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No Vested Interest

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6. I could use a CPAP with automatic pressure adjustment.

Reply to Gothmog (Reply #3)

Wed Jul 16, 2014, 06:05 PM

Jul 2014

Did you have to have a physician prescribe it?

I've been using CPAP for over 10 yrs., after Primary care/internist prescribed the test.
Bought a smaller, more compact one online several yrs later - no prescription needed.
Shortly thereafter, I stopped going to the sleep disorder specialist, but have used CPAP nightly ever since the first recommendation. Probably 6-7 yrs now.

I'm thinking maybe this needs revisiting.
(Have other medical conditions - heart, pre-diabetes, weight and age issues, etc.)

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Life Without CPAP: A Cautionary Tale About Public Healthcare Resource Rationing [View all] McCamy Taylor Jul 2014 OP

OMG. And you wrote this? Ilsa Jul 2014 #1

Thanks for raising awareness of this issue IronLionZion Jul 2014 #2

In early 1990s my insurance company denied a sleep study Gothmog Jul 2014 #3

I could use a CPAP with automatic pressure adjustment. No Vested Interest Jul 2014 #6

I had a script for a basic machine and the doctor sent me to a retail type supplier Gothmog Jul 2014 #11

I "failed" old CPAP---could not breathe out against all that pressure. My husband just McCamy Taylor Jul 2014 #17

The new machines are neat Gothmog Jul 2014 #21

I need to have the study done. Puzzledtraveller Jul 2014 #4

Do it now, GeorgeGist Jul 2014 #16

I've had a bi-pap for 5 years wyldwolf Jul 2014 #5

I don't know what I would do without my CPAP Hatchling Jul 2014 #7

I got one a couple of years ago Go Vols Jul 2014 #8

My BIPAP has made a world of difference for about 12 years now. hobbit709 Jul 2014 #9

I use one and feel so much more rested. I used vanlassie Jul 2014 #10

So many posters already saying what I planned to say. randome Jul 2014 #12

I am a sleep technician... rppper Jul 2014 #13

I was told for years I couldn't possibly have sleep apnea as I was a young woman REP Jul 2014 #14

Thanks for all the (on-topic) discussion McCamy Taylor Jul 2014 #15

K&R as you have uncovered the corporate death panel. Snarkoleptic Jul 2014 #18

Not a corporate death panel. A poor public health clinic trying to get by. Underfunded and McCamy Taylor Jul 2014 #20

A tip on how to stay on your side, kid's backpack stuffed with towels. McCamy Taylor Jul 2014 #19

Do you have any advice in finding a good OSA person? hootinholler Jul 2014 #22

Ask around. OSA is very common. More people have it than you realize McCamy Taylor Jul 2014 #23