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 !!!

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.

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.

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.

Thanks ladies...

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.

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