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10-18-2008, 06:30 PM
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| | Guru In Training
Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Back in my home state.
Posts: 327
Weight Statistics September 26, 2008 Start Date:
November 19, 2008 Surgery Date:
5' 3"
Height:
356 lb Start Weight:
250 lb Current Weight:
140 lb Goal Weight:
106 lb Weight Loss:
110 lb Lb Left to Lose:
29.7752808989 % % Lost:
October 31, 2011 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index63.0556815319 BMI Start:
44.2806752331 BMI Current:
24.7971781305 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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My insurance required pre-existing conditions that inhibited weight loss, doctor-prescribed medications, and referrals to a nutritionist and dietitian. I was diagnosed with PCOS in 2002, prescribed metformin (which the doctor warned me "don't lose weight too fast"  - right), and prescribed phentermine by an endocrinologist in 2005. My bypass surgeon referred me to a pulminologist who diagnosed me with severe sleep apnea last month, so now I have a cpap machine (I hate it). I still take metformin, two medications for blood pressure and a statin drug for high cholesterol. The phentermine raised my bp so I stopped taking it against the doctor's wishes after 3 months.
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10-18-2008, 06:36 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Troy,ny
Posts: 2,799
Weight Statistics Since birth:) Start Date:
August 5, 2009 Surgery Date:
5' 6"
Height:
319 lb Start Weight:
189 lb Current Weight:
150 lb Goal Weight:
130 lb Weight Loss:
39 lb Lb Left to Lose:
40.7523510972 % % Lost:
sometime in 2010 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index51.4823232323 BMI Start:
30.5020661157 BMI Current:
24.2079889807 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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I also have that stupid cpap machine. I don't use it. It feels like there is a leach stuck to your face the whole night. Who can sleep like that? I also take Metformin but for TypeII diabetes. Good luck on your journey. I am sure all will go well.
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10-18-2008, 08:16 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: DEPTFORD NJ
Posts: 1,773
Weight Statistics Pre-Operation. Start Date:
oct 21st 2008 Surgery Date:
5' 4"
Height:
278 lb Start Weight:
149 lb Current Weight:
150 lb Goal Weight:
129 lb Weight Loss:
-1 lb Lb Left to Lose:
46.4028776978 % % Lost:
2010 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index47.7133789062 BMI Start:
25.5729980469 BMI Current:
25.7446289062 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodAitkens
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i don't like the cpap machine either so good luck on your journey people here are wonderful and they know there stuff
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10-19-2008, 07:44 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Tokyo, Japan
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You may not like the CPAP, but you had better to get used to it, you are going to clang ALL the alarms ALL the time unless you take it with you to the hospital and use it while you are still in recovery, fuzzy from the anesthesia. A lot of the hospitals actually require their patients to bring their CPAP when going in for surgery. It also may take some adjustments, so if you feel uncomfortable with it, then talk with whichever place that put you on CPAP and have it adjusted.
Also, sleep apnea is much more life threatening than you think, so, I must tell you not to take make light of CPAP.
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10-19-2008, 10:39 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: No. Los Angeles County, CA
Posts: 2,849
Weight Statistics 4.29.08 RNY Surgery Date:
5' 8"
Height:
301 lb Start Weight:
168 lb Current Weight:
170 lb Goal Weight:
133 lb Weight Loss:
-2 lb Lb Left to Lose:
44.1860465116 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index45.7618944637 BMI Start:
25.5415224913 BMI Current:
25.8455882353 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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My dad hates his CPAP, but considering what the MD told him what would happen if he did not use it, he uses it.
The doc told him Dad could stop breathing in his sleep. Dad said, "So? Isn't it everyone's dream to die in their sleep?" The doc told him the vast majority don't die, but instead have strokes or heart attacks and then live years, now dependent upon the care of others.
So, CSA...you now qualify...Are you considering the surgery? Good luck either way. 
One more note: My husband says that I have not snored loud, like I used to, since I had the surgery. That is good...we BOTH now get better rest.
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"Burning out this fuse out here alone" Surgery 4.29.08
11-29-08: Down 90 lbs. Total cholesterol is under 200 for the first time in my adult life!
1.11.09: 100 lbs down! Century Club! WHOO HOO! 
7.10.09 GOL! GOL! GOLGOLGOLGOLGOL! GGGGOOOOLLL!
1.10.10 Still at goal.
2.21.12 up a bit. Back on track, I hope. 
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10-19-2008, 12:00 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: AZ
Posts: 2,178
Weight Statistics January 1, 2008 Start Date:
January 11, 2008 Surgery Date:
5' 7"
Height:
339 lb Start Weight:
145 lb Current Weight:
149 lb Goal Weight:
194 lb Weight Loss:
-4 lb Lb Left to Lose:
57.2271386431 % % Lost:
July 4, 2009 FIREWORKS, BABY! Goal Date:
Body Mass Index53.0891067053 BMI Start:
22.7077300067 BMI Current:
23.3341501448 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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If you have a CPAP please use it. I don't want to scare anyone but my Dad did not use his and the constant apnea enlarged his heart to the point he is now in CHF. Of course this was YEARS and YEARS of it, but please take care of yourself!
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10-25-2008, 10:05 AM
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| | Guru In Training
Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Back in my home state.
Posts: 327
Weight Statistics September 26, 2008 Start Date:
November 19, 2008 Surgery Date:
5' 3"
Height:
356 lb Start Weight:
250 lb Current Weight:
140 lb Goal Weight:
106 lb Weight Loss:
110 lb Lb Left to Lose:
29.7752808989 % % Lost:
October 31, 2011 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index63.0556815319 BMI Start:
44.2806752331 BMI Current:
24.7971781305 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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I have the CPAP now and I've used it for two nights. I find myself waking up once or twice, so I stop the machine and restart it. They have my pressure really high and I always hit the button that drops the pressure then gradually increases over time. I wake up with an extremely dry mouth and a headache. Not sure why I get the dry mouth, because I fill the water reservoir in the humidifier every night.
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10-25-2008, 01:27 PM
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Join Date: May 2007 Location: minnesota
Posts: 5,595
Weight Statistics july 21, 2007 Start Date:
august 17, 2007 Surgery Date:
5' 6"
Height:
339 lb Start Weight:
177 lb Current Weight:
160 lb Goal Weight:
162 lb Weight Loss:
17 lb Lb Left to Lose:
47.7876106195 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index54.7100550964 BMI Start:
28.5654269972 BMI Current:
25.8218549128 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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good thing is...after you lose the weight you may not need it anymore!!
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01-16-2009, 03:23 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Hbg, PA
Posts: 107
Weight Statistics 12/29/08 Start Date:
12/29/08 Surgery Date:
5' 2"
Height:
296 lb Start Weight:
199 lb Current Weight:
135 lb Goal Weight:
97 lb Weight Loss:
64 lb Lb Left to Lose:
32.7702702703 % % Lost:
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Body Mass Index54.133194589 BMI Start:
36.3936004162 BMI Current:
24.6891259105 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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I have sleep apnea and when I had surgery I was put on oxygen and was kept an xtra day and sent home on o2. Please use your machines!
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02-02-2009, 02:57 PM
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| | Big Loser
Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Minnesota
Posts: 170
Weight Statistics 1/30/2009 Start Date:
05/27/09 Surgery Date:
5' 2"
Height:
280 lb Start Weight:
125 lb Current Weight:
125 lb Goal Weight:
155 lb Weight Loss:
55.3571428571 % % Lost:
September 2010 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index51.2070759625 BMI Start:
22.860301769 BMI Current:
22.860301769 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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I absolutely love my CPAP machine. It's sometimes annoying because you wake up and have the lines on your face for a little while. But I sleep better (I actually enter REM instead of hardly sleeping at all) and my husband sleeps so much better as well. A few siblings have CPAPs and we're trying to convince our dad to get tested for sleep apnea.
If your mask feels uncomfortable or the pressure is too much, go back to the place where you got your machine and tell them they need to adjust it for you. I can't sleep without my machine and I've had it since Sept 2008.
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