{"id":36421,"date":"2025-07-30T17:58:14","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T17:58:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/damwebserver.com\/dreamdoctor\/articles\/surgery-for-sleep-apnea-2\/"},"modified":"2025-07-30T17:58:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T17:58:14","slug":"surgery-for-sleep-apnea-2","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/damwebserver.com\/dreamdoctor\/articles\/surgery-for-sleep-apnea-2\/","title":{"rendered":"surgery for sleep apnea?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\">Hi Robert\u2014 <\/p>\n<p>Considering that your weight is so high right now I think your doctor probably is correct in suggesting gastric by-pass surgery. You\u2019ve got to bring your weight under control\u2014it is too hard on your body to carry all that weight. <\/p>\n<p>You also need to be using your Nasal CPAP device on a regular basis\u2014or you may have to get a tracheotomy\u2014where they cut a hole in your throat\u2014in order to by-pass the location of the collapse of the airway so you can breath during sleep. <\/p>\n<p>I suspect that the air pressure level prescribed for you on the CPAP machine is fairly high. If the air pressure level is so high that it is uncomfortable\u2014then tell your doctor that you need a bi-level device. A bi-level device alternates a higher pressure when you breath in with a <\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\"><\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\">lower pressure when you breath out. Bi-level devices are easier to breath with than CPAP devices when you get into higher pressure levels. <\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\"><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\"><br \/>Thanks for writing in to Ask the Dream Doctor and please write back if I can provide any more information. <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><br \/>Back to <a href=\"https:\/\/damwebserver.com\/dreamdoctor\/articles\/surgery-for-sleep-apnea\/\" id=\"1435\" option=\"com_content\">original question<\/a><br \/>Back to <a href=\"https:\/\/damwebserver.com\/dreamdoctor\/articles\/snoring-sleep-apnea\/\" id=\"81\" option=\"com_content\">Snoring &amp; Sleep Apnea page<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","categories":[3226,3233],"class_list":["post-36421","articles","type-articles","status-publish","hentry","category-better-sleep-answer","category-sleep-apnea-better-sleep-answer"],"acf":{"article_id":"1444"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/damwebserver.com\/dreamdoctor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/articles\/36421","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=36421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/damwebserver.com\/dreamdoctor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}