Sleep study

Poopsie · November 18, 2007

:help:How many of you were required to do a sleep study? The surgeon that I chose gave me a questionare to complete. It had about 10 questions that listed different things on "how likely are you to fall asleep when"....

I answered them honestly but when I was done he said that anything over a 10 suggests sleep apnea. I now have an extra step by having to see a pulmonarologist and be cleared. If anyone else was required to do this, will you share your experience? And how long before the results?

GayleTX · November 18, 2007

A lot of people have to do the sleep study.....sleep apnea is a pretty common co-morbidity of obesity (altho many thin people have it, too.) I had no idea I had a problem....thought I just didn't sleep well because of stress, pain, etc. After one night with my C-PAP, I slept better and felt better than I had in a long time. I used it for a year or so and loved what it did for me. After losing about 100 lbs, I no longer needed it, but I'm so glad I had it for the time I did....I wish I'd known years ago.

Not all sleep study centers are the same, but here is an overview of one:

A Night at the Sleep Centre

kacee · November 18, 2007

I was kindof backward....I actually learned about the band while sitting in the waiting room at the ENT's office (which resulted in a sleep study because I was snoring so much I wanted to find out how I could lessen it). By the time I went for my surgery consult I had already had a sleep test (Kindof interesting really....they hook you up to a zillion electrodes and you sleep overnight at the sleep study place while they monitor your breathing and blood pressure)... Chances are probably good you may need to get one, especially if you are going through insurance.

lisah25 · November 19, 2007

I had to do a sleep study before surgery. I told the sleep doctor that I was having surgery, and needed to do this as a step towards it. He was great, he got me in as quickly as he could, and ordered a split-night test. Meaning that if I showed clear signs of apena, they could try the Cpap that same night. So I only had to do one study and got my machine quickly.