Cease CPAP Use Two Weeks before Sleep Study?

dataq1 wrote: ↑

Sat Apr 23, 2022 6:03 pm

@DogSlobber,
In the prior thread (Anyone managed to get a prescription.....) saracovenant wrote:

Thank you for the advice! This is a bit tough for me because I find it hard to do my job while sleepy, but maybe I can try to schedule the sleep study during the weekend when I can skip using my CPAP on say Fri and Sat night.

- On Wednesday 4/20 sarah was expecting to be told to skip her Cpap treatment for a couple of nights (based on advice from the forum)
- On Saturday 4/23 granny begins a new thread that suggests that holding treatment in preparation for sleep study is "bullshit".

What is saracovenant supposed to think?

My only point here is that sara should follow the directions of her doctor and/or the operator of the sleep study.
If she can not comply - she should tell her doctor or sleep study operator.
Simple as that

(if there is another thread that proposed a two week hiatus (that Granny seems to be reacting to), it would be helpful if Granny would reply in that thread or at least provide a link to the thread.

• ChicagoGranny *NEVER* advised her anything of the sort.
• sarahcovenant never stated or even suggested that a doctor advised her to wait
• ChicagoGranny specifically created a different topic
• saracovenant considered skipping CPAP for two days, ChicagoGranny specificly named this topic "Cease CPAP Use Two Weeks before Sleep Study?"

dataq1 wrote: ↑

Sat Apr 23, 2022 6:03 pm

What is saracovenant supposed to think?

I have no idea what she is supposed to think, but I'm guessing she's likely to think you're pretty dishonest.

ChicagoGranny wrote: ↑

Sat Apr 23, 2022 10:44 am

I'm calling bullshit on the idea that follow-up sleep studies of CPAP-compliant patients should include a withdrawal period. "Withdrawal period" means the patient would discountinue the use of CPAP for a period of some nights before the follow-up study.

IHMO withholding cpap could be fatal for some. I don't see any benefit to that.

OMG get back on topic and quit the bickering.
No one ever told sarah to quit cpap for 2 weeks.
I did suggest that maybe if she did end up just having to do another sleep study that she might want to consider doing without cpap for a few days just in case there is a hold over effect but she really was doing everything to avoid that situation if at all possible and once we realized that there are places online that will review current medical records and assuming proper documentation is in those records (and if there is a sleep study report in those records there should be the proper documentation) that for a fee the online doctors will provide appropriate RX.

If Sarah had conveyed that she was indeed going to go through with another sleep study we could have gone into further detail about the potential for the hold over effect thing. Let her and her doctor decide the outcome or how to handle it.
Sarah gave us no indication that she was even going to be doing another sleep study....if fact she made it clear that was the last thing she was going to do. I didn't feel it was necessary to discuss it any further.

I am not sure but I think that CG came up with this thread because of the study that she referred to where it was insinuated that prior cpap usage could affect the outcome of a sleep study for up to 2 weeks post discontinuing cpap.
Meaning someone could potentially have a repeat sleep study and have it be negative. It's a potential folks...I don't know how much of a real risk there is in real life but I used to hang around the sleep tech forum many years ago and it was a well accepted more than potential risk by the sleep techs in that forum.

So....get back on topic and quit with the snide remarks please.

Someone recently did post here that they were told to discontinue cpap. I don't remember who and I don't remember for how long. I am coming up on 70 this next month....I just don't remember the particulars.

dataq1 wrote: ↑

Sat Apr 23, 2022 6:03 pm

What is saracovenant supposed to think?

i'm assuming she's a grownup and can make up her own mind. if not, i'd like to assume she'd question what was going on.

<insert shrug emoji here>

In case I wasn't clear.
This thread is NOT about sarahcovenant.

Pugsy wrote: ↑

Sat Apr 23, 2022 6:58 pm

In case I wasn't clear.
This thread is NOT about sarahcovenant.

i'm sorry, there was a cross-post. i didn't see yours when i posted mine.

shutting up commences now.

Pugsy wrote: ↑

Sat Apr 23, 2022 6:58 pm

In case I wasn't clear.
This thread is NOT about sarahcovenant.

Loud and Clear

Back on topic:
Now if ChicagoGranny will tell us where she got the notion that someone was suggesting the "Cease of CPAP use for two weeks before Sleep Study" that made her so mad.

(in my defense, the only thing I could connect it with was the other thread from Wednesday)

dataq1 wrote: ↑

Sat Apr 23, 2022 9:34 pm

Now if ChicagoGranny will tell us where she got the notion that someone was suggesting the "Cease of CPAP use for two weeks before Sleep Study" that made her so mad.

(in my defense, the only thing I could connect it with was the other thread from Wednesday)

• Why must ChicagoGranny post evidence, addressing *your* claim? You're the one making a claim, you support it.
• She's not mad.
• Believing a post about a two week cessation is targeted at a two day cessation is absurd.
• Another post *may* very have inspired her to look into it, that doesn't support you admonishing her.

Please stop making crap up, then expecting others to address your lies.

Trying to get this thread on topic…..

The original poster said she was mad that there was a practice of ceasing CPAP therapy for two weeks prior to having a sleep study.

Excluding a recent discussion that mentioned a therapy hiatus, I’ve no idea where she got the idea that ceasing CPAP therapy was a “practice”.

I am not asking the OP to post evidence, just explain what initiated the source of her anger.

dataq1 wrote: ↑

Sun Apr 24, 2022 6:57 am

I am not asking the OP to post evidence, just explain what initiated the source of her anger.

Not sure but this was the post that I thought of but couldn't remember details and it along with that study might have played a part. Looks like you also replied and also forgot details. It's fairly recent.

https://www.cpaptalk.com/viewtopic/t184 ... study.html

Pugsy wrote: ↑

Sun Apr 24, 2022 8:24 am

dataq1 wrote: ↑

Sun Apr 24, 2022 6:57 am

I am not asking the OP to post evidence, just explain what initiated the source of her anger.

Not sure but this was the post that I thought of but couldn't remember details and it along with that study might have played a part. Looks like you also replied and also forgot details. It's fairly recent.

https://www.cpaptalk.com/viewtopic/t184 ... study.html

Yes, that's the one. CG was rather insistent that the doc was an idiot or was trying to kill his patient.

The only point that I wanted to make (both here in this thread as well as in the prior thread) was that some patients can tolerate being off therapy, while others may not.

IMO that decision (to cease therapy for some time) is best made between the DR and patient, and not be influenced by someone on the internet.

dataq1 wrote: ↑

Sun Apr 24, 2022 10:11 am

IMO that decision (to cease therapy for some time) is best made between the DR and patient, and not be influenced by someone on the internet.

True but I feel you are giving way more weight to how someone might react to a nameless/faceless opinion that someone gets from the internet.

People come here for ideas, thoughts and opinions and that's what they get.
They don't come here for medical advice that is set in stone. Most are just wanting other people's thoughts about a question they already have in their own mind. So we share our thoughts and we assume that these people are grown ups and able to make decisions about the various opinions on their own.

But you do have to realize that not all doctor's are the sharpest knives in the drawer. Just because they have some fancy letters after their names that they will always know the "best" thing for someone to do. Some doctors are just plain old idiots. Not all of course but some docs have zero common sense. I have worked with some doctors who I wouldn't let treat the dead possum out on the road. Instead I wonder how they passed all the needed medical bar exams.

We share our thoughts and opinions....because that is what they have asked for. Up to the person to decide what they do with our thoughts and opinions.

Two week thread:
https://www.cpaptalk.com/viewtopic/t184 ... study.html

dataq1 wrote: ↑

Sun Apr 24, 2022 10:11 am

Yes, that's the one. CG was rather insistent that the doc was an idiot or was trying to kill his patient.

This is what she said:

ChicagoGranny wrote: ↑

Thu Apr 21, 2022 11:20 am

The objective of a home sleep study is to confirm you have sleep apnea. It doesn't matter whether the study shows a mild/moderate/severe case. It just needs to qualify you for treatment. Sleep studies are for people. People aren't for sleep studies.

I would refuse to go without CPAP for even one night.

ChicagoGranny wrote: ↑

Thu Apr 21, 2022 11:20 am

Why are you having multiple studies? Obstructive sleep apnea rarely goes away. I would refuse a study.

And you're interpreting that as being "insistent that the doc was an idiot or was trying to kill his patient.

Dog Slobber wrote: ↑

Sun Apr 24, 2022 12:07 pm

dataq1 wrote: ↑

Sun Apr 24, 2022 10:11 am

nonsense

And you're interpreting that as being "insistent that the doc was an idiot or was trying to kill his patient.

Well, there's a REASON that nodataq1 is on my list, should be on everyone's foe list.