so discouraged

dreamR · Post by **dreamR** » Mon Dec 10, 2007 3:30 pm

Thanx for all the replies. After spending all day on the phone with the ins, health care group, dr, and apria ... im just giving up and taking in the ______ mask. The insurance said that I had to do whatever Apria said in regards to their 30 xchange policy and after being on the phone with even the supervisor .. I give the heck up. I will forget the mask .. then I will take it bk to them after I know that I have something I can breath through. I need a pulm doc instead of a pcp ... he is the first problem on my list of this crappy apnea nightmare!

I have so many questions ... I think I will ask the next question in a new post. Regarding masks and how to tell what kind I might need.

dreamR · Post by **dreamR** » Mon Dec 10, 2007 3:50 pm

im sorry this went as a new thread ... meant to post it under the mask exchange apria thread i began today ... maybe admin can chg it to a reply instead of new thread ... sorry!

sleepycarol · Post by **sleepycarol** » Mon Dec 10, 2007 5:05 pm

Sorry you are having so much trouble. My first DME sounds like Apria but wasn't. It was a nightmare but I had the luxury of having the insurance's blessing to ditch the first DME and go with another one.

JZ · Post by JZ » Mon Dec 10, 2007 10:06 pm

I suggest that when the DME is fitting you for a new mask, you insist that you try the masks while lying down, connected to a cpap, at your pressure, and with features you are used to (e.g., exhalation relief). Set aside plenty of time and don't let them rush you.

Janna

Slinky · Post by **Slinky** » Tue Dec 11, 2007 8:04 am

There are some mask fitting tips under the Red Ball w/the Question Mark in it at the top of the page. Some are those I learned from my sleep lab manager, others I've experimented with that worked for me and yet others that I picked up reading the forums. Hopefully they will help you out with any masks you try. What's really lacking in those tips tho are tips for success w/nasal pillows type of masks. I've been meaning to collect the tips I see in the forums from those who've worked thru successfully fitting and using nasal pillows ... but the road to h*ll is paved w/good intentions and I haven't done so yet. Maybe by now someone else has. Scroll thru the offerings under the Red Ball and see what you can find.

I assume you've already clicked on the Yellow Lightbulb and gone thru "Our Collected Wisdom" for tips sleeping w/CPAP, dealing w/insurance and DME suppliers, etc.

dreamR · Post by **dreamR** » Tue Dec 11, 2007 8:31 am

Thanx slinky I did see the yellow lightbulb and read through there and will check out the red ball with question mark. There is a world of wealth in info on this site ... its like EUREKA ! I will sleep eventually and get rid of this ache of a headache! Thank you for all the input and replies!!

so discouraged

so discouraged

thanx slinky!