marissahealthiernewme 14 Posted November 23, 2016 I just got diagnosed with sleep apnea will this push my surgery back I'm nervous Sent from my LGLS660 using the BariatricPal App Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
heidikat72 935 Posted November 23, 2016 (edited) Is your surgery already scheduled? Does the sleep apnea need to be treated (mine was mild and the pulmonologist said since I was having the surgery, the weight loss alone should take care of it and it wasn't severe enough to be an immediate threat so I didn't need to go on a CPAP)? If it does need to be treated, you'll have to go in for fitting on a CPAP and monitoring again to make sure you have the correct settings on the CPAP for you. That shouldn't take long but if your surgery is scheduled in the next week or two, it could delay things a couple of weeks.You'll need to work that scheduling out between your surgeon and pulmonologist. Edited November 23, 2016 by heidikat72 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
marissahealthiernewme 14 Posted November 23, 2016 Is your surgery already scheduled? Does the sleep apnea need to be treated (mine was mild and the pulmonologist said since I was having the surgery, the weight loss alone should take care of it and it wasn't severe enough to be an immediate threat so I didn't need to go on a CPAP)? If it does need to be treated, you'll have to go in for fitting on a CPAP and monitoring again to make sure you have the correct settings on the CPAP for you. That shouldn't take long but if your surgery is scheduled in the next week or two, it could delay things a couple of weeks.You'll need to work that scheduling out between your surgeon and pulmonologist.Well I meet with my surgeon on the 20 of this month coming up so I will see what he says Sent from my LGLS660 using the BariatricPal App Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ky Dan 32 Posted November 23, 2016 No it shouldn't effect anything other than give you one more reason for the surgery. Sent from my BLU STUDIO 5.0 C HD using the BariatricPal App Share this post Link to post Share on other sites