Madalot wrote:Here's another point that needs to be digested. I have cheap insurance and they don't pay for anything they don't have to. I went from CPAP, to BIPAP and directly to the Trilogy on AVAPS. If ASV would have been sufficient, don't you think my insurance would have INSISTED on that over the Trilogy since the Trilogy is a perpetual rental to the tune of $1500 a month (was at the time - has been lowered to around $700 a month now)? Think about that one, okay? No way in hell my insurance would have approved the Trilogy if an ASV would have been able to do basically the same thing.
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They would have insisted on trying ASV before going to the Trilogy. And initially, I wondered why they didn't. A lot of people, Robysue being one of them, explained it so it made sense why they ruled out ASV. They IMMEDIATELY approved the Trilogy after failure on bipap. No way they would have done that if, as alphabet guy insists, ASV and AVAPS are basically the same. No way in hell.
Just because you cannot grasp the concept doesn't mean it's not valid. Hey - a lot of people have concepts they just cannot grasp. There's no shame in it. The shame is in continuing to insist on your understanding when the evidence shows you're wrong. And I'm so so sorry - but you are wrong on this one.
Guess I got you on this one, huh? Can't argue with this logic obviously.
For the record, when talking about the OP where this discussion began, alphabet guy kind of has a point that pertaining to that situation, the question about whether or not the Trilogy would keep going even after her mother passed WAS the question. Whether on ASV or Trilogy using AVAPS, for that specific question, doesn't make a difference between machines. HOWEVER....
alphabet guy went on to make the claims that ASV & AVAPS are basically the same, therapy wise, which is what started this.
alphabet guy keeps trying to backtrack to the OP's post/point when he's cornered on the other discussion. When you have no clue what you're talking about and spew inaccuracies like facts, people here ARE going to correct you. And obviously, you can't stand being told you've gotten anything wrong.
Edited to add: And I state the obvious. Sorry, it's kind of early and I'm tired today!!