HAS ANYONE HAD GENERAL ANESTHESIA WITH THE DIAGNOSIS OF SLEEP APNEA? IS THERE ANY DANGER/CONCERNS OF NOT BEING ABLE TO GET AWAKE IN RECOVERY BECAUSE OF IT? THANK YOU.

Sleep apnea (AP-ne-ah) is a common disorder in which you have one or more pauses in breathing or shallow breaths while you sleep. Breathing pauses can last from a few seconds to minutes. They often occur 5 to 30 times or more an hour. Typically, normal breathing then starts again, sometimes with a loud snort or choking sound. Sleep apnea usually is a chronic (ongoing) condition that disrupts your sleep. You often move out of deep sleep and into light sleep when your breathing pauses or becomes shallow. This results in poor sleep quality that makes you tired during the day. Sleep apnea is one of the leading causes of excessive daytime sleepiness.

hi there, i had sleep apnea before i had the band and had it really bad, so as to say when i came out of surgery they battled to wake me and get my qxygen saturation levels back to normal, but an hour or so later i was up and about and since loosing weight have lost the sleep apnea, and my bad snoring.

HAS ANYONE HAD GENERAL ANESTHESIA WITH THE DIAGNOSIS OF SLEEP APNEA? IS THERE ANY DANGER/CONCERNS OF NOT BEING ABLE TO GET AWAKE IN RECOVERY BECAUSE OF IT? THANK YOU.

I had the same concern because I have sleep apnea. I am one week post op and that was my biggest concern about the surgery. The doctors put me at ease by telling me that most overweight people have undiagnosed sleep apnea and everyone is fine. My suggestion is make sure you do the two day clear liquid fast before the surgery and make sure you dont eat or drink after midnight the day before the surgery. If you stay in the hospital make sure you bring your c-pap machine.

I have severe sleep apnea where I stop breathing over one hundred times a night. Since the lapband is such a short surgery 45 min they didn't have any problems gettting me up but when I had a breast reduction before (2hrs) I found out about the sleep apnea they had a hard time getting me up. They also said I starting fighting! LOL! I think they were talking about me during that surgery and I could hear it and that's why I was mad when I got up! Dont' worry if they know you have sleep apnea then the Dr. will take all necessary precautions. On the serious side, I don't think sleep apnea really affects you that much during surgery because they have you under oxygen anyways so there is always air flowing.

I found out I had it just prior to surgery, a moderate case. I had never been under general anesthesia before, was perfectly fine

Ive suffered from sleep Apnea for over 20 years - about the same period of time that I have suffered from obesity. At times I have had to use a CPAP machine to assist breathing at nite

I advised the surgeon about it prior to undertaking banding and I discussed it with the anaesthesiologist when she visited for her consultation the day before surgery

My surgery took 7 hours from the time I left the ward until the time I returned - there were a few small complications during surgery but nothing very dramatic according to my Doctor

I had no problems waking up.

6 weeks into banding and the apnea has almost gone - as has over 15 kg (30 lbs) of excess fat.

Im sleeping better and can get thru the day easily without a sleep or even feeling tired. In fact I am starting to get into a REM sleep pattern and am dreaming again - something I have not done in years because of the apnea

I am more alert and active as well.

Blood pressure returning to normal.

Emphysema much better now that some pressure is off my lungs

and my clothes are fitting easier (refer my story about losing my pants on the plane back to Yogyakarta after my first checkup)

Quality of life is so much better after banding - and will only get better with each reduced kilogram

Ive suffered from sleep Apnea for over 20 years - about the same period of time that I have suffered from obesity. At times I have had to use a CPAP machine to assist breathing at nite

I advised the surgeon about it prior to undertaking banding and I discussed it with the anaesthesiologist when she visited for her consultation the day before surgery

My surgery took 7 hours from the time I left the ward until the time I returned - there were a few small complications during surgery but nothing very dramatic according to my Doctor

I had no problems waking up.

6 weeks into banding and the apnea has almost gone - as has over 15 kg (30 lbs) of excess fat.

Im sleeping better and can get thru the day easily without a sleep or even feeling tired. In fact I am starting to get into a REM sleep pattern and am dreaming again - something I have not done in years because of the apnea

I am more alert and active as well.

Blood pressure returning to normal.

Emphysema much better now that some pressure is off my lungs

and my clothes are fitting easier (refer my story about losing my pants on the plane back to Yogyakarta after my first checkup)

Quality of life is so much better after banding - and will only get better with each reduced kilogram