The cost of your surgery would depend on your insurance. It is done as out patient surgery under general anesthesia. You will have the OR charge for the out patient surgery, recovery room charge, lab tests prior to surgery, doctor fee for doing the surgery, and anesthesiologist. Needless to say, it...

It might be the case. If you already have anxiety issues the apnea might make them worse, making you do things like following weird routines before bed and waking up to eat. This makes studies in lab highly stressful. I know I was happy to have it at home for that reason. The only thing that I worr...

Is this person a guy or girl? There was the mention of breasts in the post and not wearing a shirt. They also say apnea is more common in one gender than the other. I also never heard of eating causing apnea. Granted, my breasts are bigger than most men and that could be a role if studies say it is...

I think the tech meant that for an in-lab study 90 mins can be sufficient to make a diagnosis, but if you're using a machine at home nightly and want the insurance co. to pay for it, you must show that you wear it for at least 4 hrs/night for 60 (or 90?) days, even if they're not completely in sequ...

Julie, I have made no assumptions about HER. I just explained that there is a connection between reflux and sleep apnea. In my case, when I first suspected I may have sleep apnea, I discovered that it was much less expensive and involved much less aggravation just to get a cpap machine and see if t...

Most people need only one pill of Ambien (Google it) to sleep in the lab. Klonipin (brand name of clonazepam which is the generic name) is in a class of drugs known as benzodiazepines, which are addictive if taken for a long time, but for one night it won't matter... many people take it for a few w...

Thanks, Sylvia. I did not realize that. I could get a few hours in a sleep lab. One question: I would probably need either Klonipen or another Benzo to get to sleep in a lab, I don't need them at home. Do you think this would have a big effect on the sleep study? I am thinking about scheduling one ...

I would not try to buy a machine until you've got better answers to your problems... they're expensive, even 2nd hand, and you'd need some idea of a diagnosis because there are different machines for different diagnoses I have to disagree, picking up a good, data capable, preferably auto machine, u...

"My doctor says that there's a good chance I have sleepapna which prevents me from staying asleep. I'm not sure how Night Eating Syndrome creates sleepapna or if there's a connection, but what do I know? " There is a connection between nighttime eating and sleep apnea. Dr. Steven parks says that wh...

I would not try to buy a machine until you've got better answers to your problems... they're expensive, even 2nd hand, and you'd need some idea of a diagnosis because there are different machines for different diagnoses I have to disagree, picking up a good, data capable, preferably auto machine, u...

I didn't put the device on properly, likely because I didn't wear a shirt like I was supposed to Take another home sleep study and follow the directions. Lie in bed with the equipment on all night. God helps those who help themselves. So does cpaptalk. Sorry about that. It's just that i'm worried a...

I need your help. Since last year i've been taking a shower before going to bed which used put me to sleep almost instantly when my head hit the pillow. Eventually I found a delay before falling asleep which inturn caused me to to resort to eating before going to bed. This too used to put me to slee...