Hi everyone!

Today I filled out a pre-op medical questionarre that was sent to me by surgeons office. I came across a question about my sleeping patterns and behaviours, I ticked that I snored and after looking up what somnolence meant, ticked that too and then we came to sleep apnea which I assumed I didn't have but when I looked that up discovered that I may be suffering from it as it appears to be a possible cause of the snoring and excessive daytime tiredness.

In a way I am relieved that there is a reason why i get sooo tired and that it's not down to laziness but at the same time I am worried about my health and concerned that this may affect surgery.

Anyone got any advice?

X katie

get a sleep study. I was diagnosed with sleep apnea about two years ago. Last summer I came in from mowing the yard and accidentally fell asleep without my cpap. I ended up going for a ride to the hospital in an ambulance because I woke up in atrial fibrilation. Long term untreated sleep apnea can result in heart problems.

Regards,

Keith

What is CPAP? I'm going up for my follow up to my sleep study soon and they already told me that I needed to start wearing a mask. I really don't want to though. Do you think that this means I have sleep apnea?