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03-07-2011, 05:47 PM
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| | Big Loser
Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: somewhere over the rainbow!!!!
Posts: 121
Weight Statistics 01/26/2011 Start Date:
06/02/2011!!!!! Surgery Date:
5' 7"
Height:
335 lb Start Weight:
162 lb Current Weight:
165 lb Goal Weight:
173 lb Weight Loss:
-3 lb Lb Left to Lose:
51.6417910448 % % Lost:
ASAP Goal Date:
Body Mass Index52.4626865672 BMI Start:
25.3700155937 BMI Current:
25.8398306973 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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Today I had my consultation for my sleep study coming up on Thursday. They asked all the necessary questions, got my weight, and had me watch a video. After that they took me on a tour of the facility, and the differernt bedrooms. They looked like rooms from Motel 8 (which isn't bad) but it was freezing!  And had 4 different cameras in different angles. Kinda makes me worried because truthfully who sleeps pretty?  What frightens me are the sensors and monitors they hook you up to. I'm a very light sleeper & wake up at the teeniest sounds, so someone coming in the room every so often is going to wake me up. They encouraged me to bring books and snacks that would make me comfortable, heck they even have cable tv!  I afraid I'm not going to sleep a wink & therefore not get any results, because there is no way I'm going to konk out.  The 7 days I was in the hospital I couldn't sleep unless I was dopped up with morphine, too many scary movies under my belt. 
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03-07-2011, 05:59 PM
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| | Seasoned Veteran
Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Floyd County Virginia
Posts: 9,400
Weight Statistics September 19th 2007 Start Date:
September 19th 2007 Surgery Date:
5' 10"
Height:
363 lb Start Weight:
220 lb Current Weight:
170 lb Goal Weight:
143 lb Weight Loss:
50 lb Lb Left to Lose:
39.3939393939 % % Lost:
When I get there again Goal Date:
Body Mass Index52.0793877551 BMI Start:
31.5632653061 BMI Current:
24.3897959184 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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LOL well honey the inital one is to see how much sleep you acutally get and if you go into deep sleep as they call it. I used to set them up. I have had a total of three per say. One to dx it. The second one to tritate me. Meaning to put me on a mask at a certian pressure after they found out I did in fact have apena and then they come in and would set the pressure up as i needed it. It was the best nights sleep I had in years. The last one was after surgery to prove to them I didnt need it any longer. I didnt wake up once and was totally clear.
Those cameras watch you sleep honey. Unless they are doing a split night study on you there should be no need for a tech to come in and check on you. Good luck with this honey the thing about this is it dont hurt. And the beds are acutally comfortable. They do make sure of that.
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03-07-2011, 06:25 PM
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| | Guru In Training
Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: NC
Posts: 321
Weight Statistics 01-21-2011 Surgery Date:
6' "
Height:
318 lb Start Weight:
170 lb Current Weight:
200 lb Goal Weight:
148 lb Weight Loss:
-30 lb Lb Left to Lose:
46.5408805031 % % Lost:
2012 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index43.1238425926 BMI Start:
23.0536265432 BMI Current:
27.1219135802 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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LOL...yeah, it's a tough night for sure. I did mine a few years ago and was miserable. Ask your doc for a prescription for Ambien or something before you go and that may help. Just wait til they hook you up to all those wires and everything!!
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03-07-2011, 06:48 PM
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| | WLS Master Guru
Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Minnesota
Posts: 852
Weight Statistics 5-1-2010 Start Date:
9-24-10 Surgery Date:
5' 9"
Height:
258 lb Start Weight:
118 lb Current Weight:
130 lb Goal Weight:
140 lb Weight Loss:
-12 lb Lb Left to Lose:
54.2635658915 % % Lost:
9/24/11 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index38.0957781979 BMI Start:
17.4236504936 BMI Current:
19.195547154 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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I had ambien before mine and slept pretty good.
Amy
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03-09-2011, 12:52 PM
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| | WLS Guru
Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Philly
Posts: 427
Weight Statistics uhhh... Start Date:
November 23, 2010 Surgery Date:
5' 9"
Height:
277 lb Start Weight:
192 lb Current Weight:
165 lb Goal Weight:
85 lb Weight Loss:
27 lb Lb Left to Lose:
30.6859205776 % % Lost:
November 2011 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index40.9012812434 BMI Start:
28.3503465658 BMI Current:
24.36357908 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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My sleep study wasnt fun either...but I took 2 tylenol pms and slept...not as great, but it was well worth. Just prepare yourself...comfy pillows, blanket, PJs...
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03-09-2011, 01:41 PM
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| | Seasoned Veteran
Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Orting, Wa.
Posts: 2,516
Weight Statistics February 2011 Start Date:
August 16th 2011 Surgery Date:
5' 10"
Height:
283 lb Start Weight:
157 lb Current Weight:
165 lb Goal Weight:
126 lb Weight Loss:
-8 lb Lb Left to Lose:
44.5229681979 % % Lost:
June 2012 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index40.6018367347 BMI Start:
22.5246938776 BMI Current:
23.6724489796 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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Both times I've been in they didn't give me time to read, watch TV, etc. Once they got me hooked up it was lights out! And once I was asleep I only woke once with a bad leg cramp. You'll do fine.
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03-09-2011, 03:46 PM
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| | Seasoned Veteran
Join Date: May 2008 Location: Just north of Iowa, not far from I-35. 2nd star on the right and straight on 'til morning!
Posts: 8,615
Weight Statistics December 13, 2007 (pre-op liquid diet started) Start Date:
December 27, 2007 Surgery Date:
5' 9"
Height:
280 lb Start Weight:
172 lb Current Weight:
184 lb Goal Weight:
108 lb Weight Loss:
-12 lb Lb Left to Lose:
38.5714285714 % % Lost:
Originally - 12/08. Actually - 8/08. Goal Date:
Body Mass Index41.3442554085 BMI Start:
25.3971854652 BMI Current:
27.1690821256 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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Both times (diagnosis and treatment) they had me report at 9:00 PM. It takes a while for them to wire you for surround sound and get everything set up, but then I got in bed and forgot about the surroundings and that thick bundle of cables running down my pants leg.
First time, I gave them great data. They recorded 90 apneas an hour - I was waking myself up on average every 40 seconds! No wonder I was always tired!! Second time, same routine but with a mask. They had the CPAP set up so they could adjust the pressure automatically without entering the room. A couple of days later they gave me a CPAP of my very own, and I used it every night but one for the next five years and slept great!! (That one was a bad night in July trying to sleep in my car in the parking deck at the Mayo Clinic while workmen ran a new overhead plumbing system and Peanut was inside recovering from a long operation. Ain't nothing would have helped that night!!)
If you have apnea, you will be amazed at how well you will sleep once they start treating it. Peanut didn't think she had it, but her test was positive and for a few months we both used CPAPs, then my face shrunk enough that the mask wouldn't fit and I didn't need it any more anyway.
CT
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03-09-2011, 07:56 PM
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| | Big Loser
Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Centerburg, Ohio
Posts: 130
Weight Statistics October 8, 2009 Start Date:
March 10, 2010 Surgery Date:
5' 8"
Height:
324 lb Start Weight:
241 lb Current Weight:
175 lb Goal Weight:
83 lb Weight Loss:
66 lb Lb Left to Lose:
25.6172839506 % % Lost:
09/21/10 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index49.258650519 BMI Start:
36.6399221453 BMI Current:
26.6057525952 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodSleeve Gastrectomy
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Yup, ask for drugs and you won't care.
I am a veteran of studies, have had several and good drugs help a lot.
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03-09-2011, 08:09 PM
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| | Big Loser
Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Chesapeake, VA
Posts: 128
Weight Statistics Jan. 17, 2011 Start Date:
Jan. 17, 2011 Surgery Date:
5' 3"
Height:
277 lb Start Weight:
164 lb Current Weight:
140 lb Goal Weight:
113 lb Weight Loss:
24 lb Lb Left to Lose:
40.7942238267 % % Lost:
Oct 2011 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index49.0629881582 BMI Start:
29.0481229529 BMI Current:
24.7971781305 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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You may not feel like but you'll get some sleep.. I had to go to the bathroom 6 times and they had to remove all the wires.. I felt like terrible about that. I guess it was nerves..they made me put a CPAP machine on in the middle of the night.. I wish you the best. Sandy
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03-09-2011, 10:19 PM
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Join Date: May 2008 Location: Just north of Iowa, not far from I-35. 2nd star on the right and straight on 'til morning!
Posts: 8,615
Weight Statistics December 13, 2007 (pre-op liquid diet started) Start Date:
December 27, 2007 Surgery Date:
5' 9"
Height:
280 lb Start Weight:
172 lb Current Weight:
184 lb Goal Weight:
108 lb Weight Loss:
-12 lb Lb Left to Lose:
38.5714285714 % % Lost:
Originally - 12/08. Actually - 8/08. Goal Date:
Body Mass Index41.3442554085 BMI Start:
25.3971854652 BMI Current:
27.1690821256 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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Maybe my team had done it more than yours, but they had one master disconnect that unplugged all the wires. When I had to go to the bathroom, they came in, pulled that plug and handed me the loose end, and that was that. Easy as can be.
Different places do it different ways, based on their own reasons. Whatever we tell you may have no resemblance to what you encounter, but the main things apply. It doesn't hurt. You can get to sleep with the rig on. You'll forget about the cameras. Your hair will be a complete and total mess!!
Good luck!!
CT
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If you want to be healthy for life, do for life the things that get you healthy!! Living healthy takes work. Dying fat is easy!! "That which we persist in doing becomes easier, not that the nature of the task has changed, but that our capacity to do has increased." - HJ Grant
"Do, or do not. There is no try!" - Yoda
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