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Please help with treatment review
RE: Please help with treatment review
KeepSmiling  -  I have to ask why you haven't gone to our CPAP Setup Manuals section and requested one?

- Red
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(11-04-2022, 11:27 AM)Crimson Nape Wrote: KeepSmiling  -  I have to ask why you haven't gone to our CPAP Setup Manuals section and requested one?

- Red

LOL, Thanks for asking.

Because I requested one for the AirSense 11 Auto when I thought I would be getting of those. I have two close family members that are in need of machines so I want to save the second choice incase I need to know about other machines.
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When I stayed in the hospital they insisted I get my cpap.

When I fell asleep without it on, and Restless Leg Syndrome kicked in a day after my operation, it hurt like a son of a gun! So I would sit there with my mask on and machine on when awake. I was amazed how many people on staff didn't know what a cpap machine was. Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital.

DaveL

edit: I had broken my tib-fib right leg day before. Foot backwards. Then they straightened it on the hill and put me in the ambulance. That's why RLS really really hurt. 2 plates/14 screws.
DaveL
compliant for 35 years /// Still trying!

I'm just a cpap user like you. I don't give medical advice. Seek the advice of a physician before seeking treatment for medical conditions including sleep apnea. Sleep-well

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Ouch ouch.

Many years ago I was went for a day procedure I was told to bring it. It has its own bracelet.

More recently I was seen for a procedure. When I told them I had a CPAP machine, I was put on a different waiting list.

At the beginning of COVID I was hospitalized. No machines allowed. I was given an oxygen tube. Did not use it much. The machines were for the really needy people. I understand that.
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(11-04-2022, 09:47 AM)KeepSmiling Wrote: I do not understand the idea of needing a different prescription for a mask each time. 

The insurance companies or the government wants to make sure their money is being spent on the patient. Thus, a prescription is needed for masks and other supplies because the prescription includes compliance verifification. The frequency varies. Sometimes you need only one prescription for life, others it's every year. I've never heard of needing one every time a mask is ordered.
Sleepster

INFORMATION ON APNEA BOARD FORUMS OR ON APNEABOARD.COM SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED AS MEDICAL ADVICE. ALWAYS SEEK THE ADVICE OF A PHYSICIAN BEFORE SEEKING TREATMENT FOR MEDICAL CONDITIONS, INCLUDING SLEEP APNEA. INFORMATION POSTED ON THE APNEA BOARD WEB SITE AND FORUMS ARE PERSONAL OPINION ONLY AND NOT NECESSARILY A STATEMENT OF FACT.
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Sleep Doc:

After my follow up appointment, after sleep study

He wrote a prescription

1 only cpap mask. He dated it

I don’t know why.

I bought my S10 from the DME I had used for 7? Years. I’ve bought masks from them for about 9 years now

OSA medical treatment is more stressful for me than the disease

He reluctantly wrote a prescription for the S10 CPAP machine. He stipulatedon the prescription that it must be set up as a CPAP machine.

The DME supplier has dialed into the machine and told me so

Meantime, it’s been more than 2 years since I saw the sleep doc. So I’m no longer under his care. I’ll need a referral from my family doc to see a sleep doc specialist now. And I may get no say. I didn’t have any say last time

Ontario Medical care. Oh my.

Dave
DaveL
compliant for 35 years /// Still trying!

I'm just a cpap user like you. I don't give medical advice. Seek the advice of a physician before seeking treatment for medical conditions including sleep apnea. Sleep-well

http://www.apneaboard.com/wiki/index.php..._The_Guide

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Sleepster, my interpretation....it's all about medical control, and money. MY last sleep doc has his own clinics that do sleep tests. I *think* it's a private business. We're
DaveL
compliant for 35 years /// Still trying!

I'm just a cpap user like you. I don't give medical advice. Seek the advice of a physician before seeking treatment for medical conditions including sleep apnea. Sleep-well

http://www.apneaboard.com/wiki/index.php..._The_Guide

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DaveL,

To my of thinking selling autoset to a patient (and told to use it like that) then charging it a a CPAP is criminal.

I know someone who was sold a Autoset but set up as a CPAP.
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When I received my first CPAP, a Resmed S9 Autoset, it was set to the static pressure CPAP mode. Only after finding the Apnea Board was when I learned about the variable pressure and being able to manage my therapy. I've never looked back except to attach some mistletoe to my shirttail. Big Grin

- Red
Crimson Nape
Apnea Board Moderator
www.ApneaBoard.com
___________________________________
Useful Links -or- When All Else Fails:
The Guide to Understanding OSCAR
OSCAR Chart Organization
Attaching Images and Files on Apnea Board
Apnea Helpful Tips

INFORMATION ON APNEA BOARD FORUMS OR ON APNEABOARD.COM SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED AS MEDICAL ADVICE. ALWAYS SEEK THE ADVICE OF A PHYSICIAN BEFORE SEEKING TREATMENT FOR MEDICAL CONDITIONS, INCLUDING SLEEP APNEA. INFORMATION POSTED ON THE APNEA BOARD WEB SITE AND FORUMS ARE PERSONAL OPINION ONLY AND NOT NECESSARILY A STATEMENT OF FACT.
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Crimson Nape,

That is why I am glad we have the WWW. I had time to look up sleep apnea, and know not to go to the list of DME's given to me. I knew to buy an autoset (online, in USA) and follow my own care.

I know people who go to DME for card reading, so no interest past that. To each his own.
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