Hi Everyone,

I use a CPAP maching for sleep apnea and I had heard that often people don't need one after lapband surgery if they have lost weight.

Has anyone ever been able to go off the machine after losing weight? I would love to hear about it.

Going off would be wonderful for me!

I am going through the preop testing now.

My friends brother-in-law went off his CPAP within - I think she said - two months of having been banded. He did really well. Don't know if he's the exception or close to the rule.

CPAP free here as well. I no longer need my "Dark Vader mask" and sleep well with little to no snoring. DH loves me once again! It was about 2 months out for me as well.

It took me a little longer but about 4 months and away went the CPAP.

Good luck!

donamaire

i am not able to go off the cpap machine yet the pressuren went from 14 to 10

I had an updated sleep study done one year after I was banded this was a split study of having nothing and then using a dental appliance. The results came back better than I thought. The doctor said that I did not need to use the CPAP machine and that if I did not wish to use the dental device that would be fine. He also said I did not need to come back and see him unless I had problems. He also felt my numbers would go lower if I lost some more weight. You can see my main post for more details. I hope that this will help you out. Any questions just ask.

Chris