Mandatory CPAP?
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Has anybody been required to go to sleep lab or be fitted for a CPAP prior to surgery? It seems to be a blanket policy at the facility I'm using. See my blog for more details.
Long and short of it - I've basically been told that even though I had no markers for sleep apnea I had to go to the sleep lab(not one close to me - only their's would do) and even before the test results were in, I was scheduled for a CPAP fitting. It didn't go well - I couldn't sleep with it on.
Now I'm getting the impression that no CPAP equals no surgery. I find this odd as I've had two surgeries in the past two years; one laproscopic and both fully under and in neither case did I require a CPAP or have problems coming back from anesthesia -other than having to have a "patch" for nausea.
What's my recourse if they refuse to operate?