Sleep test

[fatbutnot4eva]

hi
please can you tell me what this involves
thanks
fbn4x

 

[e.green69]

hi sos i dont know but he would love to know lol.
emmax

 

[serenitylove]

i dont know either never had to do one iv always assumed you had to fall asleep with proby things on but might be totally wrong

 

[EmGee]

Is the sleep test being done at a specialist sleep laboratory and can you recall the words "sleep aopnea" being mentioned??


Mike Goss
SEN Consultant
W8 Altrincham

 

[charliegirl]

Hi I had this done, its really easy, I went to Manchester Royal to collect the equipment, they show you how to use it and you go home put it on when you go to sleep and then return it the next morning. There is a pulse thing for your finger and a machine that wraps around your chest. No problems sleeping with it at all except in the night if you wake up the pulse thing on your finger is lit up slightly and you look like ET...hope this helps....xx

 

[fatbutnot4eva]

HI
Thanks - sleep apnea was mentioned but I have never said anything ti them about it
they just said i woudl need one before I have my lap band fitted
I started a 6 month weight anagement course on tuesday so it will be quite a long was off...just wante dto know as i thought i woudl be in a bed surrounded by glass walls LOL
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

 

[charliegirl]

lol have to admit my son works in a hospital and they have a ward where folk go to sleep and be watched but there are two types of apnea one is obstructive which is what they look for in over weight people...good luck on your weight management keep us all posted...xx

 

[EmGee]

Yeap, obstructive sleep apnea is the version I have. I use a CPAP (continuous positive airway pressure) machine each and every night. Basically have to wear a mask, similar to a pilots oxygen mask. The sleep test for me was to go into the sleep lab, and have around 36 probe monitor points gel glued all around my head, and then to have a harness fitted to my chest to monitor movement. The got to go to sleep. In the morning I got the results!!! lol Had osa quite bad, and was fitted with the machine within 4 weeks. Have since had an operation on my leg, where they would not put me "under", but I had to wear the mask whilst they operated.

Good luck and dont worry.

Mike Goss
SEN Consultant
W8 Altrincham

 

[hopelesscase]

mine was the same as CG you also have a nasal cannular (2 little prong things that sit at the bottom of yr nose) like you see on TV when people on O2

 

[EmGee]

No there was no way I was gonna have a canular as well as the mask. As it was, I had difficulty, severe difficulty getting used to the mask as it was, let alone with 2 prongy things stuck up my hooter lololol


Mike Goss
SEN Consultant
W8 Altrincham

 

[hopelesscase]

didnt have a mask just the cannula, blood gas moniter on finger and little box like thing strapped around chest, pressed a button once on getting into bed and pressed again once uo for the day.

 

[FEDup1981]

so if u have sleep apnea, what does that mean in terms of the decision for WLS???

 

[charliegirl]

For me having mild obstructive sleep apnea helped me get funding....xx

 

[FEDup1981]

i often wonder if i have this (along with everything else!) a couple of times (maybe 2 or 3) i have woke up gasping for breath. And i also have floppy eyelid syndrome with is associated with people with sleep apnea. We will see!

 

[charliegirl]

I never realised that when I wake with a headache that wont go each morning its is caused by the sleep apnea, I wake constantly although not gasping I do a snort.....I have the lovely Dr New to thank for getting me the test, hopefully I will not be getting headaches each day and feeling worn out due to broken sleep.....hey I might even get a sex life.....well I have had one miracle I doubt I will get two...lol...xx