Choking while Sleeping? Day time Sleepiness? Snoring ? Sleep Apnoea ?

Doctor: So, your bariatric surgery was done in 2017 and it has been approx 4.5 years to your surgery.

Patient: Yes!

Doctor: Did you snore or felt choked while sleeping? Can you explain that?

Patient:Everything is normal now.

Doctor: Ok.

Doctor: Explain, what problem you had before surgery?

Patient:I wasn't able to sleep at night.

Doctor: Ok.

Patient:I used to stay awake the whole night.

Patient:I used to sleep while sitting only.

Patient:Yes! I used to drool while sleeping. I always needed a towel.

Doctor: Did you tell everyone what was it? and how do you got rid of it?

Patient:Yes! I have awared my neighbors.

Doctor: Ok.

Patient:Yes!

Doctor: You have lost a total of 37 Kg.

Patient:Yes!

Doctor: Sleep apnea is a serious sleep disorder in which breathing repeatedly stops.

Doctor: This happens because of fatty tissues around the neck, which leads to airway obstruction.

Doctor: The tongue falls when a person lies down, causing obstruction and leading to impaired exchange of gases.

Patient:This used to happen with me before surgery, whenever I tried to sleep while lying.

Doctor: Then, you used to wake up immediately.

Patient’s Husband: Because of her problem, I started sleeping on the ground so, that if she fell down she won't get hurt.

Doctor: Ok.

Yes! I started sleeping on the ground if she fell down she won't get hurt.

Doctor: Ok, because she used to wake up suddenly.

Patient’s Husband: This was the major problem, she had.

Doctor: This was because of breathlessness at night.

Patient:Many times, I fell down from bed while lying. Once I fell down and my head and eye got hurt and the other time, my rib was fractured after falling from bed.

Doctor: Because of weight gain, your tongue falls and causes obstruction of the airway leading to snoring.

Doctor: This leads to an insufficient exchange of gases.

Patient:Ok.

Doctor: This carbon dioxide retention causes laziness and daytime sleepiness.

Patient’s Husband: She used to sleep while sitting and used to fall down.

Doctor: Yes!

Doctor: Tell this to everyone.

Doctor: Unluckily! this has happened to one of your family members.

Patient’s Husband:Yes! her brother died because of sleep apnea.

Doctor: You were planning to get his surgery done.

Patient:Yes! I was planning for his surgery.

Patient:Yes! because he was suffering from severe sleep apnea.

Doctor: Was he obese?

Patient:He was not obese but had a severe snoring problem.

Doctor:Ok, he had severe sleep apnea.

Patient’s Husband:He was overweight.

Doctor:Ok.

Doctor:He must have a heavy neck.

Patient:No, his neck was short and wide.

Patient:Yes!

Doctor:He had a wide neck.

Doctor:We hear this many times that a famous player died while sleeping.

Doctor:A short and wide neck can be the reason for this.

Patient:Yes!

Doctor:Sometimes muscles are developed around the neck because of strenuous exercise.

Doctor:Fat and muscles lead to choking.

Doctor:If someone has a short and wide neck and snores at night, we need to make them aware of sleep apnea.

Doctor:Punjabi people think that if someone snores while sleeping he/she is in good deep sleep.

Patient:Yes!

Doctor:In this case, the patient is unaware of the problem he has when he sleeps.

Patient’s Husband: She was taking her treatment from a well-known hospital, and her Doctor suggested her to go for Bariatric surgery.

Doctor:Ok.

Doctor:These days, Doctors are more aware and are getting trained for bariatric surgeries.

Doctor:Have you ever felt that getting surgery was the wrong decision? Are you able to eat properly?

Patient:I am very happy with my decision.

Patient’s husband: She is living her life. She can wear whatever she wants.

Patient:You won't believe it, my life was hell before Bariatric surgery.

Doctor:Ok.

Patient:I am a teacher and Before surgery, I used to sleep while sitting on a chair at school.

Doctor:Ok.

Patient:The principal had warned me many times about this.

Doctor:We saw the news about politicians who sleep while sitting in a meeting.

Patient:Yes!

Doctor:But we need to understand that if someone sleeps while sitting, he/she is suffering from a health issue.

Patient:Ok.

Doctor:That person is sleeping because he is not getting enough oxygen at night.

Patient’s Husband: She was having the same problem, she used to drool that we need to change her clothes thrice a night.

Doctor:After surgery, how much time does it take you to get out of this problem,?

Patient:I used a CPAP machine for some time after surgery.

Doctor:Ok.

Patient:Yes!

Doctor:You must have used that for 1-2 months.

Patient:No, I used it for less than a month.

Doctor:After that, you were fine.

Patient:Yes! I felt better within a month after surgery.

Doctor:You had lost 10 kg in a month, that's why you felt good.

Patient:Yes!

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