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I am going in for hip replacement surgery . I will be highly medicated for pain during my initial recovery. I have been to a sleep study and was diagnosed with sleep apnea. I could not use the machine They delivered it to the house and i sent it back. That was just about a year ago. I have fixed my sleeping problem with pillows and slleping on my stomach and I am satisfied with the result. But I am told I will be made to sleep on my back after the surgery. That and the Morphine had me very concerned. So I tried to sleep on my back recently. I literally stop breathing and wake up gasping for breath. THE ONLY WAY IS TO SIT STRAIGHT UP , FAST. Now I will not be able to do that because of the surgery, and I might not know to do it due to the medication. I called the sleep place and they have not gotten back to me. My question is how long is the study good for in reference to the settings on the machine. I do not want to go into recovery without machine and I want to see if they will send me one with the settings from a year ago for after my surgery. I am covered by Blue cross so that shouldnt be a problem. I also am pretty much the same as I was a year ago. Except now I get a little more sleep due to a little less stress and the proper pillow alignment. Any info you could send would be helpful. I go to pre-op June 3rd
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Permalink Reply by Dan Lyons on
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You need to bring this situation to light with you physician, pronto.
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Permalink Reply by sleepycarol on
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Yep, be sure and speak with your doctor immediately. Let him know that you have sleep apnea and do not use a cpap machine, but instead chose to sleep with your head elevated. Although, you may feel like you have your sleep apnea under control, I bet there are nights, when you still experience episodes since you move around in your sleep, especially going from semi-sitting to stomach sleeping.
I wish you luck and hope that you are able to get this resolved.
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