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Congrats Ron...job well done. Do keep us posted on just how you are feeling going without.

rooster wrote:- Protection from injury in an auto accident.
- Can survive longer during famine.
- Longer time until hypothermia onset.
- Less likely to be hit crossing a street (greater visibility + drivers don't want to total their vehicle).
- Reduced probability of being injured in a sexual assault.
- Dad will never use you as balloon boy.

You forgot dense bones! Carrying lots of extra pounds is wt training with every single movement.

Thanks for coming back to share the good news with us, Ron!

Congratulations!!

As the others have said, for some people weight loss won't get rid of apnea for them -- or at most will just let them use lower pressure, which can make the therapy easier.

But for some lucky ones, enough weight loss can be a cure, as it has been for you, Ron.

You did a smart thing having a sleep study done to find out how you breathe while you sleep nowadays. WTG!!

Just a quick update....
A few days after going for my sleep study, I received a call from the sleep center saying they lost all of the O2 and cardio data in the computer. So last Wednesday I was back at the sleep center again to do what I had done 8 times before. I have an appointment with the doctor on Thursday to go over the results. It appears that the conclusion will be the same. I was left to sleep through the night without having to go back onto xPAP. It looks like I am indeed, apnea free.