boy o boy, what to do

deerslayer · Post by **deerslayer** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 1:16 pm

just got off the phone with the VA RT to ask if they would write me a script for a bipap auto w/biflex & got ten kinds of he**. "YOU SHOULD NOT CHANGE YOUR PRESSURE"...YOU NEED TO HAVE A SLEEP STUDY."...bull crap..guess it's time for another glass of wine ...guess i asked for that one.. O Well !

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Slinky · Post by **Slinky** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 3:20 pm

Sorry 'bout that, DeerSlayer. No rest for the wicked, they say.

silver123 · Post by **silver123** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 3:50 pm

Maybe you should have that guy in your pic knock on their door? eh?

deerslayer · Post by **deerslayer** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 4:26 pm

Hey Welcome Margo !......thats a thought to send in the Cheyenne Dog Soldier,however he's not that diplomatic

sleepydoll · Post by **sleepydoll** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 5:30 pm

deerslayer, every time I see your pic, it makes me look under my bed every night...just in case! Send it to them!

Fredman · Post by **Fredman** » Sat Jun 14, 2008 10:00 am

Most DMEs and RTs get real nervous knowing we are fairly knowledgeable.

And we should be fairly knowledgeable too, just like diabetics monitor their blood sugar, we should be active in our treatment and they, the RT's should work with us.

A number of RT's are on this forum, it would be interesting to hear their thoughts. The paradigm has to shift and that should start during their training. Also the manufacturers should sell patient interface software with their machines. We shouldn't have to buy it separately or get software by other means.

I don't think that RTs would become extinct, they just have to work on customer service and working more closely with their patients...treat us like patients and not customers $$.

I know there are RTs that are really good and work with their patients.

And lastly Docs need better training in Sleep Disorders...

Ok I am done my rant!

deerslayer · Post by **deerslayer** » Sun Jun 15, 2008 6:54 pm

the sad thing about the whole thing is that you want the medical folks to be proud of what you have accomplished & work with you, instead of talking down to you and using scare tactics. ...i tried to explain that i was tweaking in small increments & then looking at the data. when i brought up the spo meter and tried to explain about the desat data, the response was i don't know what that is..at that point i knew it was a lost cause. at this stage of my therapy i know i still have a whole lot to learn and am darn willing to soak it in... maybe i can get an appt. soon and rant to my primary. maybe she will not make me feel like a criminal...i guess at this point they are about ready to pull the plug on me, literally

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