Sleep Apnea Treatment

Question by Country_Gal: If anyone has ever had the gastric bypass surgery.?
If anyone has ever had the gastric bypass surgery what medical conditions did you have aginst you.

Will insurance cover your surgery automaticlly if you have, Sleep Apnea, High Blood Pressure, Asthma, Joint pain, abd has been over weight all their lifes?

I do know that most insurance plans require 6 months diet plan too and by my DR. the suregery is medically necessary for me to have.

Please help, Thank you!!!

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Answer by noelsanra
I didn’t have the bypass, but I did have the gastric waistband which is less painful and reversible. Insurance, at least in my country, did not cover it because a) I didn’t have any at the time and b) It was considered (back then about 3 years ago) it wasn’t considered to be for health reasons, more for looking good. I don’t regret it however, because since I’ve had it I have lost about 90 pounds and I’m still losing weight.
There are days when you can’t swallow solids, but most of the time you can eat just about anything except for red meat because if it’s not properly cooked it may too hard.
Anyway, it has totally changed my life, but that’s just me.
My cousin did have the bypass and the weight loss is faster but it takes a toll on your body and it is nonreversible.
You decide what is the best for you, but my advice is to go for the lapband (that’s the medical name for it). Trust me, it will hurt from time to time, but it will definitely be worth it.
Good luck, my friend.

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Question by aggylu: Does anyone have a happily ever after story with their bipolar parent?
My mother was diagnosed as bipolar about 5 years ago, after I had been out of her home several years. Previous diagnoses include depression, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, hypothyroidism, chronic insomnia, sleep apnea & hypoglycemia. She has visited half a dozen doctors to get these diagnoses. She continually cycles through taking medicine from 1 doctor as prescribed, to taking medicine from several docs who do not know she is doctor shopping, to all-herbal(and I mean like, 20 – 30 different supplements a day), to no medicine.
With each new diagnosis/treatment, she seems to believe that she has turned a corner. If I try to talk to her about behaviors that seem harmful, she becomes too tearful and sleepy to talk. Recently, she has done some very hurtful things. I’m beyond trying to confront her about it.
Does anyone have a similar situation that turned out well? I keep hoping for the best, but her behavior gets more erratic and hurtful as time goes by.

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Answer by mjz321
Umm if you mean will she be cured and live happily ever after know that it WILL NOT ever happen. her syptons can be controlled but she will not be cured there will always be problems though she can certainly live a normal stable happy life

Dont confront her about her behaviors shes bipolar and probably embarrassed by her own lack of control and you are certainly not helping

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Question by bffly31: Has anybody ever had a sleep study done? What was it like?
Has anyone ever found out that they had sleep apnea through taking the sleep study? Is a Cpap always the recommended treatment? What other treatments are there? Has anyone found out what their sleeping problem was and felt 100x times better? Has it changed anyone’s life for the better? I have one coming up next Friday. I have been tired for as long as I can remember. I should have done this a long time ago. It has come in between everything in my life…friends, family, work, etc. I hope I can find some answers and start living a normal life and not feel tired every single day of my life!

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Answer by Brn_Eye_Grl
It sucks. I also know 2 other people who just had theirs done too.

They stick these wires to your head and elsewhere – couple on your temples, several on your actual head (in your hair), on your chest, on your lower legs. They bundle them all together and tie them like it’s one big super cord.

They also put that clip on one of your fingers to check your oxygen levels.

They put a thick belt/band around your chest (with wires) to keep check of your chest expansion when breathing.

They put one of those oxygen tube type things just under your nose and tape it to your face (although no oxygen – it monitors your breathing through your nose).

So given all these wires attached to you, you can’t freely move and roll around in bed like normal. You’re semi-restricted. So very uncomfortable. Hard to sleep.

Plus if you have to use the bathroom, you have to call out to them so they can “unhook you” to go to the bathroom.

I don’t have sleep apnea. The 2 other people I know that had it, probably do have it, but just did it within the past month, so haven’t had results back yet. So not sure what the treatment options are.

Have they looked at other potential causes for your fatigue? Such as some sort of virus, bacteria, fungal infection? What about an autoimmune disorder? Low thyroid? Checked your heart out?

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Question by avi: Have you ever spent the night at a sleep clinic?
My husband is being tested tonight for sleep apnea. What happens at a sleep clinic? How do you get any sleep? Is it a comfortable place?

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Answer by Robert H
They put allot of wires on you it’s uncomfortable. A clothes pin shaped sensor on your finger. Some goppy gritty stuff to hold the wires to your skin. I was only able to fall a sleep for about two hours or less at a time evan after being put on the sleep machine but that’s more because I can’t stand anything on my skin. I was their from 8pm to 6am not a lot of fun

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Question by Anonymous: Anyone ever have sleep apnea and not know it?
If so, how long was it before you were diagnosed? What were YOUR symptoms. Please save the website links and general symptoms, I want personal experiences, thank you.

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Answer by Vicky
Yes, I have sleep apnoea and have had it for 15 yrs. I can’t tell you how long I had it before I was diagnosed but I am guessing about a year.
My symptoms were extreme tiredness even though I had been asleep for eight hours, lack of concentration and no motivation.
The only reason I found out was because my boyfriend had gone to the toilet in the middle of the night and when he got back into bed I stopped breathing.
He told me the next morning and I went to the doctors.
I was sent for a sleep study at the hospital and found out that I have severe sleep apnoea.
Unfortunately none of the things I have tried have helped me.

Sorry I can’t put any links up because I’m doing this through the Wii.
Feel free to email me if you would like more information.

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