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Same in Australia....it is almost, (but not quite there yet) a mandatory test. It is a common test run by bariatric surgeons in the US where sleep aponea is suspected, and often an insurance requirement according to articles I've read over the years. In her case any bariatric surgeon would expect her to have sleep aponea so would insist on a sleep study. I've even heard US people say that not only do they have to have the sleep study and a CPAP prescribed after testing, they are also required to prove via online tracking through a respiratory specialist, that they are using the CPAP and it is actually correctly adjusted for them.I am not sure about the practice in the U.S., but in the U.K., you must be tested and treated for your sleep apnea before even being considered for surgery with a combination of weight loss and the use of a CPAP machine. The eating disorder will have to be sorted out first too. Amber is now denying sleep apnea even after being told by the attending physician at the ER and has always refused to go to therapy for her eating disorder. I strongly suspect that she was denied again surgery and this is why she is not talking about it.
I agree that she's stopped talking about WLS as she's been denied it again....pending efforts on her part. I suspect the new "nutritionist" is just one part of her new surgeons requirements. I'm not ruling out though some kind of TLC involvement, which would also cause her to stop talking about it. I suspect she's seeing Tammy Slaton's surgeon in Georgetown....and it wouldn't surprise me in the slightest if she's managed to weasel her way in with the aid of TLC....or at a minimum has tried to do so.
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