{"id":36412,"date":"2025-07-30T17:58:14","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T17:58:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/damwebserver.com\/dreamdoctor\/articles\/surgery-for-sleep-apnea\/"},"modified":"2025-07-30T17:58:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T17:58:14","slug":"surgery-for-sleep-apnea","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/damwebserver.com\/dreamdoctor\/articles\/surgery-for-sleep-apnea\/","title":{"rendered":"surgery for sleep apnea?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ve done two sleep studies for sleep apnea. I did terrible on both. I\u2019m doing worse with the CPAP machine. I weigh 550+ pounds. My doctor wants me to go see another doctor about gastric by-pass surgery. I\u2019m wondering if anything else should be looked at first. My tonsils and adenoids are out. Your opinion is appreciated.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">\u2014 Robert, Age 44, Houma, LA, USA<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">For the Dream Doctor&#8217;s response, click<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/damwebserver.com\/dreamdoctor\/articles\/surgery-for-sleep-apnea-2\/\" id=\"1444\" option=\"com_content\">here<br \/><\/a> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Back to<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/damwebserver.com\/dreamdoctor\/articles\/snoring-sleep-apnea\/\" id=\"81\" option=\"com_content\">Snoring &amp; Sleep Apnea page<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","categories":[3224,3232],"class_list":["post-36412","articles","type-articles","status-publish","hentry","category-better-sleep-question","category-sleep-apnea"],"acf":{"article_id":"1435"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/damwebserver.com\/dreamdoctor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/articles\/36412","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/damwebserver.com\/dreamdoctor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/articles"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/damwebserver.com\/dreamdoctor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/articles"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/damwebserver.com\/dreamdoctor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/damwebserver.com\/dreamdoctor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}