Blood Pressure Medicine And CPAP Use After Surgery

[Trellunit 49]

I’m looking forward to the surgery many people say it was the best decision for them

[Letsgetgoing2018 448]

I was sleeved July 10th and have lost about 60 pounds. Started having dizzy spells about a month after surgery so my doc cut my blood pressure med in half since my blood pressures were normalizing. Cpap stopped almost immediately after surgery. No longer snore and sleep through the night. Having a sleep study in a another month or so to confirm that I am free of the cpap for good.

[EJ's Mom 2]

I was excited with the thought of coming off of my BP meds afterVSG... turns out my cardiologist says that will never happen I had open heart quadruple coronary bypass 1 year before VSG, and I'm on a low dose beta blocker 3x a day on gym days to keep my heart rate and BP low.... 2x a day on non gym days. A little bummed about that, but getting heart healthy was my main reason for getting VSG since genetically my stomach was producing 10x the amount of hormones that were making my cholesterol, trygliceides and A1C dangerously high...I was another heart attack and bypass surgery waiting to happen..I was told When, not if , I would have a heart attack, and if I survive, I'd be looking at more open heart surgery!! ! That was scary to hear! I had to do what ever it takes! Even though pre-op I ate healthy, went to the gym 5 days a week, took my meds.... all of my levels continued to rise drastically! My HW/pre surgery weight was 188, I didn't have to do a pre-op diet or classes,,, I'm 142 lbs now. from first consult to surgery was only 2 weeks, because of how at risk my heart was. In the grand scheme of things... I'm ok staying on 3 pills a day ( I was taking 16 rx pills a day pre-op) and now all of my blood levels are perfect! They were perfect at 2 mo. Post op ( I'm 4 1/4 post op now) success in my book, even with the BP meds 🤗..., I had heart surgery for my 49th BD, VSG 8 days before my 50th!!

Edited April 18, 2019 by EJ's Mom

[Avery's Mom 315]

On ‎1‎/‎30‎/‎2019 at 4:11 PM, Trellunit said:

Wondering if many still use their CPAP Machine and take Blood Pressure Meds after surgery? Did your surgeon advise you to still use medicine after surgery and did they have you to get another sleep study done. If the surgery is a success I would think that these things are no longer in use.

My doc had me cut my BP meds in half right a way, at my 3 month checkup she stopped them all together. I no longer need them.

[Trellunit 49]

My doctor stopped mine this week

[Avery's Mom 315]

On ‎2‎/‎1‎/‎2019 at 5:46 AM, Letsgetgoing2018 said:

I was sleeved July 10th and have lost about 60 pounds. Started having dizzy spells about a month after surgery so my doc cut my blood pressure med in half since my blood pressures were normalizing. Cpap stopped almost immediately after surgery. No longer snore and sleep through the night. Having a sleep study in a another month or so to confirm that I am free of the cpap for good.

I guess I need to have one too. nobody around except my special needs 11 yr old son and the dogs to see if I'm still snorfin all night lol