I thought that I had researched carefully but hear two things I missed:

1. No one ever told that I could not use my Cpap machine after surgery. I am very attached to mine. I always use it for maps even. This did not come Dr. Kim's office but from the nurses checking me out. Any one else get this advice?

2. I bought some Tylenol pm but completely forgot about the powdering of all medicines. Wish I would have been smart enough to buy a mortar and pestle.

I still use mine, did someone tell you not to use yours?

yes, the nurses at the hospital when they checked me. Did you start back on it right away. I am a mouth breather at night and my throat gets very sore.

Maybe they will have you on oxygen? It seems strange that they wouldn't want you to use it. I get sick when I don't use mine. I am feeling horrible today because I didn't sleep well with it last night and get horrible leg aches.

I'm still using mine 2 months post-op. I was told to bring mine with me to the hospital when I had the WLS. I'm very curious why they told you not to use yours.

I will send an email to Dr Kim s office on Monday. I want to use it if I can.

It may be because the settings will/ may change after and u may even no longer need it!!

I thought that I had researched carefully but hear two things I missed:

2. I bought some Tylenol pm but completely forgot about the powdering of all medicines. Wish I would have been smart enough to buy a mortar and pestle.

I called Dr. Kim (Colleyville, Tx) this week & they said Tylenol pm is fine, just break it in half. :-)

If you want a sleep aid,p why not just buy that? Tylenol PM is a combination of acetaminophen & a sleep aid.

The sleep aid is also a lot smaller pill

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I asked my doctor about not being able to sleep & they suggested Tylenol pm, so I went with that.

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Dr told me its better to take Benadryl to help w/ sleep aid due to long term kidney problems w/ taking too much Tylenol over time especially if you don't have real pain your just taking it to sleep... I've had issues sleeping @ night for years & have used Benadryl lately & works great... Just a suggestion - good luck...

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I used my cpap in the hospital immediately after surgery and during my weeklong stay. I've continued to use it at home as well (im 9 mo's out). My family doctor mentioned to me that I can get retested and may be able to get off it or at least have my settings lowered, but really....im attached to my machine.... not interested in giving it or the settings up yet!

For restless nites, I take a sip of Nyquil or its generic equivalent to help me sleep.

Dr told me its better to take Benadryl to help w/ sleep aid due to long term kidney problems w/ taking too much Tylenol over time especially if you don't have real pain your just taking it to sleep... I've had issues sleeping @ night for years & have used Benadryl lately & works great... Just a suggestion - good luck...

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I can't take Benadryl bc it really bothers my RLS (restless leg syndrome). If I take Benadryl bc of allergies, I have to take at least 3 Tylenol to be able to sleep. Stinks!

I can't take Benadryl bc it really bothers my RLS (restless leg syndrome). If I take Benadryl bc of allergies' date=' I have to take at least 3 Tylenol to be able to sleep. Stinks![/quote']

Oh ok, I understand that - well do what works for you... Wishing you all the best nights sleep from now until forever ????

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Best sleep aid I've found is something called melatonin. It's a supplement, you find it in the vitamin section. To me, that makes it less scary than taking an actual medication like NyQuil or Benadryl. Anyway, I take 10mg of melatonin a night and I swear by it. Absolutely swear by it.

Just wanted to let you know, Dr. Oz just did a show on Melatonin. They talked about how dangerous it is!!! You might want to go to his web site and watch it, sounds a little scary to me!! Just a suggestion, there are a lot of people taking it and they don't know anything about it.