Kudos!!
Janknitz wrote:I'm going to get on my soapbox here, and I am not meaning to pick on the OP or anyone else. But when I read the title of this thread, what I hear is "Will Daddy be mad?" I picture the OP cowering in the corner in fear. This is not unlike the other thread that is driving me nuts right now titled "Have you been caught changing your pressure." Again, what's Daddy going to do, spank you????
We all need to stop being frightened children and be adults. WE are the masters of our own life and WE are in charge of our health. Doctors and DME's are our employees, we pay them for their expertise (whether they deserve it or not) and their job is to help us, not RULE us.
When we hand the responsibility entirely over to the so-called professionals, we don't fare as well. That's why we are HERE. We learn about our condition, our treatment, and our options and WE steer the boat. I'm not saying that everyone has the knowledge and the skills to do this entirely without professional advice, and I am not saying that the better professionals are not helpful. But you quickly learn on this board there are a lot of bozos out there who know less than we do, or who could care less about OUR needs. Why should we hand over our power to THEM?
The era of doctor as god is OVER.
MY machine, MY pocketbook, MY health, MY life. Nobody cares for MY health as much as I do. And I will do what I think is best for ME. If a doctor, respiratory therapist, or DME doesn't like it they can go jump in the lake.