Hi Gang- I have been diagnosed with sleep apnea and I am on the cpap machine. I want to understand exactly how this will affect my surgery so please correct the following thoughts...

My understanding is that I stop breathing at times when I sleep, quite often, actually- so, the machine keeps my airways open- should I stop during my surgery, that will be taken care of by the vent down my throat- when I come out of surgery, the cpap machine will assist me breathing should I have problems at that time.. such as what??? slow/irregular breathing from anesthesia still in my system whether I'm awake OR asleep.. is this correct? Thanks for you help.. this makes me nervous!!!

I have sleep apnea also. I didn't have any issues. The hospital did ask me to bring my own cpap machine so if they needed it in the recovery room they would have one set to my needs. I did not need to use it though.

I hope that with my weight loss that I will not have to use it much longer. I have lost 60 lbs and have 65 more pounds to go.

Good luck with your surgery.

Lone Star Loser

I too have the cpap machine and just had my surgery on 01/14/2009 ,everything went fine . I was told to bring it with me to the hospital (just in case) ,but did not use it till I came home and went to bed that night . You are going to be in good hands ,so please try not to stress too much .I know it's hard . I send you Best Wishes for a great recovery .

Edited January 22, 200917 yr by Ronda1966
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They ask you bring it with you in case you have to spend the night. You can leave it in the car.