Sleep Apnea

[katieo 0]

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

[keith40 0]

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

[timeforchange 0]

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?