Any problems with cpap machines

[Banditto 0]

Iam getting banded in january, however due to my sleap apnea i been using a cpap machine. would i have any problems using it after i get banded.

[pebbles1970 0]

Check with your Dr. I was banded on 11-11-08, and was told NOT to use it because it fills your stomach up with air. Good luck!

[jdrocks226 0]

I don't understand that, i was told to bring my c pap in when i had the band to use in the hospital. I have used it since banded, 6 months now and wasn't told any difference

[pebbles1970 0]

I don't understand that, i was told to bring my c pap in when i had the band to use in the hospital. I have used it since banded, 6 months now and wasn't told any difference

Like I said, every Dr is different. You would think all things would be the same. Look at all the different diets the dr's have people doing. It seems no 2 are alike.

[Nanook 2]

Some surgeons want you to use it in the hospital or they just give you oxygen after surgery and monitor your breathing. I would check with your pulmonologist or whomever prescribed your cpap machine for instructions after surgery. I've never heard of anyone being told not to use it due to air in the stomach but there's a first for everything. Nancy:smile:

[RestlessMonkey 7]

Ask your doctor, do what s/he says!

[thinkingslim70 0]

I was banded on Monday and i was told i needed to take my CPAP with me too. I used it in hospital and each night since. I haven't found too much air to be a problem. i am hoping I wont need the CPAP soon

[bethm 0]

Wow you all use yours? Good for you!

I got mine a month ago. I have moderate sleep apnea. I tried it for a week and a half and have a dent in the wall where apparently I whipped it off my face in the middle of the night. So I just gave up. Because.. ugh.

I have to bring it to surgery though and I'm going to ask that I not have to wear it that night. It freaks me out anyway.

On a sidenote I did buy some lovely pur-sleep stuff that makes it blow really pretty scents into your nose that was somewhat relaxing. If you wear it you should check it out. They have free samples on their website.

Love these forums. It's always good to get advice from everyone but make sure you ask and follow your docs advice. (told mine and he said NBD if I didn't wear it.. just need it for surgery)

[pebbles1970 0]

I'm going to my Dr tomorrow, and am going to ask him again why he is against using the cpap. It scares me how all doctors seem to have different thoughts on this. Who is right? I wish I could still use mine, I'd grown attached to it NOT!

[JaimeSTL 4]

I started cpap about 4 months before my surgery. I was told to bring my machine to the hospital and to use it as prescribed after surgery. However, as I lost weight, there was too much pressure and too much air so it was filling my stomach with air. I saw my pulmonologist, who tweaked my settings (I went from 15 down to 6) and I've been fine since. Make sure you let your pulmonologist know if you start waking more at night or feeling tired--too much pressure will keep you awake just as having apnea episodes will.

[Telecia 1]

As dangerous as sleep apnea can be to your body I would seriously question a doctor that said NOT to use it???

Does he/she not seem to understand that sleep apnea means you STOP breathing?!? Which means your bodys organs start taking damage just like if someone was strangulating you?

Granted SOMETIMES air can get into your stomach. But that is usually when your pressure settings are to high.

The fact that apnea worsens so many health issues that its not funny, makes your risk for strokes and heart attak higher, has now been shown to be a signifigant factor in people who find losing weight difficult. They are finding out now that apnea is linked with many issues like diabetes, fybrmyalgia, depression and MORE.

An article that explains it much better than I can.

www.cpaptalk.com • Our Collective Wisdom

As a 13+ year CPAP user, I can say ANYONE can get used to living with a CPAP machine. But you have to want to. Just like getting serious about weight loss you have to BE SERIOUS about tackling your sleep apnea. If your doctor perscribes a treatment/pill/therapy for some issue you have, you do it right? No difference.

If you can't handle that mask. *Gasp* Try another one! There are litterly hundreds of makes & models of masks out there.What works for one person wont work with another. As our faces, skin etc are all different.

Get with your DME and raise the roof enough that they help you work out finind the right mask for you. They wont tell you that you CAN try several masks cause they dont make money that way.

Join a good forum and see what many other CPAPers have tried and found ways of making life with CPAP more bearable. My favorite ones is cpaptalk.com

[stevegoad 32]

I've been using my CPAP for going on 11 years!

It is my best friend at sleep time, next to my wife, of course.

I brought it to surgery, though they didn't need it. I slept with it the first night I was banded. No problems at all.

Don't worry about it at all.

[BillOh 13]

Iam getting banded in january, however due to my sleap apnea i been using a cpap machine. would i have any problems using it after i get banded.

I WOULD THINK (DISCLAIMER) there would be no problem that you didn't already have. I hate the @#$# machine, so that is one big reason I am having the surgery, so that I can get off the thing eventually. Contiuously Pi$$ed And Provoked. My wife says my snoring has already almost disappeared with the 20 pounds I've lost so far.

[BillOh 13]

I started cpap about 4 months before my surgery. I was told to bring my machine to the hospital and to use it as prescribed after surgery. However, as I lost weight, there was too much pressure and too much air so it was filling my stomach with air. I saw my pulmonologist, who tweaked my settings (I went from 15 down to 6) and I've been fine since. Make sure you let your pulmonologist know if you start waking more at night or feeling tired--too much pressure will keep you awake just as having apnea episodes will.

Good post and advice, though they would probably want to do another sleep study, and I hate those as much as the CPAP machine. Though, this new sleep doctor I am seeing will let you wear an oxygen monitor on your finger overnight that records oxygen levels. I may ask for that again when I am down below about 225.

My current machine I think is a BiPaP instead of a CPAP and I think it automatically adjusts its pressure.

[BillOh 13]

As dangerous as sleep apnea can be to your body I would seriously question a doctor that said NOT to use it???

THey didn't tell them not to use it, just that they didn't need it at the hospital. Some hospitals may not want to assume liability for someone else's machine. Most likely while at the hospital, they will be monitoring vitals and probably on oxygen.