Update - First night at home

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ellijacket
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Update - First night at home

Post by ellijacket » Thu Sep 22, 2005 7:16 am

Well, kicked off my new life with CPAP last night. To give an update on my battles with the insurance company....I did all the figures and found I could save them over $1000.00 buying the 420e at cpap.com. The agent told me point blank that he didn't care, they had contracts and that I could pay much more out of pocket for the 420e if I wanted. I can't afford the difference right now. So I have the REMstar Plus w/C-Flex. I went down swinging so I'm going to move on.

Last night went very well. Went to sleep around 11:15 and woke up around 6:45. Had a few episodes of waking up last night but nothing that kept me awake over 2 minutes. The mask did leak a little sometimes when I layed on my side but for the most part I worked that out.

Woke up feeling better than usual. Was tired but not draggy. Actually remember some dreams as well so that's cool. Look forward to improved quality of life.

BTW, the chin strap gets on my nerves. I remember someone discussing a dental device. Can you point me that way?

Thanks.


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ozij
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dental devices

Post by ozij » Thu Sep 22, 2005 7:32 am

Search for "DIY" with "rested gal" as author. (no qoutes)
Or "Dr. Sue".

O.

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WAFlowers
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Post by WAFlowers » Thu Sep 22, 2005 8:10 am

I wonder what would happen if you were to document your dealings and who you spoke with and present them to the CEO with the quote about "not caring" about saving $1000. That means, the company lost a potential $1000 of additional profit! How many times a day must this be happening?!?!??!

Even better, buy some stock and show up at a stockholders meeting and raise that question. It becomes inportant to the stockholders because it means the company is throwing away potential profit, which means it is throwing away potential dividends that would go to those shareholders.

The company may not care, but shareholders tend to get upset if they find out that policies are limiting the profits they are getting on as a return on their investment!
The CPAPer formerly known as WAFlowers