Sleep apnea question/rant

[jgeldmacher 42]

Does anyone else have sleep apnea that has gone away after surgery?

I am doing whatever it takes to have this surgery, but I am a bit upset. I just had to go and get a CPAP machine because I have very mild sleep apnea. I'm on the lowest setting the machine has. I can't help but feel that it is just a doctor wanting more money. I was told that the apnea will probably go away after surgery but I still have to have my CPAP machine for these few weeks that I have left before surgery, and right after. Ugh. Wasteful.

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[Juhygtfrdsd 154]

I have sleep apnea it will go away i was told but will take time as you lose weight...i have surgery on monday 3/21/16 and i have to take mine with me to the hospital...

[Jazzcat 43]

I have spoken with a few folks who have told me their apnea did go away after losing weight.

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[BarrySue 602]

Weight loss benefits take time. sleep apnea can still kill you at your current weight. It's not about wanting money, it's about not taking unnecessary risk.

I lost someone close to me that was in the process of losing weight and stopped using her CPAP. She was only in her forties, and she died of sleep apnea. Don't roll the dice. Just keep patient and stay the course.

[OneDollarBill 371]

I had sleep Apnea. I was a #6 setting. It took a while, but I haven't used the machine in about 6 months. Even when I stopped using it it took me a long time to get use to not using it. I grew so accustom to it. It felt weird not having it on me at night.

[Seahawks12 1]

My sleep Doctor suggested I wait 9 months after surgery and then do another sleep test. Any one off the machine and how soon after surgery and were you tested. I'm almost 3 months post.

[eclecticwingtips 130]

There is also no guarantee it will go away post op. For many it does (approx 70%) but not everyone. It has serious risks, stroke, heart attack. These risks are compounded by anesthesia. Why risk it?

Maybe see if you can hire a machine

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[BevBrown34 17]

I found it very strange that during the anesthesiologist pre-surgery testing review, they didn't make a big deal of the fact that I had sleep apnea. I actually had to bring it up and show the results. Mine is mild/moderate and the pulmonologist's office actually threatened not to clear me for surgery unless I agreed to start using a CPAP but the machine never arrived. At about 1:00 AM, the morning after surgery, a respiratory tech came to my room to get me to use a CPAP machine. I refused. Utimately, I didn't require the pulmonologist's approval for the surgery but I didn't appreciate being bullied.

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[Jessee3897 114]

I had a very similar situation I went in for my sleep test and my doctor said I had very very mild sleep apnea my number was a 5. He decided that I needed to have a CPAP machine. I asked the doctor what number do they typically prescribe a CPAP machine to which he answered 7. A normal number of apnea per night is 4. I had to use this stupid machine for 4 weeks. I was livid. Then they decided they wanted more tests to charge more money. So in my personal opinion yes it absolutely can be a money-making machine. I am one month post-op and stop using the machine 2 days before surgery. And have no intentions of ever using it again.