Undiagnosed sleep apnea

[shannyd4 28]

Hey guys, I am less than a week away from surgery and I think I'm having symptoms of sleep apnea ... I had my pre-op appt on Monday and I told my doctor my symptoms and she agreed with me but says she's not worried... Have any of u guys experienced this..?? I read sleep apnea and surgery is dangerous !!!

[sweetchunkygirl2183 39]

Before I had my surgery last year I also had some symptoms to when I went to the pulmonary doctor (lung doc) & he told me I should go & do a sleep study test to see. Everything worked out good I had it but it was so mild I didn't need to take care of it or need medicine. Ask your doctor about getting a sleep study test done. Make sure you have every area covered & checked out to make sure your healthy enough for surgey.

[GypsyQueen 198]

I went through all the testing, had mild apnea, was put on a machine, had to show compliance for several weeks before pulmonary would ok surgery, which pushed things back a couple months. Then when I went in for surgery, they never seemed concerned if I used the machine or not. It was very frustrating. Haven't used it since either.

I am in no way saying you shouldn't inquire further, but I think it was about stacking up co-morbiditirs/statistics in my case.

[belladona 153]

Hmmmm I was diagnosed with sleep apnea, given that god awful cpap thing to wear . Nope it didnt happen never wore it never got used to it. But, I had my surgery and thank god I am ok. Good luck to you.

[shannyd4 28]

Thanks ladies...

[megansmommy123 57]

At the very least mention it to your anesthesiologist prior to surgery. They need to know about it so they monitor you differently during surgery. I was diagnosed with sleep apnea 2 years ago, and use a cpap. My anesthesia dr said they absolutely need to know because they do something different during the anesthesia.

[shannyd4 28]

That's what I was thinking .... That's what I'm going to do... Thanks