[Inner Surfer Girl 12,015]

Is your sleep apnea untreated? You mention that you currently snore.

Your surgeon may not be willing to do the surgery if it's untreated. Have you had a sleep study?

[JillC878 59]

This is one of the deciding factors in having surgery for me. My CPap is the devil. I was told however that I would need to have another sleep study done to truly come off the machine as far as my medical team would be concerned. I am set on the CPap's lowest setting and my husband has noticed that I am not snoring like I was, but I dont want to chance having to do more then one sleep study. Therefore, I am going to wait until I reach my goal weight. 27 more hard pounds to go!

[joatsaint 2,814]

I stopped using my CPAP machine about 11 months post-surgery. I never went in for apnea testing after surgery, so I can't say that it went away. At some point, the CPAP machine was pumping so much air into my stomach that I'd wake up at night burping and farting.

So I tried sleeping without the machine. I experimented on myself on and off and one day I noticed that my quality of sleep without the machine was as good with it. So I stopped using the CPAP machine.

[delightfulness 10]

Yes, I have had a sleep study and needed the machine, but don't sleep properly with it. I've been snoring since I was like 8 years old, my dad snores as well as my brother, I thought it was genetics.