I went to the ENT Doctor today to find out my sleep study results and I have severe sleep apnea. I stop breathing 37 times an hour! :shocked: So I'll be getting a CPAP machine soon.

If you've used a CPAP machine what are some Pros/Cons?

So the fitting went well. I went with the "nasal pillows" instead of the mask because I didn't like the feeling of the mask. Last night was the first night using it at home and it was ok. I'm sure once I get comfortable with it I'll feel a thousand times better.

You're lucky if it wasn't that bad the first night. I hated my mask the first night. HATED IT! I had no idea how I was going to deal with having to wear it every night. After a few days it became tolerable and now it doesn't bother me at all.

it definitely does go away 80% of the time after you lose a significant amount of weight because you no longer have all that fat pushing on your airways when you sleep.

I have been using a cpap for five years now. Can't say I love it, but I get rest now. I recently came upon this sobering statistic: "You are THREE times more likely to die from ANY cause with untreated sleep apnea". I'd start using the machine. at least until you lose weight.

I was diagnosed with Sleep Apnea in 2004. I never got the CPAP because when I went back for the second study, one with the CPAP, I had so much trouble with it that I never bothered to get one. Here we are 7 years later, and I had even forgotten that I had sleep apnea, until I saw my Bariatric Surgeon recently for the first time and because my BMI is just under 40, he was asking me questions about other conditions and mentioned sleep apnea and I was like "oh yeah I got that". Lol. So that was the only co-morbidity I needed to qualify.

I was lucky that I was able to get in touch with the Sleep Center where I did my study so many years ago, and they were able to find my reports in the computer and they emailed them to me. When I went for my Pulmonary clearance I brought the studies with me and luckily I didn't have to redo the studies even though they were so old. But he did say I had to get a CPAP. He said that my insurance company will insist I get one before they approve surgery so I might as well get one now this way I have it before then. Long story short, my insurance company called this morning to set up an appointment to set up my CPAP and they are coming on 8/22. I was like ok, whatever, because I know I'm not going to use it and I'm just getting it because I have to. But after reading this, I may just give it a good try before dismissing it. Truth is I could really use a good nights sleep, I always wake up tired and am generally lethargic throughout the day. I always assumed that was because of my weight, but probably its also because of the sleep apnea (which is also probably because of my weight). Interesting circle that it.

Anyway, good luck to you! I hope it works for you!