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Yarns4u48 is in the same boat as I am. The sleep study was mandatory for the gastric bypass surgery. My doctor told me yesterday morning after my sleep study that after 6 months after surgery, I will be reevaluated but that I would probably still have to use the cpap. Being diabetic and suffering from sleep apnea will cause your body to heal more slowly after surgery, therefore my gastric bypass surgery doctor will not touch me unless I am on cpap.

The gbs doctor also would like each person to lose some weight before surgery. Hopefully, this will help me do so.

ITeach wrote:I would be interested to see how many others are like me and not overweight. My father-in-law, a retired ENT, even said that he thought my Sleep study was a waste of time because I "didn't have the right build" for sleep apnea. He was wrong, and I wonder how many others like me are discounted for years as having sleep issues because we "aren't the right build". It took me years and MANY different diagnosis (depression, allergies, chronic sinusitis, etc.) before anyone took my sleep complaints seriously. Just curious. Sorry, I guess that was a bit of a vent too!

ITeach,
I am also not overweight. Mine was found almost accidentally. I had a sleep study done to help insure that my 3ed sinus surgery would be covered by insurance. Looking back, I had plenty of symptoms but not being overweight, no one gave SA much thought. I ended up having severe Central and Obstructive SA. Soon after the SA diagnosis, I was diagnosed with Myathenia Gravis (MG). MG is a neuromuscular disease causing weak muscles which allowed my airway to collaps at night. Reading the MG boards, there seem to be LOTS of non-obese people with MG and SA symptoms who are not diagnosed either.