Guest wrote:Yes Kira - you're right once again with your idiotic 'paint everyone with the same brush' statements regarding how useless DMEs are. Get a clue. With your know-it-all attitude I'm not surprised your DME didn't want to initiate contact with you lol. Yikes.
Actually, I don't paint everyone with the same brush, guestie-pestie. There's one brick and mortar DME locally that I would be willing to work with... but they aren't covered by my insurance. If a company is not covered by my insurance, I'm not going to pay inflated prices when I can order on-line and have my supplies within two days, compared to 7-10 business days.
It's interesting that you should comment on my knowledge -- I'm a researcher and a writer. It's my business to "know it all." It's what I get paid to do.
I've been amazed at the number of professionals participating in this Forum, willingly sharing their experience and knowledge. There are engineers, nurses, sleep technicians, doctors, psychologists, lawyers, teachers, and on and on.
We do not stop being professionals because we have OSA. For sleep doctors and DMEs to try treat us as if we are misbehaving children is unacceptable.
Guest wrote: Keep up the DME bashing. You assume there is some type of golden DME behavior book that, magically, everyone will follow to your liking - or else. You act like all DMEs are the same. When in God's name are you simply going to realize that, like all businesses, some suck and some excel. MOVE ON!
I have worked part-time in customer service for over 30 years. I know what kind of service should be provided, regardless of what sector of the retail market is represented. 'Cause that is exactly what a DME is: a retail market.
Guest wrote: If you want to take your own treatment into your own hands, go ahead! Self-titrate until you're blue in the face for all I care. Wrap moleskin and panty hose around your face. Leejgbt is correct - for the anal-retentive person that likes to tweak his AHI from 1.4 to 1.6 using software, that is fine. All you get from online companies is a cheap price, distorting the real cost of this therapy. No one will follow up with your doctor or worry about your other side health issues. People that work with their doctor and DME have higher compliance rates.
Gotta laugh. You never even read my posts where I spoke of working with my RT and my doctor -- and their decisions were based on the data I provided from my research. My preference is to work with my medical specialists, not in an adversarial relationship.
I've never used moleskin or panty hose.
And, another funny thing -- I've had more follow-up from CPAP.COM than I have from my brick-and-mortar DME. B&M didn't even contact me on my one year anniversary. I'll be interested to see if they do so once the 13 month rental contract expires.
As for other side health issues, well, I've got a really excellent oncologist and gynecologist and PCP. This team coordinates on the direction my health care will go. It's up to the DME to follow the lead of my medical team. And my medical team follows my lead.
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