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Question for people who have gone through the surgery: How soon afterwards were you able to get a sleep study done and (hopefully) get off the CPAP machine?

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I hope I can get off of it soon after surgery! I'm hoping for a June surgery date and I have an appointment with my sleep doctor in November. I'm hoping to get a sleep study done soon after that.


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My husband never used his CPap after the sleeve. It has been four years and all is great!!!

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I had very mild sleep apnea, only 2.5 occurrences more than normal. At the initial appointment my sleep doctor said a CPAP wasn't required but recommended to help decrease surgery complications. My surgery was April 20th. I saw the sleep doctor this week and he said I can return the machine since my case is mild and I had lost 28lbs since my last appointment with him. He scheduled a sleep study in 3 months to review how the weight loss affects my sleep and make sure the apnea has improved.

Every case is different and depends on the severity of your apnea and your progress. Best of luck!

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I was told two weeks, as the nurse claimed many with sleep apnea they could sleep without it a few weeks after surgery.

I'm certain this number is dependent upon the individual apnea severity.

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My doctor did another sleep study about 1 year after surgery. But I stopped using my machine after about 8-9 months because it started hurting my nose. I don't suggest not following doctors orders though. At my last appointment (10 months out) I told my doctor I hadn't been using it because it hurt my nose. He told me not to use it then and we did a sleep study the other day at about 11 months out. I will see him in a few weeks to go over the results.

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I'm five months post op and was just fitted with a CPAP last week. My pre-surgery sleep study showed mild sleep apnea so I didn't think I needed one. When the sleep specialist recommended it, I was skeptical so talked with my surgeon. She said to definitely get it and use it for a year. She said that patients stop using them way too soon. I'm still not sure that I need it and I can't tell if I'm sleeping better because it's taking some getting used to. My AHI levels have ranged from 4-14. Is that normal?


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I got an APAP machine about 7months pre surgery I had extreMely bad sleep apnea stoppwd breathing just over 200 times in the night i am now 4 months post and cant wait to get rid of it

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My Dr said once I lost around 50/70 pounds to redo the sleep study. I am close to 80 pound weight loss, so I went to have a full study recently. I get my results next week and pray I do not need it anymore. I have had sleep apnea since 2004. Ask you Dr when they feel you should go for a full study again to see if you still need the machine.


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I just had my post op sleep study on 4 May 2017 (through the VA Hospital). Here it is almost 3 weeks later and I still do not have any results. I sent a secure message through My Healthy Vet (that is how you communicate with your doctor) and was told that he will contact me soon. My CPAP machine showed that my apnea events went from being mostly obstructive to being mostly central (that is why we did the sleep study) so I might need an AutoPAP machine.

So for me (even though I have lost 100 pounds) it looks like I will be on the machine for life.

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