Snoring!

[MamaTo3inNH 100]

I snore. REALLY BADLY! Like a beaver chopping wood my husband says. I don't have apnea or any other problems and my GP says it's likely because I am overweight. I hope surgery cures it. Has anyone else been "cured" of snoring after losing a lot of weight?

[James Marusek 5,244]

Before RNY surgery my snoring would keep my wife awake all night long. She has been complaining about my snoring for several years. Within a couple weeks after surgery, my snoring went away. I am 19 months post op and it has never returned. I find my wife sometimes hovering over me in the middle of night staring at me. She is trying to determine if I am still alive, because my breathing is so quite.

[Miss Mac 6,262]

Yes, and speaking of sleeping......the bed feels bigger.

[Janice1968 92]

I snored really bad before surgery, now not at all. My husband used to wake me up nightly to turn over.

[MamaTo3inNH 100]

Omg I'm so excited! Thanks everyone!

[judybo 1]

No snoring now, my husband checks to see if I'm breathing cause he says I'm so quiet when I sleep now...LOL!!

[cornhusker 115]

I actually had a follow up appointment with my sleep Doc this morning. I've been on a CPAP for several years. However, since I've lost weight (75lbs. since Oct. 8 surgery) the pressure was waaaay too high. So, I went to see the doc just before New Years hoping to have he pressure adjusted. He told me it was likely my apnea was gone. I had another sleep study last week and lie I said, met with him this am. He said I was not showing any signs of OSA. This was great news because I thought this would happen around this summer. He told me I didn't need the CPAP any more. Was really great to hear! Good luck to you but I would strongly suggest going to a sleep specialist and having a sleep study.

[cornhusker 115]

I snore. REALLY BADLY! Like a beaver chopping wood my husband says. I don't have apnea or any other problems and my GP says it's likely because I am overweight. I hope surgery cures it. Has anyone else been "cured" of snoring after losing a lot of weight?

Just wondering, how do you know you don't have Obstructive sleep Apnea? If you are overweight and snoring it is quite possible you do unless you've had a sleep study. And your GP wouldn't be the one to ask, a Pulmonologist who's boarded in Sleep Medicine would be. I can tell you, having dealt with OSA myself, it is very important to treat. Puts you at higher risk for all sorts of comorbid conditions...diabetes, high blood pressure, daytime sleepiness, depression, memory loss, headaches, stroke. Anyway, I'm no doc but if definitely keep an eye on that snoring. Good luck!

[MamaTo3inNH 100]

I had a sleep study