I went to see my sleep doc Monday,,, all and all a good guy,, wants to give me what I want and need,, of course insurance and DME feel different. ANYHOO we were talking about my "issues" masks, machines ect,, He informed me he had taken a diagnostic machine home to test for supplier,,,, and guess what,,,, doc has OSA,,, I hate to laugh,,, but the irony is funny,,, I informed him of cpaptalk.com,,, he didn't indicate wether he had knowledge of the site or not.
Tom
"Funny" story,, almost forgot
"Funny" story,, almost forgot
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Hopefully, having OSA himself will make him a better sleep doctor. I hope it isn't "toooo" easy for him to adjust to so that he has a better understanding of what many patients go thru. Unfortunately, I'm sure the DMEs will bend over backwards to accomodate him which they would never do for us.
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Women are Angels. And when someone breaks our wings, we simply continue to fly.....on a broomstick. We are flexible like that.
My computer says I need to upgrade my brain to be compatible with its new software.
My computer says I need to upgrade my brain to be compatible with its new software.
Well my issues with the DME and insurance I will have to live with. My insurance is really pretty good,, all I need to see a specialist is a referral from my Primary doc,, and she is VERY good at honoring my requests. The only problem I have had is with this OSA. Insurance only use two DME and according to my doc,, Neighbor care is the lesser of two evils. I can't complain too much,,, they have been ok at suppling masks, they are only to distibute a mask every 90days,, but got 3 from them in the first 3 months. Doc feels we can get the machine right with enough pressure,, (no pun intended)Slinky wrote:Hopefully, having OSA himself will make him a better sleep doctor. I hope it isn't "toooo" easy for him to adjust to so that he has a better understanding of what many patients go thru. Unfortunately, I'm sure the DMEs will bend over backwards to accomodate him which they would never do for us.
Tom
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Hey, yes it is very funny!
I guess a doc needn't have sleep apnea to know what we're going through, just as a doc needn't have diabetes or asthma or such in order to understand how people deal with that. But there is a dimension to all of this, and I do hope a doc with sleep apnea is far more understanding and helpful as a result.
However, we're all human. Where I live there's a pulmonary physician who specializes in sleep apnea and HAS sleep apnea. I thought that would make him an understanding caring individual. But he's cranky and moody. lol But a friend of mine who knows him better told me, "I don't think he's using his cpap." .... Oh well. lol
Linda
I guess a doc needn't have sleep apnea to know what we're going through, just as a doc needn't have diabetes or asthma or such in order to understand how people deal with that. But there is a dimension to all of this, and I do hope a doc with sleep apnea is far more understanding and helpful as a result.
However, we're all human. Where I live there's a pulmonary physician who specializes in sleep apnea and HAS sleep apnea. I thought that would make him an understanding caring individual. But he's cranky and moody. lol But a friend of mine who knows him better told me, "I don't think he's using his cpap." .... Oh well. lol
Linda