Friend dead from sleep apnea? Toronto Flower shop can help.

[roster]

July 8th, 2010

Apnea Diagnosis
This kind of intrusiveness is going to be pretty unpopular. And yet healthcare providers were pretty enthusiastic about what the picture looks like long-term – affordable health care for the patient, and even more affordable healthcare for them.

One of the first kinds of diseases these are in use for has to do with sleep apnea diagnosis and treatment. People with sleep apnea stop breathing in their sleep, and sometimes die of this. Toronto Flower shop can assist you ship the perfect gift to show your loved ones how much you care.It happens because of the way their throats are formed. A piece of tissue can block the air way to their lungs. And this condition when present likes to often contribute to other problems such as diabetes, obesity, chronic high blood pressure and depression. Doctors even believe that the tiredness people feel from not sleeping well enough from apnea, leads to car accidents. Diagnosing this disease in people costs $4000 today, and most people are so reluctant to spend what it takes, they put it off until something serious happens. The new home-diagnosis device for sleep apnea by Watermark Medical is a curious-looking thing.

It is a headband that you wear, and it holds a little testing device in place close to the top of your head. It has sensors and a little inbuilt computer (powered by the same Intel processor you find in your netbook). It continuously measures the oxygen in your blood, the airflow as you breathe, your pulse, your snoring, and it gives you a voice warning if you are in danger. Look no further than Flower shop Toronto, the premier Toronto florist, for fantastically arranged flowers and reward baskets for any occasion. And this is an example of how it makes for affordable health care. Testing with this device only costs $250. Certainly, doctors would prefer the traditional sleep lab approach that would cost thousands of dollars.
The pursuit of medicine however is basically philanthropic. And no doctor would want pursue it purely for profit – if more affordable health care options existed.
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http://www.percywatersflorist.com/

Either buy your friend a CPAP now or order him some nice flowers later. Your choice.

(Please notice I did not say anything about Canadian socialized medical care.)

[brazospearl]

Hmmmm...it might just be my English-techerness talking here, but I find this disturbingly award on so many levels. So strange.

[torontoCPAPguy]

In Ontario, your sleep lab visits are FREE. The first one is FREE. The second one is FREE. The third one is FREE. And if you need ten of them to get squared away. Guess what? They are ALL FREE. So is your CPAP machine unless you want to upgrade like I did. CPAP is paid for in full by the government unless you upgrade. Then you pay the upgrade price. What I dislike adamantly about Ontario medicine in regards to OSA is the fact that the dispensers of equipment do their darndest to maximize their sale and profits without regard for your health. The doctors, unless you are fortunate enough to be referred to a great one, are a turnstile effort in order to make a living here. Any one of them could triple their income by moving south of the border into the USA.

So, what to do? First, take full advantage of FREE healthcare. DEMAND as many sleep studies as you feel are necessary to get yourself squared away. Take the freebie CPAP machine that the government GIVES you and either sell it or use it for travel or just as a spare and THAT IS IT. Get online and purchase a top of the line machine as required (I purchased TWO ResMed S8 Autoset II's for less than what the government paid for the bottom of the line machine they gave me for free but paid the dispenser for). And now I have updated to TWO S9 Auto's and I have to say, I was hesitant in doing it, but I cannot believe the difference it has made in my sleep patterns. I am using lower pressures and titrating lower yet and my numbers are unbelievable! I have not even turned the humidifier or climate control hose on yet as it is summer, we are climate controlled in the house totally (It was about 90+ outside yesterday and 71F inside the house with perfect humidity day and night. Ditto the car. We are prepared for Arizona!).

Medicine in Ontario is a struggle for the MD's and a money grab for the guys dispensing the blowers. But with self confidence and advocacy one can indeed get top notch medical care that costs virtually nothing; if one is able to afford better (like the S9 Auto) then one does it. I am worried about what is going to happen when I move back stateside before I am 65 and have to pay for health insurance to get similar care. Anyone care to suggest what that might cost a returning American who has retired and is not associated with an employer that gives top notch health insurance as a perk? That's going to be ME. So I intend to retain residency in both places.

This supposed Toronto Flower shop that is dispensing medical advice will not be doing so for very long. It is the equivilant of a felony for even suggesting such a thing up here in Kanada. The owners and anyone involved in the matter 'after the fact' is criminally liable or criminally insane. You simply do not practice medicine without a license in these parts; even the nurses won't hand out so much as an aspirin without a doctor's signature.

Exactly where did this information come from? I'm in the Toronto area and I have never heard of it. Dental appliances are around but no flower shops selling gear like this that I have seen in the paper or on TV. Please point me in the right diretction.

[Babette]

Right here:
http://www.percywatersflorist.com/

Cheers,
B.

[BlackSpinner]

Right here:
http://www.percywatersflorist.com/

Cheers,
B.

Nope nothing there re sleep apnea

[Babette]

I THINK that the initial blogger somehow got two different items posted into his/her blog that were unrelated.

The florist linkage appears kinda like if you accidently hit "control V" while typing something else.

In reading the blog and the florist shop, I think they got mixed up unintentionally. The blogger is actually talking about a home sleep study from a different vendor, but in trying to link that vendor, they accidentally liked to the florist.

Anyway, that's what I'm thinking,
B.

[Froro]

Okay....I don't know what that original post was. Incoherant at best. I agree with those who stated it looks like something got copied and pasted incorrectly.

Re: Percy Waters Florist.

Here's the deal with these folks. I ran my own company for many years. I was in the wholesale flower market. Percy Waters was a client. There is no way on the planet they would be peddling this. They are one of the most respected Florists in the GTA and they were fabulous clients.

In fact I think I'll probably call them Monday with the original blog post so they can deal with it. They will not be amused.