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Just curious if anybody was required to do a sleep study? I had my first consult with my surgeon today and he ordered a sleep study because I haven't had one before. The thing is, I'm pretty sure I do have apnea. If I get an apnea diagnosis is this going to slow down the surgery process? Right now he said we are looking at early August.

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My surgeon didn't require one based on my answers to a questionnaire but when I met my pulmonary doctor, he recommended that I had one to be safe. Apparently, if you have sleep apnea it's harder for you to recover from anesthesia. Turns out I didn't have it but my girlfriend who is getting sleeved has it and has to wear a cpap machine before surgery

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I had to do one it sucked worst sleep ever...and turns out I have mild sleep apnea my surg said ill be fine and I dont need to do the cpap machine shes overriding it thank God bc I hated the study very much.....but apparently if u have sleep apnea its best to do the cpap so u can recober better from anesthesia some one was just telling me this earlier on the forum when I was have a cow about having to go bak for another sleep study lol

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alot of insurance company request it the sleep study like all the other test ... I had to do sleep study , EKG , stress test , echocardiogram , endoscopy , psychology evaluation. , physical , blood work , PFTs , I think I forgot something ... The doctor told me of you have sleep apnea it doesn't slow down you process , you just need a little extra like cpap to sleep that's all ... And they need to know that when they put you under for surgery :)

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Thanks for answering. I should have asked him but I was kind of terrified and had a thousand other questions. I'm lucky that my insurance isn't really requiring anything other than the psych visit and a letter from the surgeon saying that he feels it is medically necessary. The other things I have to do are required by the surgeon. He is requiring a sleep study, upper GI, nutrition classes and an exercise eval.

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Yeah my insurance even asked for 6 month supervised diet by my nutritionist ...before they would accept the paper work ...

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I have my sleep study in a couple of week. My insurance wouldn't approve a sleep study in a lab, so I'm doing mine at home. :)

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A sleep study will be beneficial if you do indeed have sleep apnea. It gives you one more reason for your insurance company to approve your surgery. I have sleep apnea & I wasn't allowed to use my machine for a full week after surgery, though. The surgeon didn't want to risk air getting into my sleeve.

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I have a question... Your doctor would not let you use your sleep apnea machine for a week because of possible air getting in your sleeve? I wonder why my doctor is making me bring my machine to the hospital? Makes me nervous, any thoughts?

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I also had to take my cpap machine to the hospital. My doctor required me to use it even the first night after surgery

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If there is one thing we all have learned from this site is that "every doctor/program does it differently" don't stress about taking your machine/using it... I think each and every doctor has a different theory to what's best.. But ur trusting yours with your life.. So have faith

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