I am looking forward to getting off this CPAP machine!!

[Pkump 46]

I love my CPAP. But I have extremely bad apnea, 102.5 episodes an hour. It has been lifesaving for me so I tolerate it. I don’t know if I will ever lose enough to get rid of it. It would be nice traveling without lugging it around.

[TinDE 83]

I don’t snore. No trouble sleeping. I had to have a sleep study as part of my insurance requirements for surgery. They decided I have severe sleep apnea and have to go for the C-pap titration study tomorrow night. I’m not a happy camper.

T.

[HeatherE 199]

30 minutes ago, TinDE said:

I don’t snore. No trouble sleeping. I had to have a sleep study as part of my insurance requirements for surgery. They decided I have severe sleep apnea and have to go for the C-pap titration study tomorrow night. I’m not a happy camper.

T.

Sorry. I feel for you. I got the CPAP right before surgery (also an insurance requirement) and got rid of it right after surgery. I was required to bring it and use it in the hospital. I brought it, but didn’t wear it the one night I was there. I hated it! I had just the one that goes under the nose, but it was still terrible. Doctor told me if I lost 10% of my body weight before surgery he expected I wouldn’t need it. I did that pre-surgery.

[TinDE 83]

7 minutes ago, HeatherE said:

Sorry. I feel for you. I got the CPAP right before surgery (also an insurance requirement) and got rid of it right after surgery. I was required to bring it and use it in the hospital. I brought it, but didn’t wear it the one night I was there. I hated it! I had just the one that goes under the nose, but it was still terrible. Doctor told me if I lost 10% of my body weight before surgery he expected I wouldn’t need it. I did that pre-surgery.

Thanks! I’m hoping it’ll be short lived and I’ll be able to get rid of it after surgery.

[HeatherE 199]

2 minutes ago, TinDE said:

Thanks! I’m hoping it’ll be short lived and I’ll be able to get rid of it after surgery.

I hope so. Perhaps you could see if you could get the one that’s a cushion under your nose. There’s no way I could have tolerated a full mask!!!

[TinDE 83]

11 minutes ago, HeatherE said:

I hope so. Perhaps you could see if you could get the one that’s a cushion under your nose. There’s no way I could have tolerated a full mask!!!

Hope so! Just thinking about a full mask makes me claustrophobic!

[ChunkyCali 51]

I got mine about a month ago after sleep study was required for my surgery. I have such a hard time getting to sleep, the mask irritates my skin, I feel like I can't breathe. I'm really hoping I can get rid of it after surgery and some weight loss as well.

I did see that you are meant to take it to the hospital when you stay and I was hoping to just... not. I don't want to wear this in the hospital after surgery!

[kellym1220 472]

I hated my CPAP too! I would rip it off in the middle of the night so I could get to sleep! I finally had to beg them to take it back...they said if I didn't wear it more they would have to take it back and I said PLEASE DO!

[HeatherE 199]

9 hours ago, ChunkyCali said:

I got mine about a month ago after sleep study was required for my surgery. I have such a hard time getting to sleep, the mask irritates my skin, I feel like I can't breathe. I'm really hoping I can get rid of it after surgery and some weight loss as well.

I did see that you are meant to take it to the hospital when you stay and I was hoping to just... not. I don't want to wear this in the hospital after surgery!

Definitely take it to the hospital. You are required to have it there, especially for surgery. That said, I kept mine plugged in next to the bed but didn’t put it on. The nurses didn’t enforce it. Granted, I stayed in the orthopedic wing rather than the bariatric wing. Not sure why.