I just got sleeved on the 14th. Everything went by so fast I started my wls journey on Halloween day with my first visit! In Kansas we have poor health insurance options so they would not pay for anything. I had to self pay and be on the "fast track" program. Surgeon fees were $3420 including Assistant Surgeon. hospital fees was $9000 even. I did the psych evaluation and all labs self pay as well and ended up right around $1000.

Moving on. I did not expect to have my surgery so quick. I was thinking Late December to maybe January. After completing the labs and all required pre op visits. I got a call on December 1st that I need to start my liquid diet because I was scheduled December 14th for surgery! I was shocked and excited at the same time. I went from 353 to 336 from the pre op diet and bowel prep.

Now I knew I snored a lot even when I was active and healthy as a mailman back in the day. When I left that job to get into car sales, I've gained quite a bit of weight along with wife's pregnancy on our 2nd child. I ballooned up 100lbs in a year. The bigger I got the louder my snoring but luckily my family puts up with it.

Since I was self pay I never had to do a sleep study. I never was diagnosed with sleep apnea. They just told me after surgery I had a hard time waking up and I had to be on the cpap or breathing machine. I could not sleep whatsoever with that on. It beeped every time I fell asleep. I stayed in the hospital without really sleeping. It was horrible until a nurse let me sleep without it for a few hours. Anyone have sleep apnea and never knew they had it? It's more serious than I thought. I could have died during surgery.

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I have sleep apnea and it's not easy getting used to the mask, but if you try EVERY night to fall asleep with it on (even if it only lasts a few minutes) eventually you will get used to it. But you have to try every night. Now I can not sleep without it!!

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I have always snored but I've always felt I never had sleep apnoea. I don't remember ever having any of the symptoms. After I got sleeved (December 5), a machine at the PACU kept beeping anytime I fell asleep, and they thought I had sleep apnoea. I was put on CPAP, but the machine still beeped when I tried dozing off (which was a task as the machine tried its very best to force all the air in the grand canyon up my nose) . They took off the CPAP and concluded that perhaps I had residual respiratory depression from the general anaesthesia which my post op morphine doses were worsening. Got discharged to the ward after closely monitoring for 2 hrs.

I was sleeved on 11/22 and was never diagnosed with sleep apnea before surgery either but after surgery every time I fell asleep they would have to place the oxygen on me. Hoping this is something that will go away along with the pounds. I'm 3 1/2 weeks out of surgery and down 16lbs. Hw 239 Sw 234 CW 218

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Hello

I found out that I had sleep apnea in 2015. I had colon-resection surgery and complications. Spent 2 months in the hospital, then when I got home, I had a letter waiting for me from the hospital. It explained that during the surgery, they expected that I had sleep apnea, and they suggested that I have a sleep study done. At that time, I weighed around 330 pounds. I didn't know anything about sleep apnea at that point.

I went and had my sleep study and found out that I had moderate sleep apnea. Now I sleep with a CPAP every night. I use the full face mask, that covers my nose and mouth. It only took me a couple of nights to get used to it. I have no problems sleeping with it now.

I read and also my surgeon told me, that after I lose some weight, it is possible that the sleep apnea will no longer be a problem. My high weight was 334. I am now down to 279. So after I lose a significant amount more, I will go back and do another sleep study, and see if I still need my CPAP.

I have always snored but I've always felt I never had sleep apnoea. I don't remember ever having any of the symptoms. After I got sleeved (December 5), a machine at the PACU kept beeping anytime I fell asleep, and they thought I had sleep apnoea. I was put on CPAP, but the machine still beeped when I tried dozing off (which was a task as the machine tried its very best to force all the air in the grand canyon up my nose) . They took off the CPAP and concluded that perhaps I had residual respiratory depression from the general anaesthesia which my post op morphine doses were worsening. Got discharged to the ward after closely monitoring for 2 hrs.

. They had me on the cpap because they said I wasn't getting enough oxygen when I was dozing off. Worst time ever. Machine would beep and I stayed awake. Even when they just put the oxygen tube in my nose, when I dozed off it started beeping too. I finally got some rest when they took all those off.

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I, too, had my surgery on December 14th! Things have gone really well, although I am quite sore where the incision sites are. I was diagnosed with sleep apnea several years ago, and do wear a full face mask. I am very claustrophobic, and wasn't sure I could do it! But it has been fine. It can be very serious, so follow up on this!! Best of luck!