HOW MANY "CPAPERS" IN US?

packer · Post by **packer** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 7:02 am

I am curious as to our numbers-- also trend

how rapidly is this field expanding??

I hope we can begin to realize as a community we do have strength-
that DME's and insurance need to realize there are a lot of us

strength in numbers?? packer

-SWS · Post by **-SWS** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 8:08 am

Well let's find out. Okay, everybody. Let's sound off...

ONE!

(Not to side track the entirely worthy topic of this thread)

ozij · Post by **ozij** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 8:54 am

The things that make you post, -SWS! Glad to see you.

O.

Goofproof · Post by **Goofproof** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 10:17 am

TWO

We need to set some "Rules" to define.

We need the numbers who are in the closet.

We also need the number of CPAPs that are in the closet.

I have one out of the closet, and two still in the closet.

Almost 50% of the CPAPs out there are in the closet, unused. Jim

Wulfman... · Post by **Wulfman...** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 10:31 am

THREE

Same as the number of machines I have, too......and NONE are in the closet.
(they get rotated)

Den

6PtStar · Post by **6PtStar** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 10:32 am

Four

Hot Dang we are on a roll!!!!

-SWS · Post by **-SWS** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 12:02 pm

Who said forum-based epidemiology was not one of the hottest new hobbies for a new millennium anyway???

papdaddy · Post by **papdaddy** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 12:05 pm

Goofproof · Post by **Goofproof** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 12:35 pm

Someone is in Denial, I'm not the only one with CPAPs in the Closet. Fess Up! Jim

tuna · Post by **tuna** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 1:09 pm

I think i'm always the first to get anything around here in this family!

one of the guests · Post by **one of the guests** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 1:15 pm

Lucky SEVEN

packer · Post by **packer** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 4:13 pm

I have used different machines over last year

but not with much success until this forum-

switching DMEs-- then calling my doc-- then calling my insurance to tell them how they were getting ripped off and I wasnt getting helped etc-

I bet I spent 3 hours [ in retrospect not much time is it?]
on phone - going from 1 person to another-
ended up at the insurance company "complaint" [ I forget the politically correct name] department
anyhow-- at least to some degree, to make me go away and leave them alone

I ended up with new aflex [ bought instead of rented]

things have been about 3 times easier since then-

but the deal is this-- if I had not been so persistent- I would still have old
cheap blower and full face mask- they would be in closet and I would be snoring and not sleeping

my point is-- I think this field is getting bigger and bigger as boomers get older= boomers seem to get things done in insurance world-- how small of a group are we?? are ther 100,000 CPAPS or 1,000,000 I have no idea
Packer

sleepycarol · Post by **sleepycarol** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 4:32 pm

Number Eight!!

Let's see how many of us there are!!

DME Police · Post by **DME Police** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 6:32 pm

I don't know how many CPAPers there are but I certainly hope they don't find this website. Bad for business.

raybur · Post by **raybur** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 6:40 pm

#9

I'll bet there are thousands of us in the U.S.!!!

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