Sleep Apnea

That's the reason he gave me, until I'm completely healed no cpap becasue air can get in the pouch and pop the staples.

Same experience for me as Bama so I'll just cut and paste his response and change the dates::

I had sleep apnea for over 5 years - so bad I had a bi-pap machine due to the excessive high pressure I required.  Haven't used it one single night since my surgery on 7/25/05!!  AND I LOVE IT!!!

Boner

I'd imagine that your doc is concerned about stretching his newly built pouch out by you swallowing air in your sleep. I'm not sure that I haven't stretched mine out a little. I know this; I must swallow some air while I sleep cause I wake up about 4:30 most mornings with stomach cramps and have to walk around the house for a couple of minutes to work that gas in to launch position. And then I blow out about a dozen of the most impressive farts you've ever heard. Sounds like a bad trombone player got loose in my bedroom over the next 20 minutes or so. My CPAP is at 16. I'm gonna have a sleep test done later this fall and see if I can turn the damned thing down a notch or two. Other than that, I can't suggest anything. I feel for you though, cause I know that I don't sleep worth a nickle without mine.

That's kinda weird   My surgeon told me to bring my CPAP with me to surgery and they used it on me during recovery and all during my hospital stay.  I'm trying to imagine why they wouldn't want you to use yours after surgery.

I didn't have to bring my CPAP, but the hospital had one set up at my bedside and got the settings from the sleep study paperwork I had to supply.

Sounds strange to me also, but he is the Doc.  Also, sometimes losing weight will require some of your settings to be changed, but it is not usually recommended that you stop using your machine without another sleep study.

Best of luck.

Lou 

I had to take mine to the hospital also
The thing is now in the garage gathering dust............
Haven't had it on since I got home from surgery, and sleep like a baby.  The only interruption during the night is to relieve hydro static pressure once a night.