I'm scheduled for surgery in 16 days on June 25th. Friday night while I was sleeping I apparently ripped my CPAP mask off my face. I now have a hole in the mask thanks to my lovely fingernails (which have since been cut really short). I drove 2 hrs today to get a new mask and they gave me the wrong size. My dr wants me to be on the CPAP for 3 weeks prior. I'm gonna be a week with out since it will be Friday before I can make the 2 hr drive again. How imperative is it to be on the CPAP for 3 weeks? I've already gotten the time approved from work and that is near to impossible to do. I can't reschedule this. I have already sent the rep at the CPAP company an email asking him to assist me and possibly ship me one to my house. I'm so stressed now. :grouphug::cursing:

I would talk to your surgeon. I believe the concern is that if your too tired from not breathing well at night your lungs clamp down on the breathing tube and it takes awhile before it will release.

If you need CPAP equipment you can go online and order it from www.directhomemedical.com . I'm sure there are plenty of other companies to order from and you could probably overnight them. That's how I get replacement parts now. wwwcpaptalk.com is a forum you can join if you have questions about your machine. They're good at giving advice on where to get the cheapest equipment also. Good luck to you, Nancy.

I love my CPAP - I've had it for 7 or 8 years and I can't sleep / live without it.

I had my machine about a month before I got the band and did not have any problems before hand or at the hosp. I happen to forgot the machine at the time of surgery and they had a machine for me to use. They did not seem to be to concern with me not using it. Everyone is differant. After a year with the band I had a new sleep study and was told I did not need to use the machine and the dental device would do just fine and that I did not have to use it everyday.

Chris